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[Strange Bedfellows] Mallahan: Seattle needs to stop paving public's patience

joelconnelly@seattlepi.com (Joel Connelly) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:12:00 -0400

Mayor challenger Joe Mallahan wants less disruptive management of transportation projects: Mayor Greg Nickels says streets are being torn up for good reason.

[Horse's Ass] Donaldson drops the ball

Goldy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:08:00 -0400

[Strange Bedfellows] Cross border poll: Canadians higher on their health care

joelconnelly@seattlepi.com (Joel Connelly) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:50:00 -0400

In a poll taken on both sides of the 49th Parallel, Canadians have a higher opinion of their health care system than Americans: But nearly a quarter of Canadians have traveled outside Canada to access health care.

[Horse's Ass] Embrace the legacy

Jon DeVore — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:30:00 -0400

[Strange Bedfellows] Constantine: Cheaper health plan, cuts, could save parks

chrisgrygiel@seattlepi.com (Chris Grygiel) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:41:00 -0400

County executive candidate Dow Constantine on Wednesday said he wants to encourage county employees to switch to a cheaper health plan and make a 2 percent across the board cut in county spending to avoid slashing public health and human services and closing parks.

[News Tribune] Pierce County's 2010 budget: big cuts coming?

David Wickert — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:18:00 -0400

There’s been a lull in the chatter about Pierce County’s budget problems since the County Council approved a second round of budget cuts back in June. But beginning next week you’re going to start hearing a lot about the 2010 budget.

Though County Executive Pat McCarthy won’t release her proposed spending plan until late September, the council will have a budget retreat Tuesday morning to discuss the 2010 budget.

By all accounts, things look grim.

“It looks like the cuts we’ve made so far are really child’s play compared to what we’ll see in 2010,” Deputy Executive Kevin Phelps told me in a recent interview.

[The Olympian] Labor plays another card in move to slap unruly Democrats

David Wickert — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:03:00 -0400

State Rep. Ross Hunter is the latest exhibit.

[Horse's Ass] Times endorses, Goldy gloats

Goldy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:00:00 -0400

Last week I stuck my neck out and predicted the Times endorsements in the Seattle City Council races:
Conlin, Bagshaw, Licata and Royer in the City Council races… If they do dual endorsements in Council Districts 4, 6 and 8, throw in Bloom, Israel, and here’s the reach… Forch.
Well, today the Seattle Times endorsed Bagshaw for [...]

[Sound Politics] Silencing Dissent

Goldy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:31:00 -0400

I woke up this morning to a mass e-mail from Jen O'Malley Dillon of the Democratic Party, reading, "There's been a lot of media coverage about organized mobs intimidating lawmakers, disrupting town halls, and silencing real discussion about the need...

[Horse's Ass] R-17 continues to fail

Goldy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0400