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Opinion
Economy: Greed, incompetence | The Seattle Times
Re: “How ‘excuseflation’ is keeping prices — and corporate profits — high” [March 10, Business]: Completely a spot-on article about our world right this moment. After all, any College of Washington grad out of the ’60s and Professor Henry Buechel’s Economics 201 is aware of that costs are inelastic within the downward route. Let’s broaden our ideas a bit of.…
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Roads: Tax tires | The Seattle Times
Re: “How to ensure mileage-tax revenue is spent on roads” [March 13, Opinion]: As a substitute for a rise within the state fuel tax or the burden of a self reported mileage tax, maybe we must always take into account taxing one other consumable: tires. Till good individuals invent an alternate, all autos use tires and tires have a finite…
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Why so angsty, Seattle? | The Seattle Times
Why are so many folks on this fabulous nook of the nation feeling so blue? Is Seattle actually such a dark place? A latest U.S. Census Bureau survey discovered that, of the 15 largest American metro areas, Seattle and its neighboring communities had the very best variety of residents who reported being unhappy, depressed or hopeless for at the least a…
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Keep cameras on scofflaws at illegal dumping hot spots in Seattle
As spring arrives, increasingly folks will likely be ridding their properties of junk, and the place it finally ends up issues. Those that haul away discarded gadgets ought to correctly get rid of them and never discover an off-the-beaten-path location to dump them. However for many who determine to take a budget and unlawful route, be careful. Town of Seattle…
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Downtown Seattle: Workers’ rights matter
Re: “4 recommendations to Mayor Harrell on downtown Seattle” [March 15, Opinion]: Jon Scholes’ Op-Ed misplaced me at, “Majority distant work is a virus on our metropolis’s tax base that we should take significantly.” “Virus” appears to be the brand new pejorative for anybody or something somebody doesn’t like. Apparently in Scholes’ view, staff are simply fodder for the tax…
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4 recommendations to Mayor Harrell on downtown Seattle revitalization
On Tuesday afternoon, greater than 1,200 civic and enterprise leaders gathered contained in the gleaming new Seattle Conference Middle Summit Constructing for the Downtown Seattle Affiliation’s annual State of Downtown occasion. The spectacular metal and glass jewel field — a decade within the making — is a monument to Seattle’s grit, innovation and resiliency: qualities that can be important to…
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Business
Lakeside of Seattle finishes leftover business to claim WIAA Class 3A girls volleyball championship
YAKIMA, Wash. – For the primary time since 2018, the Class 3A state volleyball championship trophy won’t reside in a Spokane highschool’s trophy case. Lakeside of Seattle took it to The Lilac Metropolis’s finest on Friday, beating 2018 and 2019 champion Mount Spokane in a four-set semifinal earlier than sweeping defending champ Mead within the last on the Yakima Valley SunDome.…
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Sports
Seahawks vs. Giants: Seattle Times sports staff makes Week 8 picks
Week 8: Seahawks vs. Giants Bob Condotta (5-2) Seahawks 27, Giants 24: It might be time to simply accept that the Seahawks are a very good staff. The Giants are, too, however their propensity for profitable shut video games could run out going up towards one other scorching staff on the street. Adam Jude (3-4) Giants 30, Seahawks 27: The…
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