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A second look at Washington school rankings finds signs of statewide decay
February 11, 2011 – 8:38 am | No Comment

Last April, the Washington State Board of Education published its Public School Accountability Index, a measure of how the state’s 2,000-plus public K-12 schools are educating more than half a million children. Earlier this week, …

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A second look at Washington school rankings finds signs of statewide decay
February 11, 2011 – 8:38 am | No Comment
A second look at Washington school rankings finds signs of statewide decay

Last April, the Washington State Board of Education published its Public School Accountability Index, a measure of how the state’s 2,000-plus public K-12 schools are educating more than half a million children. Earlier this week, …

Bawdy cabaret sign near ballpark angers fans, but is porn passé anyway?
April 25, 2010 – 1:24 pm | 5 Comments
Bawdy cabaret sign near ballpark angers fans, but is porn passé anyway?

[Article first appeared at Red County]
Less than one year after KUOW Radio’s Conversation program had me on the air to discuss the controversy over the siting of the DreamGirls strip club within line drive …

Krauthammer will headline WPC gala in September
March 4, 2010 – 2:00 pm | 2 Comments
Krauthammer will headline WPC gala in September

Conservatives, mark October 6, 2010 on your calendar. Syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer will be speaking in Seattle, when he headlines the Washington Policy Center’s gala dinner along with Washington State’s …

No voter approval for new transit fees on car tabs?
February 12, 2010 – 12:24 am | 2 Comments
No voter approval for new transit fees on car tabs?

Regional transit authorities are one step closer to getting the green light from Olympia to legally pick the pockets of vehicle owners.

King County special election results
February 9, 2010 – 10:09 pm | 4 Comments
King County special election results

Early results from Tuesday, February 9’s special election were made available on the King County Elections website at precisely 8:15 p.m. The quick upshot: school levies are passing but the officials and employees of the King County Library System have a long night (and possibly long week) ahead waiting for a definitive result.

When the Tweetdeck’s a rockin’…
January 27, 2010 – 11:53 pm | One Comment
When the Tweetdeck’s a rockin’…

Finally and with climactic energy, Dow’s man crush on the President (Obama was referred to by name during Constantine’s campaign only slightly less often than that of the candidate himself) was revealed for Wednesday night for all of Twitterdom to behold.