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Cross-lake tolling

By J. Jacob Edel | March 23, 2009

State transportation officials are exploring ways to offset the difficulties the poor would experience if tolls are added to both floating bridges across Lake Washington. ...

Top Ranking

By J. Jacob Edel | March 14, 2009

Once voters across the state try out the first Top-Two primary in August, voters in Pierce County will be the first to introduce an entire new election system to Washington this fall.

The new election system, called Ranked Choice Voting, allows voters to select their top three candidates for several county seats up for election this November, including the county executive and council. Some county positions, as well as state and federal seats, will be elected under traditional means. ...

Licata for Obama, socialist for Nader

By J. Jacob Edel | February 23, 2009

Seattle city councilmember Nick Licata asserts a vote for Democratic nominee Barack Obama this November would open the door for fundamental changes in this country, including an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as reforms to public education, worker protection, and environmental policy. ...

The Real Change endorsements

By J. Jacob Edel | February 23, 2009

Still not sure how to mark up those down-ballot levies, referenda, propositions and charter amendments? Real Change's non-profit status prevents us from saying yes or no about those campaigning for office. But we get a say on the rest of the ballot, and here it is:

Initiative 985: Tim Eyman's latest iteration would rob basic services to pay for roads, then weaken the benefits of mass transit by letting lone drivers into the bus lanes. Vote no. ...

Local man, Boston organization bring modern medicine to South Africa

By J. Jacob Edel | December 5, 2007

Helping the world’s poor live with AIDS

First-year University of Washington medical student says the public’s response to the virus that causes AIDS may be the defining public matter of people his age.

“There was the World War II generation,” Ahern says of the parents of Baby Boomers. “Then there were the Vietnam War protesters of my parents’ time and now, I think, there is the global generation, or Generation G, as I’ve heard it.”

Ahern gave a speech last Thursday at St. Mark’s Cathedral to raise funds for and explain the progress of a Boston-based organization he volunteers for. ...

ACLU loses tax poll case

By J. Jacob Edel | August 1, 2007

For some indigent ex-felons, a recent court ruling means the legislature will probably restore their voting rights by amending state laws before they are able to by paying off their legal debts.

On July 26, the Washington State Supreme Court upheld a state law that requires convicted felons to pay off all of their court fees and fines before they may regain the right to vote. Representing the plaintiffs, who are convicted felons struggling to pay off their legally incurred debts, the ACLU of Washington argued the law was a modern form of a poll tax. ...

Scrapped for Cash

By J. Jacob Edel | February 14, 2007

Legislator hopes to curb sales of stolen metal

When David Burke and other homeless men like him made cash riding the rails 20 years ago, by pulling a few pounds of metal from freights loaded with scrap, the missing cargo would go unnoticed.

Today, however, local governments and state legislators have noticed that highway guardrails, thousands of feet of wire, and all kinds of metal pipes from construction sites come up missing every day. On top of that, police agencies across the nation are responding to an increasing number of crimes associated with scrap metal. ...

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By J. Jacob Edel | March 1, 2006

County insignia to change to the likeness of MLK

Logo a Go. County insignia to change to the likeness of MLK [Martin Luther King, Jr.]. By J. Jacob Edel, Pages 3, 10
|Quote by Rev. Samuel McKinney, Mount Zion Baptist Church

This article highlights one of the many enduring achievements of King County Councilmember Larry Gossett
|Quote by Timothy Harris, 2019

ARTICLE REPRINTED IN JULY 31 - AUGUST 6, 2019 ISSUE UNDER 'FROM THE ARCHIVES', PAGE 4 ...

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Cross-lake tolling

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Licata for Obama, socialist for Nader

The Real Change endorsements

Local man, Boston organization bring modern medicine to South Africa

ACLU loses tax poll case

Scrapped for Cash

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