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• Hey, legislators: Is ‘fairly clean’ the same as ‘partially dirty’?

  13-03-2015 23:40
  House bill in Olympia to establish meekest of lobbying-ethics standards dies an “embarrassing” death.
  
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• Inslee declares drought emergency

  13-03-2015 23:31
  Gov. Jay Inslee declared a drought emergency in three areas of the state Friday and announced a Department of Ecology request for $9 million from the Legislature for relief.
  
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• Meet the New Cinderella, Same as the Old Cinderella—How Disney Could Have Updated Its Most Boring Princess

  13-03-2015 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Would it have killed you to have a couple talking mice?
  We're all familiar with the original story of Cinderella. The father of a beautiful girl remarries a horrible woman with two horrible daughters after his wife's death, then dies himself. The evil stepmother forces Ella into indentured servitude and makes her sleep in the attic, where her only friends are talking rodents. Glass slippers, pumpkins, fairy godmothers... you know the rest. A new live-action version of Cinderell
  
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• City Light’s Carrasco is retiring

  13-03-2015 23:25
  Embattled Seattle City Light CEO Jorge Carrasco is leaving his position. Carrasco’s retirement is effective May 8.
  
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• It’s Friday the 13th, and Dolly Parton is an Alien

  13-03-2015 23:19 via thestranger.com
  
  GANYMEDE
  There’s no way around it. Dolly Parton was born in the sea they just discovered on the Jupiter moon of Ganymede. Say it with me, GANYMEDE. If you say it enough times, it begins to sound exactly like, “Islands In the Stream.” Which is Dolly and Kenny Roger’s not-so-cloaked duet about laying down in a stream, on Ganymede. And terraforming. Look at the lyrics: “Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown/I set out to get you with a fine-to
  
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• Judge Will Rule Next Week on Seattle Environmental Groups' Motion in Arctic Drilling Case

  13-03-2015 21:40 via thestranger.com
  
  An Episcopal priest at the port's public meeting on Tuesday asked a room packed with protesters to raise hands if they opposed the lease for Shell's Arctic drilling rigs. Alex Garland
  Does mooring Shell's Arctic drilling fleet in a Seattle terminal change how that terminal should be used? And did the Port of Seattle violate state law and its own rules when it agreed to lease the terminal for that purpose?
  Those are the questions behind the lawsuit environmental groups have fi
  
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• Under a Dead Moon: An Illustrated Timeline of the NW Punk Lifers

  13-03-2015 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  • Fred Cole (born August 28, 1948) started his musical career in Las Vegas at the age of 15 with a project called Deep Soul Cole (billed as the "White Stevie Wonder") and a band called the Lords, which recorded a single, "Ain't Got No Self Respect," before disbanding in 1964. Cole then joined the Weeds in 1966.
  • While on their way north, the Weeds ran out of gas in Portland, Oregon. Fred met Kathleen "Toody" Conner (born December 30, 1948) at a local bar called th
  
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• SPD officer fired, allegedly made advances to 3 women

  13-03-2015 20:46
  A Seattle police officer accused of contacting three women whose phone numbers he pulled out of police reports was fired Thursday.
  
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• Seattle Police Chief Fires Officer for Hitting on Female Crime Victims

  13-03-2015 20:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Good news: A bad cop has been fired. Ansel Herz
  Seattle police chief Kathleen O'Toole fired a 10-year veteran of the department today for making advances on women he encountered on duty. A termination letter was delivered to him by hand this morning, the Seattle Times reports.
  In a disciplinary report obtained by the Times, O'Toole wrote that Leutz initiated "necessary, unprofessional, and highly inappropriate additional communications" with three women last summ
  
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• Sources Say City Light CEO Jorge Carrasco Will Resign

  13-03-2015 19:27 via thestranger.com
  
  City Light CEO Jorge Carrasco is expected to resign today.
  Sources inside City Hall say City Light CEO Jorge Carrasco will resign today.
  Carrasco—the city's highest paid employee—spent last year embroiled in controversy over his own big pay raise. He apologized for that and a string of other fuckups and things seemed to have died down. But the department has had issues since 2007, when an employee survey showed higher-than-ever levels of dissatisfaction. And just i
  
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• City Light CEO Jorge Carrasco Announces He Will Step Down

  13-03-2015 19:27 via thestranger.com
  
  City Light CEO Jorge Carrasco is expected to resign today.
  Sources inside City Hall say City Light CEO Jorge Carrasco will resign today.
  Carrasco—the city's highest paid employee—spent last year embroiled in controversy over his own big pay raise. He apologized for that and a string of other fuckups and things seemed to have died down. But the department has had issues since 2007, when an employee survey showed higher-than-ever levels of dissatisfaction. And just i
  
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• City Light CEO under scrutiny for planned pay raise to retire

  13-03-2015 19:19
  
  City Light CEO under scrutiny for planned pay raise to retire
  
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• In a Surprise to No One, Mayor Endorses His Own Legal Counsel for City Council

  13-03-2015 19:13 via thestranger.com
  
  Lorena Gonzales, who currently works for Mayor Ed Murray, is running for city council. Courtesy of Lorena Gonzales
  Still a month from the filing deadline and five months from the primary, Mayor Ed Murray has made his first endorsement of a non-incumbent running for city council: Lorena Gonzales, who's leaving her job as legal counsel to the mayor* to campaign for a citywide council seat.
  “Lorena has an unwavering dedication to this community," Murray says in
  
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• In a Surprise to No One, Mayor Endorses His Own Lawyer for City Council

  13-03-2015 19:13 via thestranger.com
  
  Lorena Gonzales, who currently works for Mayor Ed Murray, is running for city council. Courtesy of Lorena Gonzales
  Still a month from the filing deadline and five months from the primary, Mayor Ed Murray has made his first endorsement of a non-incumbent running for city council: Lorena Gonzales, who's leaving her job as legal counsel to the mayor* to campaign for a citywide council seat.
  “Lorena has an unwavering dedication to this community," Murray says in
  
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• Lauren Weedman Redeems Everything That's Wrong with HBO's Looking

  13-03-2015 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Lauren Weedman's thrilling performance resulted in not only the strongest episode of Looking, but also one of the best moments on TV in years. JOHN P. JOHNSON
  It's no secret that Looking—HBO's half-hour comedy/drama about a trio of gay male friends in San Francisco—is boring. The show's been widely identified as such since its 2014 premiere. "In Looking, gay men get to be boring on TV at last," wrote Gawker's Rich Juzwiak, giving a grudging nod to the progress that'
  
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• Listen to Slate's Culture Gabfest Critique Ryan Boudinot's MFA Piece

  13-03-2015 18:01 via thestranger.com
  
  "The vast majority of my students were hardworking, thoughtful people devoted to improving their craft despite having nothing interesting to express and no interesting way to express it." James Yamasaki
  In the introduction to Slate's Culture Gabfest "Woodshedding" Edition, they say: "The internet took this very hard." They're referring to "Things I Can Say About MFA Writing Programs Now That I No Longer Teach in One." They describe it as "a rant" and "brutally honest supposed t
  
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• Amid Growing Dissent, Court Will Decide Today Whether to Take Up a Case Against the Port's Shell Decision

  13-03-2015 17:06 via thestranger.com
  
  More than 150 people packed the port's public meeting on Tuesday, where protesters dominated the discussion. Alex Garland
  Later today, the King County Superior Court will decide whether to take up the case a coalition of environmental groups have brought against the Port of Seattle. The lawsuit looks at whether the port abided by the proper environmental and public review processes when it decided to lease one of its terminals in order to moor Shell's Arctic drilling fleet. The
  
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• The Morning News: City to Build Park on Slumlord Land, UW Investigating Frat for Yelling Racial Slurs at Prostesters

  13-03-2015 16:59 via thestranger.com
  
  The city is trying to collect $3 million in fines owed by Hugh Sisley, who's widely known as a slumlord. The Stranger
  City Will Seize Slumlord Properties to Build a Park: The city wants to seize properties near northeast 65th street owned by slumlord Hugh Sisley (who has been fined $3 million to date), demolish the buildings, and build a park there, reports KING 5
  UW Is Investigating Allegations That Frat Members Called Black Lives Matters Protesters "Apes": According to a comp
  
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• The Morning News: City to Build Park on Slumlord Land, UW Investigating Frat for Yelling Racial Slurs at Protesters

  13-03-2015 16:59 via thestranger.com
  
  The city is trying to collect $3 million in fines owed by Hugh Sisley, who's widely known as a slumlord. The Stranger
  City Will Seize Slumlord Properties to Build a Park: The city wants to seize properties near northeast 65th street owned by slumlord Hugh Sisley (who has been fined $3 million to date), demolish the buildings, and build a park there, reports KING 5.
  UW Is Investigating Allegations That Frat Members Called Black Lives Matters Protesters "Apes": According to a com
  
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• Brothers shot at Federal Way apartment building

  13-03-2015 16:57
  
  Brothers shot at Federal Way apartment building
  
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• The Little Magic That Remains on Our Changing Capitol Hill

  13-03-2015 16:33 via thestranger.com
  
  A CH room with a twilight view... Charles Mudede
  When I first settled in Seattle in the early '90s, Capitol Hill was stunningly affordable (I actually lived in a house on 17th and East Galer with Charles Peterson, and Carrie Akre and don't recall having a steady job during that time), cheap drinks were very easy to find, and drag queens danced to pump-loud Italo disco in a second-floor display window on Broadway. That world is gone. And the one that is replacing it is only sa
  
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• Man crossing street hit by driver in Kent

  13-03-2015 16:12
  
  Man crossing street hit by driver in Kent
  
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• 110 Seattle students may have come in contact with person with tuberculosis

  13-03-2015 14:46
  
  110 Seattle students may have come in contact with person with tuberculosis
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Skateboarding Is Not a Crime

  13-03-2015 14:00 via thestranger.com
  
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• No takers for Ballard holdout house at auction

  13-03-2015 13:52
  
  Ballard holdout house going to auction
  
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• Ballard holdout house going to auction

  13-03-2015 13:52
  
  Ballard holdout house going to auction
  
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• Culture clash on Capitol Hill

  13-03-2015 10:01
  
  Weekend nights on Capitol Hill’s Pike/Pine corridor, now the epicenter of Seattle nightlife, have become a source of tension for longtime residents, who are seeing quaint buildings and inexpensive restaurants replaced by gleaming condos, posh eateries and big dance clubs.
  
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• UW investigates claims of racial slurs by SAE frat members

  13-03-2015 05:19
  
  The University of Washington is looking into allegations that members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity made racist comments and obscene gestures to black students during a February protest march. The frat conducted its own investigation and says its members weren’t involved.
  
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• State Supreme Court says judge must ask if defendant can afford fine

  13-03-2015 05:16
  Justices cite concerns over courts that impose uncollectable fines and fees on poor defendants, saying it impedes their ability to re-enter society and adds to recidivism
  
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• New longhouse at UW a dream realized

  13-03-2015 05:04
  
  A new longhouse-style building on the University of Washington campus fulfills a four-decade-old request.
  
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• Injuries climb at viaduct tunnel project

  13-03-2015 05:01
  Injuries on the Highway 99 tunnel project are increasing, according to state figures.
  
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• Gun-law activists miss target as Olympia holsters most bills

  13-03-2015 04:54
  Just months ago, advocates of stricter gun laws hailed the election victory of expanded gun-purchase background checks as momentum to push more gun laws through the Capitol. But neither they nor gun-rights supporters have had much success in pushing their proposals.
  
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• Taking a lot off the top for childhood-cancer charity

  13-03-2015 04:46
  
  Thirty-nine people helped raise more than $29,000 in a hair-shaving event for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a national organization that helps fund childhood-cancer research.
  
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• Which bills are still alive at Legislature’s halfway point

  13-03-2015 04:43
  Only three bills have made it to Gov. Jay Inslee’s desk to be signed into law. The work that remains to be done includes the budget and expensive transportation and education proposals.
  
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• FDA issues guidelines for scopes linked to ‘superbug’

  13-03-2015 04:33
  Food and Drug Administration officials have issued new guidelines for device makers in the wake of “superbug” outbreaks tied to medical scopes in Seattle and across the nation.
  
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• Japanese philosophy yields good changes at Food bank

  13-03-2015 04:24
  
  Using a corporate philosophy from Japan called Kaizen, which emphasizes continuous improvement through small changes, the Rainier Valley Food Bank is able to serve guests more quickly and efficiently.
  
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• Teen e-cigarette use spikes in King County

  13-03-2015 03:31
  
  About one in five King County high-school seniors reported using e-cigarettes or vaping in the past month, even as traditional cigarette smoking and use of alcohol declined, a county report shows.
  
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• Kirkland elementary student poses ‘biohazard’ risk, union says

  13-03-2015 03:16
  A Kirkland special-ed student who needs daily diaper changes has returned to class despite protests by aides who say her contagious C. diff infection creates an unsafe workplace.
  
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• Downtown Seattle residents keeping an eye on crime online

  13-03-2015 02:15
  
  Downtown Seattle residents keeping an eye on crime online
  
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• Amy Lillard wants action on Washington state film tax incentives

  13-03-2015 01:57
  
  The state is missing out on millions in jobs, says the executive director of Washington Filmworks.
  
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• Police: Autistic teen beaten to death

  13-03-2015 01:20
  
  Police: Autistic teen beaten to death
  
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• Lake Tapps unusually low

  13-03-2015 01:09
  
  Lake Tapps unusually low
  
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• Savage Love: Truth Be Told

  13-03-2015 00:20 via thestranger.com
  When I was 15, I had a three-month-long sexual relationship with a 32-year-old woman. She was a friend of the family, and my parents were going through a divorce. I stayed with her for the summer, and she initiated a sexual relationship. Looking back, I can see that she had been grooming me. We used to have conversations online and via e-mail that were very inappropriate considering our age difference…
  
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