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• I Saw U: Leaving the Metallica Concert, Taking Pictures at Bumbershoot, and Waiting in Line at PAX

  05-09-2024 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  See someone? Say something!by AnonymousYard House giggle
  August, 29th 4:15pm. U: tall blonde with blue eyes your friend: curly hair Dakine backpack exit Yard House had a giggle over happenings. Let’s hang?You were taking fancy photos every time I turned around at Bumbershoot… 
  Wearing red shoes, red socks. Dunno who was stalking who. Left James Blake early w/ my friend, and there you were escaping from the same side exit.
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  You were at hideout with your brothe
  
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• Council Member Dan Strauss Considers Alternative To Social Housing Tax

  05-09-2024 22:52 via thestranger.com
  
  But He Won't Say What It Isby Hannah KriegThe Seattle City Council only has two more meetings to put Initiative 137, which will levy a new payroll tax to pay for social housing, on the ballot. Supporters of I-137 speculated that the council delayed action last month to suppress the vote by forcing the issue to a lower-turnout election and to buy time to propose an alternate initiative. During a cagey discussion at full council this week, Council Member Dan Strauss implied an alternative to clear
  
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• Four Pizzerias in Seattle with Perfect Salads

  05-09-2024 20:41 via everout.com
  Come for the Slices, Stay for the Leafy Greensby EverOut StaffYou know what's one of the best, yet underrated, parts of going out for pizza? The salads, which tend to be zesty, punchy, and fresh to balance out the heaviness of molten cheese-covered pies. I was first introduced to the concept of "pizzeria salad" via cookbook author Julia Turshen's excellent recipe and have since found some favorites around town—here are a few salads that pair perfectly with a slice but are also good enough
  
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• Meanie Like Sunday Morning

  05-09-2024 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  I wanted to file a police report, but no one is answering the non-emergency phone.by AnonymousI was on my way to brunch with my husband and kiddo, a family celebration for our wedding anniversary. I was driving, and our nine-year-old was in the back seat. The sun was out, birds were chirping, everything was beautiful. 
  Then you pulled up next to us in your large, white SUV. You stopped just ahead of us, blocking the crosswalk at a busy intersection. Hanging your head out the window, you fel
  
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• King County Council Member Girmay Zahilay Campaigned on No New Youth Jail, But Voted to Keep Using Youth Jail

  05-09-2024 18:11 via thestranger.com
  
  “I Did The Right Thing,” Zahilay saysby Ashley NerbovigLast week, the King County Council voted 8-0 to support a non-binding motion to leave the county’s child jail open. King County Council Member Girmay Zahilay joined the council in voting for the measure—with some meager amendments stressing how the county needs alternatives to jail for kids, upstream investments, and to improve the conditions at the current facility—despite running in 2019 on a platform to &ldqu
  
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• Slog AM: Student Kills Four In Georgia School Shooting, Netanyahu Doubles Down On Peace-Deal-Killing Land Grab, And Hot Weather Ahead

  05-09-2024 17:35 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's daily news round-up.by Hannah KriegWeather: Yesterday’s weather, while beautiful, sorta pissed me off. I wore jeans out for my big afternoon walk (25,000 steps btw) and I was sweating! And yet, shorts would have felt silly to me. Classic summer-to-fall transition temperature, amiright? Anyway, the weather picks a clearer lane today—summer, baby. Expect clear, sunny skies, and highs in the upper 80s. Shorts weather for sure. 
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• Back To School Season Is A Great Time To Protect the Capital Gains Tax

  05-09-2024 00:22 via thestranger.com
  
  I-2109 Trades Childrens’ Futures For A Tax Break For The .2% Richest Washingtoniansby Hannah KriegAs Seattle students returned to the classroom today, advocates stood outside of the construction site of the new Tyee High School to remind the voting public that a rich hedge fund guy wants to gut public education funding by an extraordinary $2.2 billion over five years to give the very wealthiest few Washingtonians a tax break—urging anyone who cares about public education, school cons
  
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