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March 3rd, 2015 - 1:47 am § in America, The Ave Scene

A Review of Seattle’s Most Dangerous Politician

Daniel Beekman at the Seattle Times has a very fair appraisal of Seattle City Council  3rd district candidate, Kshama Sawant. A few quotes: “… the bully pulpit, not the legislative sausage factory, is where Sawant is most effective and where her star power is an asset. ” “W[...]

January 9th, 2015 - 1:42 am § in The Ave Scene

The Seattle 15?

Seattle Met Chooses Seattle Up and Coming Leaders Seattle Met is one of those glossy urban magazines one finds in hotel rooms and on the coffee tables of affluent friends.  The Met is also an interesting magazine because it has reached out to one the few remaining  political reporters in Seattle,[...]

November 22nd, 2014 - 6:48 pm § in Politics

Seattle Times Editors Take GOP To Woodshed On Immigration Reform

The GOP’s stubborn resistance to immigration reform is so stupid and counterproductive even the rightwing Seattle Times editorial board can’t condone it. In an editorial published today the Seattle Times said, “President Obama is right to take action on the broken U.S. immigration system. The[...]

October 21st, 2012 - 9:11 pm § in America, Politics, The Ave Scene

SEATTLE TIMES to run free ads for Republicans only

“There is absolutely no interface between our news coverage and this effort:  We realize some people may question the approach, but we hope they will give us the benefit of the doubt as we try an innovative approach to new revenue and, at the same time, raise awareness of the credibility and effe[...]

December 20th, 2010 - 8:51 pm § in Misc.

Weyerhauser and The Seattle Times Invent new Portal to the Internet

Read Before You Need ( SJ News: Anacortes, WA; April 1, 2011) Merger afoot.  In a major piece of news, Weyerhauser has purchased the Blethen publishing company. Linda Blethen, the current CEO of the Paper Disposables Division, will be the head of a new divisions to be called News-on-Paper Enterpris[...]