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Sorry folks, but this one’s going to be completely uninspiring. I’m beat. I’ve spent the last five weeks working myself to the bone. I’m surrounded and drained by people going through 16 different kinds of personal hell. Illness, life drama, financial failure, home foreclosure, dying businesses, dead relationships, dying relationships,
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Ah, the Creative Class. This latest demographic demi-urge was created by researcher-turned marketing guru Richard Florida, whose list of credentials is long. Florida coined the term to describe population and demographic trends that are making so-called creatives the core force driving economic growth in the world today. A bunch
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Last week Lynn Di Nino and a group of Tacomans staged a mega-scale chess game at Tollefson Plaza. Chess pieces made from recycled 5-gallon buckets and discarded household appliances were spray-painted day-glow pink and green and pushed around a human-scale chessboard that had been chalked over the plaza floor. Color
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It’s time to take a fresh look at art in Tacoma. As the economy continues its downward spiral, artists, gallery owners and other institutions dedicated to aesthetic engagement are falling apart. Not just here — everywhere. Well, except for India, for some reason, where art sales are skyrocketing.
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American politics in 2008 are defined by an ancient dichotomy, says the Rev. Goonie — fear and hope. At the tail end of a three hour bar binge at SeaTac Airport, a short day away from performing a marriage ceremony in Phoenix, as he puts his seat in a locked
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It was inspiring, Tacoma, to watch members of Tacoma City Council, the legislature, state Department of Transportation and city staff sit around a table and almost reach a consensus on the future of the Murray Morgan Bridge. As it stands, the decaying bridge faces a very short list of short-term fates:
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If you think gas prices are hitting you and your ’98 Honda Accord in the wallet, trying owning 1,200 cars, trucks and hybrids. The City of Tacoma does. But officials in charge of the massive fleet aren’t all that worried. No, really. “We budgeted for this,” says Fred Chun, Fleet
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Well, it’s over. The legislative session, that is. This year’s pre-election session was expected to be mild, with politicians holding back for fear of angering potential voters. The state Legislature passed more than 300 laws since January, and many of them seem anything but safe. Rather than make you sift
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Pattie Donery has no idea how she is going to survive the next year. Last week she underwent major heart surgery to repair damage from two heart attacks. As she recovers at home in Puyallup’s Country Aire Manor mobile home park, she and her doctors are trying to figure out
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UPDATE: Ken Miller awarded $500,000 in court. This month, Ken Miller will find out if his proverbial fight with city hall was worth it. For the past three years, Miller has spent the better part of his days fighting to keep property that regional transportation authority Sound Transit says it needs
