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The weekend of April 20-21, The Grand Cinema is hosting our first ever 24 Hour Movie Marathon. This is an event that we've wanted to do for a long time, but finally moved forward with this year as a support event for our Digital Conversion Campaign — to which all
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The weekend of April 20-21, The Grand Cinema is hosting our first ever 24 Hour Movie Marathon. This is an event that we've wanted to do for a long time, but finally moved forward with this year as a support event for our Digital Conversion Campaign — to which all
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Some recent spring-cleaning found my Washington United for Marriage yard sign mangled and waterlogged under my front porch. The bright green and white lettering had worn and by the looks of it you might think that it was five years ago, not five months ago, that Washington voters made history
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If I had a penny for every time I felt guilty for supporting artists whose work I know to be prejudice or socially harmful I'd have more than enough cash to pay off my student loans. I'm talking about Jay-Z who, pre-Beyonce and Blue Ivy, used to be one of the
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There are profoundly powerful human experiences that are captured and recaptured seemingly annually by filmmakers. Then there are those that are equally or exceedingly powerful yet are seldom selected for depiction. What's even more peculiar is that the large majority of humanity shares some of the experiences that seem to be
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Ever walk into an argument long after it began and found that it's seemingly too late to take a side? The dueling parties have been firing off rationale after rationale, their heels are dug in, and as you watch them quarrel you decide you might as well stay out of
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Earlier this week Washington United for Marriage, a statewide campaign leading the effort to lobby in support of marriage equality, celebrated the completion of the first half of its mission when Governor Gregoire signed legislation passing same-sex marriage into law. Over the past three months Washington United has directed and equipped
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LGBT leaders and allies all over Washington are launching a new campaign for marriage equality called Washington United for Marriage. The campaign's goal is to pass a marriage equality bill in the Washington State Legislature and for it to be signed into law by Governor Christine Gregoire. To reach this
Tacoma Week In Review
Governor Gets Grim I don't usually cover statewide developments, but yesterday Governor Gregoire released a list of proposed budget cuts totaling $2 billion. The Governor spoke to reporters about ways the state is trying to go about making the colossal cuts needed for it to function, but the bottom line is
Tacoma Week In Review
Bold Decision by the Tacoma School Board On Thursday night the Tacoma School Board decided to move ahead with a plan to appoint Deputy Superintendent Carla Santorno to two back-to-back temporary superintendent posts. As The News Tribune reported today, Santorno will first fill the role of superintendent-elect (interim), beginning in January,
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TACOMA WATER TECH CLUSTER EARNS SPECIAL DESIGNATION The Washington State Department of Commerce announced this week that Tacoma's "clean water cluster" will be designated an Innovation Partnership Zone. This Department of Commerce classification doesn't come with new state funding, but was sought by the city in hopes it will assist them
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Teachers Strike Over For nine school days families weathered the storm that was the Tacoma teachers strike. And then, in a flash, it was over. That flash turned out to be a long day spent in Governor Gregoire's office. Gregoire demanded negotiations be moved to her office just as the strike threatened to
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Still No Contract Tacoma teachers continue to work and teach without a new contract, and consequently the teacher's union spent yet another week pressuring the Tacoma School District to get one done. Teachers again demonstrated outside a Tacoma School Board meeting this week, urging the district to come to terms with their
Tacoma Week In Review
No teachers' strike - and no contract agreement On Wednesday night members of the Tacoma Education Association (TEA) voted not to go on strike, instead opting to return to work with no formal contract. The union needed 80-percent of its membership to vote in favor of a strike for one
Tacoma Week In Review
Hundreds attend and demonstrate at Tacoma School Board meeting Last night hundreds of educators, parents and community members packed into the Tacoma School Board meeting to urge district leaders to reach a contract agreement and avoid a strike. Dozens more demonstrated outside the building before and throughout the meeting. While the board
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Vialle Dominates but Washington is the Story Historically, and locally, the power of incumbency has repeatedly proven to be all many elected officials need to ward off challengers and retain their positions. Tacoma, however, seems to have ignored that trend this past week, as sitting Tacoma School Board member Kim Golding
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Tacoma City Council strikes hard in billboard battle After months of debate, feet dragging and indecision the Tacoma City Council took action Tuesday evening, passing an ordinance requiring the hasty removal of roughly 190 Clear Channel billboards. The new ordinance also bans message-cycling electronic billboards and potentially invites Clear Channel Outdoor
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Tacoma Congressmen Split on Debt Bill On Monday Congress reduced the stress levels of millions by passing a debt ceiling deal, avoiding what many experts speculated could have been a global economic catastrophe. The bill passed 269-to-161 with House Democrats split down the middle - 95 on each side. Washington's delegation
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County Charter up for Debate Granted, I'm relatively new to Tacoma and where I grew up we didn't have counties, but before last week I didn't know what the Pierce County Charter was. I didn't know the details of why - all of a sudden - it may change. So, I
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Eric Anderson Out as City Planner If you're a regular reader of this column you may have noticed I missed last Friday. On vacation with family, I unplugged from the world for nearly a week, assuming nothing too catastrophic was likely to go down in mid-July... I couldn't have been more wrong. Last
