Category: washington
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Bumbershoot internship/mentorship program appears racially discriminatory
36th legislative district representative Julia Reed’s recent newsletter contains this section: OPPORTUNITIES AT BUMBERSHOOT The Bumbershoot Festival is a highlight for the 36th district. It provides opportunities for local artists to showcase their work to wide audience and gives us the opportunity to see our favorite artists in our backyard. But the festival is also…
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Mandatory Housing Affordability does not make housing affordable
The core cause of unaffordable housing is there not being enough housing.
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In Memoriam J. P. H.
This one’s a bit macabre—caveat lector! March first has known some tragedies. On this day in history, in 1910, the deadliest avalanche in U.S. history swept over the rail depot in Wellington, Washington, killing 96. (So heavy was the slab of ice and snow, that the last of the bodies weren’t retrieved until July of…