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"EcoConsumer" advice is bad for consumers and the environment

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Twice a month, the King County EcoConsumer offers advice to those who want to spend a little more on products to...
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Income tax is more about ideology than revenue stability

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State Sen. Rosa Franklin is at it again. She certainly deserves an "A" for effort because she's...
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Seattle's bridge to waste

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Right now there's no shortage of news stories about how state and local governments are crunched for cash. In...
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Obama health care advisor keynoting local conference on Wednesday

Dr. Steven Eastaugh, a health care policy advisor to President Obama, will keynote Washington Policy Center’s...
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David Horsey's final solution: save the planet by getting rid of humans

The Seattle PI's David Horsey recently offered a solution for saving the planet: get rid of...
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No cure for the budget flu?

Joni Balter had a great column in The Seattle Times yesterday. Though I disagree with a few of her points...
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The climate-industrial complex

Bjørn Lomborg has a great op-ed in The Wall Street Journal today. The opening line of "The...
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40,000 people cut from health care but $11.6 million for arts?

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During the recent legislative session a great many lawmakers held doom-and-gloom press conferences telling us...
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Local retired surgeon and health analyst offers perspective on Obama health care reform

Today The Seattle Times published an op-ed on the Obama Administration's health care reform ideas. "Obama's proposal is the noncompetition...
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Gov. Gregoire vetoes common sense savings

During the legislative session state Senator Steve Hobbs (D-Lake Stevens) proposed a bill to suspend the Art in Public Places Program. ...
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