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News: September 2007


Lights, camera, wait..where's the candidate?

12:38 PM Fri, Sep 28, 2007 |

A funny thing happened as we prepared to roll on our first Seattle City Council debate. One of the candidates just didn't show up...

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Ron Sims on roads and transit: I'm voting no

2:13 PM Thu, Sep 27, 2007 |

When I asked him last week about the Roads and Transit ballot measure, King County Executive Ron Sims, a long-time backer of light rail, said he's staying neutral. But now, for the first time, Sims says he's voting no. "My oldest son will be 80 when it's paid off," he says...

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Will the Sonics stay or go?

6:01 PM Mon, Sep 24, 2007 |


 
Former Senator Slade Gorton says from the moment an Oklahoma group bought the Seattle Sonics...



Clay Bennett Exclusive: We need a binding agreement

2:57 PM Fri, Sep 21, 2007 |


 
Immediately after announcing that he wants arbitration over whether the Sonics can leave Key...



Roads and Transit: The debate

2:41 PM Fri, Sep 21, 2007 |

The saying that politics creates strange bedfellows was proven once again this week, at a CityClub debate on roads and transit...

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Sims does not support (or oppose) light rail ballot measure

3:34 PM Tue, Sep 18, 2007 |


 
King County Executive Ron Sims, a long-time backer of light rail, tells KING-TV he doesn't su...



Sonics in Auburn? See the location

12:11 AM Tue, Sep 18, 2007 |


 
The Muckleshoot Tribe is offering to contribute 26 acres if the Sonics move to Auburn. See ...



Are you willing to buy more light rail?

7:01 PM Mon, Sep 10, 2007 |

The Roads and Transit campaign has launched its first series of TV commercials, hoping to get you to vote "yes" in November on a package that includes 50 miles more of light rail. Meanwhile, supporters claim their opponents are using misleading figures in their radio ads. Let the campaign begin... >> Continue reading: Are you willing to buy more light rail?



Former Congresswoman Dunn dies

10:30 AM Wed, Sep 05, 2007 |

Former Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R) who represented the east side for six terms in Congress, died Wednesday of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 66. Some statements and thoughts on her passing...

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