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By Chris Kissel at 5:58 pm

PubliCola Adds Life PubliCola continued its war on fun today with 14 posts about bicycle infrastructure, tax initiatives, and county budgets. Seriously, the nerdiness must be at an all-time high. Look at the titles of these posts: 1) Dispatches from Last Night’s City and County Budget Hearings 2) Why All the Outrage Over Bike Boxes? 3) Judge Says BIAW Mishandled Membership Money 4) Murray vs. GOP on the Sales Tax Deduction 5) Last Night: Josh reads a magazine. 6) PubliCola Hosts Workers’ Comp Debate 7) Murray Earmarks Go to Former Aides 8 ) Author of Insurance Privatization Initiative Opposes It 9) PubliCola News Intern Needed 10) County Agreement: No Raises for 6,000 Union Employees 11) Study Shows Hope for Seattle Bike Infrastructure 12) City Horses Not Destined For Glue Factory 13) "The Piggy Bank is Broken": Last Night’s County Budget Hearing 14) Tech Industry Group Opposes High-Earners’ Income Tax read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 5:05 pm

Politics Our daily roundup: Today's survey stars the Seattle Times, TechFlash, Seattle Bike Blog, and Puget Sound Transit Operators. read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 5:03 pm

City Hall, Politics The Seattle Police Department's seven horses will go to "good homes," which is not a euphemism for the Jello plant. read more →

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By Josh Cohen at 4:19 pm

News The latest American Community Survey shows that the percentage of bike commuters in Seattle was stagnant from 2008 to 2009. BikeNerd is not only not discouraged, he's downright optimistic about the possibility of growth from here on out. read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 3:56 pm

Politics Flanked by the two chairs of the King County Coalition of Unions, King County Executive Dow Constantine announced this afternoon that labor unions representing about 6,000 county employees had tentatively agreed to forgo cost-of-living increases next year, saving the county as much as $8 million. The county faces a shortfall next year of $60 million. [...] read more →

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By Chris Kissel at 3:50 pm

Politics "There are no dollars in this budget to support human services," said King County Council staff member Polly St. John last night, starting off the King County Council's first public hearing on the budget cuts announced Monday. "The piggy bank is broken." read more →

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By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee at 3:00 pm

News SPD Blotter: On September 30th, at approximately 10:30 AM, officers responded to a 911 call of a burglary in progress in the 2500 Block of 5 Avenue West.  The complainant stated that three juvenile males had entered the neighbor’s house through the garage.  The complainant remained on the phone with the dispatchers while officers responded [...] read more →

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By Afternoon Jolt at 2:28 pm

2010 Election, Jolt, Opinion Today's loser: the BIAW. Former Supreme Court Justice Phil Talmadge, the person who wrote the workers' comp initiative for the BIAW, tells PubliCola he doesn't support it. read more →

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By Josh Feit at 2:15 pm

2010 Election, Politics Times report: Sen. Murray directs military contracts to former colleagues. read more →

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By Josh Feit at 1:42 pm

2010 Election, PubliCola Adds Life The pro and con I-1082 campaigns will square off at Town Hall next Tuesday night. read more →

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By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee at 1:23 pm

News In the last few months, we’ve come across a few confounding reports of detergent heists at Capitol Hill grocery stores (seriously, who steals detergent?). We’d heard several theories from officers and detectives about the detergent thefts—that the soap was being used to cut cocaine, or sold as bunk (fake) coke—but it appears the truth is [...] read more →

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By Josh Feit at 1:14 pm

2010 Election, This Washington Judge says BIAW can no longer co-mingle workers' comp funds with its own bank account. BIAW spokeswoman scoffs at plaintiffs' victory dance. "[The judge] wants us to set up a separate banking account. Big deal. We're happy to comply with that technical fix." read more →

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