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Was it good government practice for morgue staffers to provide the King County medical examiner with samples of their sperm at $20 a pop? The voluntary ejaculations were a bit unseemly, a... Continue reading Monkey Spankings at t...

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The Cannabis Defense Coalition has now received the second and third bundles of documents from the Department of Corrections in response to their public disclosure request. Following the first set of documents the CDC received, I posted about how At...

topics: attorney-general, elected, government

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WA among states weighing sale of liquor business To me this isn't a core function of government, said Sen. Rodney Tom, a Medina Democrat who is a chief budget writer for the Senate. It's a retail operation. Private companies can do......

topics: democrat, government, senate

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King County Superior Court Judge Julie Spector ordered the Seattle School Board to revisit its decision to use the Discovering Series math textbooks, calling the Board's decision to use them arbitrary and capricious . Meanwhile over in Kirkland, s...

topics: government, kirkland, school-board

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While we Seattleites know Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon as the handsome, young chair of the Sound Transit Board, his relationship with fellow government employees back home is s... Continue reading Reardon Watch: Can't ...

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CNN dutifully reports that The government's monthly job report on Friday showed that the disastrous labor situation plaguing the nation's economy is moderating. The facts: The unemployment rate fell unexpectedly in January to 9.7%. And businesses ...

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One thing I dislike about many politicians is that they genuinely dislike many of their constituents. Take Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, for example. When presented with a petition of 14,000 signatures -- mostly from corporate special inter...

topics: christine-gregoire, government

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Virginia's newly inaugurated Republican Governor, Bob McDonnell, has promised to privatize that state's liquor stores. Our Governor, on the other hand, has convinced herself that selling Blue Curacao is a core function of government. Discuss.......

topics: government, republican

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KING-5 Investigators: Report confirms strange practices at King County Morgue Robinette Struckel worked as a forensic autopsy technician at the King County Medical Examiner's Office (KCMEO) between 2001 and 2007. She says during that time she witne...

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Mayor McGinn's difficulty in cutting senior staff reminds us why growth in government jobs should be resisted in the first place. We are dismayed to see the rapid increase in federal employees under the Obama administration. From a WSJ editorial......

topics: government, mayor, obama