On other blogs today: We check in with the Economic Policy Institute, Seattlecrime.com, and Seattle Transit Blog.
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Josh Feit
Nerd Hour @ the Five Point
Join us for our first Nerd Hour. Now at the Five Point Cafe. Drinks, discussion, and debate, starring ECB, Dan Bertolet, and BikeNerd.
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Erica C. Barnett
140 Trees To Be Removed During Mercer Project
According to the city, the Mercer project, part of the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project, will require the removal of 140 trees.
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Josh Cohen
We All Pay For The Roads
Without fail, anytime a new on-road bike project is introduced, someone makes the claim that bikes haven’t paid for their right to the road. A look at SDOT’s funding sources, however, reveals that that simply isn’t true.
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Erica C. Barnett
What If the Bottled-Water Tax and Bottled-Water Repeal Both Pass?
What happens if voters both repeal the bottled-water tax and pass a law making it permanent?
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Josh Feit
GOP Raps Sen. Patty Murray on Anti-Surge Vote. Murray Stands by Her Position.
THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH A RESPONSE FROM THE MURRAY CAMPAIGN. As the official combat mission comes to an end in Iraq, Republicans call on Murray to “apologize” to troops and Gen. Petraeus and “admit she was wrong” about the Surge.
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Erica C. Barnett
SurveyUSA Poll Could Spell Bad News for Progressive Coalition
A new poll on November’s initiatives shows some regional and political surprises that could bode poorly for the progressive coalition that’s lined up to back and oppose this year’s ballot proposals.
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Erica C. Barnett
Updated Fizz: Tomorrow’s Ethics Commission Hearing
Our Internet was acting weird when we were drafting Fizz last night, and so the item about tomorrow afternoon’s Ethics Commission hearing got mangled. Here’s the full version, which includes more on municipal judge candidate Ed McKenna’s complaint against the city and a case involving falsified records at Seattle City Light.
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Morning Fizz
The Lead is the GOP’s Largest So Far This Year
Tuesday Fizz: Toss ups; Gallup polls; voters pamphlet statements; greenhouse gas reduction goals; tax cuts for the wealthy; teachers contracts; and happy hours.
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Bryce McKay
On PubliCola Today
Take a sip:
1) Your daily Morning Fizz!
2) BikeNerd has advice for all you bike newbies (like me) out there.
3) Grant rants. Guest Cola columnist Grant Cogswell.
4) Pinehurst neighborhood activist Renee Stanton has a guest editorial today hyping.
5) Cola’s first ever NerdHour, Tuesday at the Five Point Cafe.
6) King County is saving $600,000 thanks to County Executive Dow Constantine’s contract negotiations with county and city employees.
7) Erica cranks on the worst sharrow in Seattle.
8 ) PubliColaTV: Our 2010 ballot measure roundup.
9) Josh makes the case: You think green urbanism is bourgeois? Is Tacoma bourgeois? Didn’t think so.
10) Our daily roundup: On Other Blogs Today.
11) Your daily Afternoon Jolt!
Links after the jump.
Afternoon Jolt
Afternoon Jolt
The political fallout from the King County union talks. Today’s winner and loser.
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Bryce McKay
On Other Blogs Today: Major Fencing Operation in North Seattle
The Puget Sound Transit Operators Blog, Seattle Bike Blog, and seattlecrime.com star in today’s roundup.
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Josh Feit
Oh, Les Elites de Tacoma!
“Real” Seattleites say the green agenda is bourgeois. Yep, those kids in Tacoma are such yuppies. (Environmental all-star, Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland pictured, center.)
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Bryce McKay
PubliColaTV: The Progressive Take on the 2010 Ballot Measures
Anne Martens with the Ballot Initiative Network lays out the progressive case on all seven of this year’s ballot measures.
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Erica C. Barnett
The Worst Sharrow In Seattle
Another fact that gets lost in the bikes-vs.-cars debate: Maintaining our roads helps cyclists, too.
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