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noForum: Edmonds has a spending problem; vote no on Prop. 1
The city has increased staffing beyond its means and its needs. The levy lid lift is unnecessary.
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Forum: Edmonds voters must send message to city leaders on taxes
Set to ask voters for a significant property tax increase, the city’s sales tax is next for a…
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Forum: Thoughts on prayers and their role in policy, change
Prayer and policy are not mutually exclusive; such appeals are essential to change in our communities.
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Forum: Choosing hope over mere expectations
Even in the face of repeated disappointments we need to foster hope to keep that as an option.
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Sports Dad: The smallest things keep a rec league coach going
It’s goofy team names and little personal victories and parents who care enough to get kids on the…
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Forum: Agree or not with Charlie Kirk, he fed need for discourse
Regardless of where we stand on issues, we have to find a path toward discussion and understanding.
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Hazen: Nothing like a little knee surgery to keep one humble
Lesson No. 1: Recovery means a surrender of body autonomy; and learning how to accept the help of…
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Forum: Regional academy is building a safer Washington state
The regional academies allow recruits to train closer to home and are rebuilding police staffing.
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Forum: Criticism of Marysville’s growth plans ignored realities
Traffic is moving better and the city is complying with state mandates to provide sufficient housing.
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Forum: Choosing a path for Marysville’s future community
Strawberry fields weren’t forever. Marysville has grown and needs to take care with development.
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Forum: On The Wild Place trail memories come with each mile
Backpack journeys through woods to beach feature a changing troop but familiar and treasured experiences.
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Forum: The attributes shared by jazz and American culture
Jazz is stupid. So, perhaps, is our culture. But both also offer freeing and spontaneous conversations.
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Forum: Why pick up a penny when it’s only worth a thought?
A dusty penny finds purchase in thoughts of growing up poor, luck and kindness to the next person.
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Forum: County’s wetland mitigation project hides other losses
The Little Bear Creek project is a fig leaf that allows wetland destruction elsewhere in the county.
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Forum: Are fear of shame, pride what drive privacy obsession?
We are holding who we are — even our ailments — so closely it keeps us from health…
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Forum: Harm reduction offers better outcomes than prohibition
A committee’s proposal to provide a safe supply of drugs can limit overdoses and offer a path to…
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Forum: Don’t dismiss potential for controlled supply of drugs
Contrary to a columnist’s views, supplying drugs to those with addictions has led to better outcomes elsewhere.
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Forum: Book discussion explores police response to white supremacy
The forum, Sunday in Everett features former FBI agent Michael German and his book, ‘Policing White Supremacy.’
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Forum: ‘The vibrations hit you deep. You can feel it in your body.’
How the far-off cadence of a marching band’s drums caught a 10-year-old’s ear with the rhythm of the…
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Forum: Protecting, ensuring our freedoms in uncertain times
Independence means neither blind celebration nor helpless despair; it requires facing the work of democracy.