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TECHNOLOGY

Biodefense, Biolabs and Bugs Seattle City Council takes an important first step to safety Labwatch.org (Aug 9, 2010)

WAR

State of Denial After the big Wikileak, spinning for war Normon Solomon, cartoon by Dan McConnell (Aug 9, 2010)
Daniel Ellsberg to Testify in Tacoma Anti-war Trial event Aug 11 & 12 Lawrence Hildes (Aug 9, 2010)

AROUND WASHINGTON

DinoRossi-saurus, Traffic Ticket Cameras, West Nile Virus, etc. featuring cartoons by Dan McConnell (Aug 9, 2010)

MILITARY

Trident Nuclear Resisters Get Their Day in Court Ground Zero Center (Aug 9, 2010)
Washingtonians Arrested at Tennessee Anti-nuke Action Ground Zero Center (Aug 9, 2010)

LAW

News from the ACLU North Carolina and WA police would like to know your private information with cartoon by John Ambrosavage (Aug 9, 2010)

WORLD

11 Impressions of The West Bank Joel Hanson (Aug 9, 2010)
Israel divestment movement surges in WA OlympiaBDS and TESCdivest, cartoon by George Jartos (Aug 9, 2010)

MEDICINE

How Community Organizing Saved Washington Basic Health Sisters organized for survival Cee Fisher, cartoon by John Jonik (Aug 9, 2010)

ENVIRONMENT

Still More Cartoonists Look at the Oil Spill art by George Jartos, David Logan, and Dan McConnell (Aug 9, 2010)

POLITICS

What Color Is Your -Ism? American reactions to "socialism" and "capitalism" are changing; too bad we don't have either Doug Collins, cartoons by John Ambrosavage (June 5, 2010)

ELECTIONS

Third-Party Candidates Face Long Odds Americans want a change, but change is rarely elected in WA or elsewhere National Institute on Money in State Politics (June 1, 2010)

ENERGY

Cutting the Cost of Cooling Creative conservation for air conditioning and refrigeration Martin Nix (June 1, 2010)

WORKPLACE

Teenage Microsoft Sweatshop 15-hour shifts under poor conditions at Chinese factory from the National Labor Committee (May 16, 2010)

IMMIGRATION

Why US Immigration Policy Needs Tweaking Bill Costello, cartoon by David Logan (May 16, 2010)
Arizona Immigration Brouhaha Various opinions from near and far, cartoons by Logan and McConnell (May 2, 2010)

TRANSPORTATION

The Coming Microcar Revolution Martin Nix (May 16, 2010)

ECONOMY

What the Doomsayers Haven't Been Telling You About Greece Neocons use Europe as a punching bag Steven Hill (May 13, 2010)

POETRY

A Poetic Look at Tacoma Glass Art Museum; a limer-ICK Gerald McBreen (Mar 28, 2010)
Fall Is For Falling Out Of Love, etc. three poems Bob Markey (Mar 29, 2010)

BUSINESS

Who Rules America? Corporate conglomeration is leading to neofeudalism Don Monkerud, cartoon by John Jonik (Mar 27, 2010)

EDUCATION

South Korean Teachers Reach for the SKY Class size doesn't matter as much as teacher quality Bill Costello (Mar 27, 2010)

HEALTH

California Dental Association Says No Fluoridated Water for Infants fluorosis is affecting most children from NYSCOF, art by David Dees (Mar 27, 2010)

CULTURE

Delete the Meat One might become a vegetarian account by John F. Baker, poem by Steve Hood, and cartoon by John Jonik (Feb 22, 2010)
Anvils: An Appreciation essay and photos by Robert Pavlik (Jan 24, 2010)

HISTORY

History of International Women's Day The first celebration was a century ago this year Megan Cornish (Feb 21, 2010)

MILITARY

Why I Do It Resisting Trident for Love and Life Lynne Greenwald (Feb 20, 2010)

TRUTH

Architects and Engineers Ask for New Look at 9/11 Doug Collins (Feb 20, 2010)

MEDIA

Is Olympic Coverage Sexist? Media coverage rarely gives women equal treatment Univ. of Alberta (Jan 24, 2010)

RIGHT BRAIN

Why I Don't Come at Christmas Anymore not-so-jolly Saint Nick (Dec 18, 2009) Santa Gets Political art by Ambrosavage, Lande, and Dees (Dec 17, 2009)

WORKPLACE

No DIME for the Dems WA Labor Council leadership accepts activist platform for economic recovery. Will they follow through? Steve Hoffman (Nov 6, 2009)

RIGHTS

Puyallup Bans Door-to-door Religious Speech ACLU of WA (Oct 16, 2009)

LETTERS

Single-Payer Health; Toilet-Paper Tax READER MAIL with cartoons by Jonik and McConnell (Oct 16, 2009)

SUBSTANCES

FDA Cigarette Regulation is Bad News John Jonik (posted Aug 28, 2009)
A Dose of Reality: Drug Legalization Megan Cornish (posted Aug 28, 2009)

SPORTS

A People's History of Sports BOOK REVIEW Doreen McGrath (posted July 24, 2009)

CLIMATE

Cashing In On Earth's Cycles: Part 3 Alan Cheetham & Richard Kirby (posted July 24, 2009)
Obama: How Serious About Climate Change? Doug Collins (posted July 24, 2009)


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posted Jan. 24, 2010    Bookmark and Share
Around Washington

featuring cartoons by Dan McConnell


In December, Chelan County assessor Russ Griffith was flooded with calls from shocked homeowners complaining about new property value assessments.

Though real estate values have been plummeting around the county, property values for tax purposes increased at least 70 percent for most of the some 11,000 newly assessed properties. Griffith explained that the values were based on the latter part of 2008, when the housing market was stronger than it is now.

Griffith also acknowledged that values in an area of Wenatchee Heights were tens of thousands of dollars higher than they should have been because staff was accidentally entering data twice.

Full story at www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/30/county-corrects-1000-new-property-values/.




So-called "Sexpresso" stands have been increasingly dotting the landscape in Yakima, and have raised the ire of the Yakima police and city council. A police sting in early January netted one citation for indecent exposure (for wearing a g-string, the defendant has pleaded not guilty), and various warning letters were sent to other baristas. The Yakima city council is now considering an ordinance to further restrict clothing worn by the baristas as well as paid activities such as "pole dances" and a visual favor known as the "five dollar holler."

Stories at www.kimatv.com/news/local/82312167.html and www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/01/13/city-council-rekindles-bikini-barista-debate.

—synopses by Doug Collins ◆

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