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What’s happening in Volunteer Park?

Photo courtesy of Volunteer Park Trust: People working during Volunteer Park Trust's Fall Restoration Day.

Thursday, October 13, 2016 11:36 AM

Volunteer Park Trust chairman Brian Giddens shares what's been going on in the park and what's ahead.

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Murray should have resigned a lot sooner
The real lesson from Amazon’s HQ2 decision

Amid the hemming and hawing about Amazon’s decision to establish a second headquarters, or “HQ2” as the company is calling it, one point has gone sorely ignored.
Weed needs national policy: How legal is it really?
Police union assures justice will never come
The last straw — finally
Lake View Cemetery needs to talk about Confederate memorial

Lake View Cemetery assistant manager Craig Lohr declined to speak to the Capitol Hill Times about the latest call for the private cemetery to remove a memorial to Confederate soldiers, saying he was too busy and needed to focus on real work.
Trump emboldens white supremacists to appease base
REVIEW: Test riding two bike-share options

Orange and green bikes have been strewn about the city to do what bike-share program Pronto couldn’t do — succeed.
Seattle is done with neo-liberal politicians
Get out the vote by Aug. 1
Brush up on your Shakespeare

Summer means it’s time for free performances in our parks by Seattle Shakespeare, GreenStage and other companies. Shakespeare when I was growing up back East meant difficult literature enlivened by sword fights; but here it’s like living in a vast Elizabethan stage.
Murray needs to resign now

About eight weeks ago in this space, we argued that, despite the allegations against him, Mayor Ed Murray should finish his term in office.
Tired of Seattle $15 wage sob stories

Several major national publications have featured articles in recent weeks addressing the increase in Seattle’s minimum wage. The concern seems to be how the increase to an eventual $15 an hour may affect the local economy. Will small businesses be able to afford this change? Will it contribute to a higher unemployment rate?
Despite flaws, we still need Seattle Police

We certainly appreciate the public and Seattle City Council’s push for a transparent and thorough investigation into the police shooting death of Charleena Lyles last month, but we also have serious concerns about how Kshama Sawant seems to be declaring war on the Seattle Police Department.
Many things wrong with officers’ response that left mother dead
Addition could revitalize Seattle Asian Art Museum

Your story in the June 15 issue about the expansion of the art museum in Volunteer Park gave a lot of space to the opponents of the expansion. Permit me to give another take.
Changes needed for Pride on Hill

Because of the division and confusion Capitol Hill Pride Festival, March & Rally organizers created this year by — unsuccessfully — changing up the annual event when seemingly no one wanted it, plans are in the works to find another group to put on next year’s festivities.
NW Folklife to remain free for admission

I would like to respond to a few of the opinions offered in Mark Taylor-Canfield’s opinion piece, “Keep NW Folklife affordable.”
Keep NW Folklife affordable

Wikipedia claims Northwest Folklife is the “largest festival of its kind in North America,” but after 45 years, this long tradition may be coming to an end. The alarm bells are now ringing and, for folks who love Folklife, you have been warned!
Murray right to end campaign, shouldn’t resign

In this clown car of candidates for Seattle mayor, we certainly didn’t want this race to be shrouded by the allegations against incumbent Ed Murray.

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