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Closing the bullpen loophole in our open-meetings law
Seattle's reputation for full citizen participation is besmirched at Safeco Field night after night. We must begin the process of fixing it at once.
Steve Clifford
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Barack Obama: cool, even in the Highlands
Barack Obama [http://www.barackobama.com/] was in town last night. He did two gigs for the hip [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/343185_obama12.html] at $100 and $250 a head, and one for the rich, in the Highlands [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=the+highlands+
Culture
Humor: Our motto's better than your motto
"Not so fast" ("Alki," more or less) has a nice ring to it, fitting for our dispassionate state and these hard times. Other states' sayings are "not so swift."