Inside Opinion » ann dasch http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion What's on the minds of Tacoma News Tribune editorial writers Sat, 25 May 2013 01:29:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Our endorsements in Pierce County Council races http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2012/10/18/our-endorsements-in-pierce-county-council-races/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2012/10/18/our-endorsements-in-pierce-county-council-races/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:45:47 +0000 TNT Editorial Board http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=15098 This editorial will appear in Friday’s print edition.

At least three faces on the Pierce County Council will change after the Nov. 6 election, but the political makeup of the council is likely to remain roughly the same with Republicans outnumbering Democrats. The only question is whether the GOP majority is 5 to 2 or 4 to 3.

• The District 2 race won’t affect that equation; it’s between two Republicans – incumbent Joyce McDonald, a former state representative from Puyallup, and Jeffery Hogan, the mayor of Edgewood. The district also includes Sumner, Milton and Northeast Tacoma.

Hogan’s main issue …

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