Inside Opinion » high-speed internet http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion What's on the minds of Tacoma News Tribune editorial writers Thu, 23 May 2013 00:45:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Grist for Gritty Tacomans http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2012/05/08/grist-for-gritty-tacomans/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2012/05/08/grist-for-gritty-tacomans/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 12:10:28 +0000 Cheryl Tucker http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=14050 Two recent articles in The Seattle Times struck a chord – and not in a good way.

First, on Sunday, Jon Talton wrote about how competition between the ports of Seattle and Tacoma is hurting both because they’re taking business from each other rather than from other ports. After noting that Tacoma has the advantage over Seattle of more capacity and dockside rail, he makes the case for a regional port authority (and you know it wouldn’t be called the Port of Tacoma-Seattle.)

The ports of Seattle and Tacoma are run by smart people who understand the threat and the

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