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		<title>New Cheney Stadium will have bells, whistles and a whole lot of TVs</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/20/new-cheney-stadium-will-have-bells-whistles-and-a-whole-lot-of-tvs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter callaghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometime next month three design-build teams including the nation's primary stadium design firms will submit proposals for a renovated Cheney Stadium.
While those teams will come up with their proposals, the winner is expected to meet a detailed list of requirements drawn up by the city and the Rainiers – all for less than $30 million.
Construction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tacoma could get yet another berm</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/20/tacoma-could-get-yet-another-berm/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/20/tacoma-could-get-yet-another-berm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter callaghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was pouring through the files to figure out the plan for Cheney Stadium and came across this bombshell. In the program summary, the city has asked prospective stadium architects to include "sloped grass seating areas down foul lines and in outfield."
This feature is defined in the specs as "Seating - Berm.
A berm? After all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tacoma City Council: Accepting applications</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/20/tacoma-city-council-accepting-applications/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/20/tacoma-city-council-accepting-applications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lewis Kamb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tacoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tacoma City Council]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=1675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Interested in applying for the appointments to either of the two soon-to-be vacant city council seats? Get those applications into the city. Here's how:

News Release
From the City of Tacoma, Washington
www.cityoftacoma.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 19, 2009
MEDIA CONTACTS
Doris Sorum, City Clerk’s Office, dsorum@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-5361
Karrie Spitzer, Community Relations, karrie.spitzer@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-5790
Applications for two Tacoma City Council positions now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Winthrop Hotel? Nothing changed but housing authority offer stands</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/20/update-on-winthrop-hotel-nothing-changed-but-housing-authority-offer-stands/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/20/update-on-winthrop-hotel-nothing-changed-but-housing-authority-offer-stands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter callaghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tacoma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I ran into Michael Mirra, executive director of the Tacoma Housing Authority, at the Tacoma city council study session this week. That reminded me that THA had been exploring a purchase of the Winthrop Hotel from Prium.
I asked Michael to send me an update.
No Winthrop news, at least from our end.
  We have told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pierce County wins $4.4 million energy efficiency grant</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/20/pierce-county-wins-4-4-million-energy-efficiency-grant/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/20/pierce-county-wins-4-4-million-energy-efficiency-grant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wickert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress & Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pierce County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pierce County has won a $4.4 million federal grant to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The money from the U.S. Department of Energy will cover everything from a new heating system at the jail to installing heat pumps in old houses.
It also will be used to hire Ryan Dicks – son of U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pierce County Council chairman: Hecht veto was invalid</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/20/pierce-county-council-chairman-hecht-veto-was-invalid/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/20/pierce-county-council-chairman-hecht-veto-was-invalid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wickert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pierce County]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Updated with Pat McCarthy's comments below.
The Pierce County Council may have a novel response to a veto by County Executive Pat McCarthy: Veto? What veto?
On Monday McCarthy announced she had vetoed a council ordinance eliminating the Superior Court seat held by Judge Michael Hecht. But council Chairman Roger Bush said Thursday the executive did not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venn vs. Venn</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/19/venn-vs-venn/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/19/venn-vs-venn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lewis Kamb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tacoma City Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stealing a page from the Tacoma mayoral campaign of runner-up candidate Jim Merritt, local cartoonist R.R. Anderson has crafted his own Venn diagram for stating his positions on local issues.
As I noted in this recent post, both Merritt and Anderson are among several Tacoma residents who now have Facebook pages campaigning for the appointments to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The comedy stylings of Arun Raha</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/19/the-comedy-stylings-of-arun-raha/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/19/the-comedy-stylings-of-arun-raha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter callaghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since taking over the job as the state's chief economist, Arun Raha has developed a reputation as a humorist.
OK, as much as an economist can be a humorist.
Today, when he released a rather ugly state revenue forecast, Raha did not disappoint.
"I have good news and I have bad news," Raha said. "The good news is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington state budget: It&#039;s gonna get worse before it gets worse</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/19/washington-state-budget-its-gonna-get-worse-before-it-gets-worse/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/19/washington-state-budget-its-gonna-get-worse-before-it-gets-worse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter callaghan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems the September state revenue forecast that showed some hope for a recovery in state tax collections was a fake. In a revenue update approved today, state economist Arun Raha said the recession is over but state revenue continues to decline.
He dubbed it a "revenue-less recovery."
As a result, tax increases are no longer being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tonight on KBTC: Q &amp; A with Tacoma&#039;s mayor-elect</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/19/tonight-on-kbtc-q-a-with-tacomas-mayor-elect/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/19/tonight-on-kbtc-q-a-with-tacomas-mayor-elect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lewis Kamb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tacoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marilyn Strickland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tacoma Mayor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Weeks after a planned interview with her was abruptly canceled by the Tacoma public television station,  City Councilwoman Marilyn Strickland will be the featured guest tonight at 7:30 p.m. on KBTC's new community issues show, Northwest Now.
David Hinman, the station's general manager, will interview Strickland about her coming agenda for the city when she moves [...]]]></description>
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