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  Sex, Coffee and Seattle

  Evan Miller | Tue, May 27th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Seattle | Tags: news, seattle, evan miller, the new argument, money, police, video, florida, laws, protests, employment, starbucks, coffee, friday, caffeine, oregon | 1

  It is an unfortunate truth that sex sells only because we buy it. With the women from the HBO hit series “Sex and the City” knowing this truth all too well, the relationship between sex and cities across the country has caused many to ask where to draw the line. The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports. 

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  Results of Seattle’s Test of Automatic Toilets Underwhelming

  Evan Miller | Tue, May 20th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Seattle | Tags: environment, seattle, evan miller, homeless, the new argument, money, alley, taxpayers, paris, luxury, crack, toilet, restaurants, parks | 0

  A test gone awry brings the end to a trial contract between the city of Seattle and a German manufacturer of high-tech automatic toilets. But is such an abrupt end to a pilot program designed to quell public urination and defecation necessary? Surely these silver self-cleaning cylindrical facilities were not the boon the city was expecting, but were they really the bane? The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports.

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  City Transit May Need More Than “Technical Corrections”

  Evan Miller | Wed, Apr 16th, 2008 | Category: Guests | City: Seattle | Tags: transportation, california, republican, growth, seattle, transit, evan miller, legislation, the new argument, democrats, construction, highway, gop, laws, congress, advocate, nevada | 0

  Rail transit systems across America increase urban livability and contribute to the development and growth of cities. With this in mind, will members of congress fight for this much sought after form of city transit, or will they be blinded by partisanship and legislative technicalities? Evan Miller of The New Argument reports. 

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• The Daily Report

  “Glocalization,” Neighborhoods as Brands

  Brendan Crain | Tue, Apr 8th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: environment, downtown, growth, crime, seattle, gentrification, boston, internet, denver, manhattan, advertising, brendan crain | 1

  The average American sees several thousands of advertisements each day—the most commonly accepted estimate is 3,000.  It is no secret in our society that a large chunk of advertising and marketing efforts are directed at children ... Whether or not you think that advertising’s influence on young minds is positive or negative, no one can deny the fact that this massive onslaught of commercialism has some sort of effect, developmentally, on children.  And, since these children will, in a generation or so, be reshaping our cities, how might these developmental changes effect the urban environment?  Perhaps some clues are already rising to the surface.

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• Headlines

  Border Patrol Shafts NAC, Ringo Starr Beheaded (sort of), Clinton’s Rust Belt Promises, MORE

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Apr 8th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: headlines, clinton, seattle, nac, michelle kuly, katrina, hillary, rust belt, pha, ringo starr, aaron neville, u.s. border patrol | 0

  Michelle Kuly, our publisher and fearless leader (referred to as “The Winnipeg Woman” by CBC), is denied re-entry into the U.S., Ringo Starr meets Billy’s shears, Hillary Clinton’s proposed Rust Belt revival, New Orleans hosts Jazz fest, Seattle saves art spaces ... this and more in today’s headlines.

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• Headlines

  Death-Defying Houses, Egregious Mortgage Schemes, Obama’s Lackluster Record, more!

  Meredith Aska McBride | Thu, Apr 3rd, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: news, obama, headlines, california, education, foreclosure, seattle, legislation, chicago, foreclosures | 0

  More legislation news for homeowners, Obama’s education experience is reviewed, Seattle’s grocery bag fees and more in today’s headlines.

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• Headlines

  What Elections have become, Outsourcing to America, the $1 Bus, Cheap Housing, Safety, and more

  David Anderson | Wed, Mar 26th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: obama, david anderson, clinton, seattle, homeless, construction, bus, alphonso jackson, toilet, dollar, canada, dallas, missouri, new york, whopper, vancouver, airline, crane, tent city | 0

  A “Whopper”, the infamous Alphonso Jackson, Canadians outsourcing to Kansas City?, $1 fares from Toronto to New York, demolition in the Tent City, the burden of housing illegal immigrants, increased safety regulations for city construction, and proper disposal of “public waste.”

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• Headlines

  NAC site revamp Historic Hot House, Grass vs. Turf, Fare Hikes, More…

  Hayley Richardson | Mon, Mar 3rd, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, suburbs, headlines, california, crime, seattle, las vegas, nuclear reactor building, historic hot house, synthetic turf, mta, fare, m-hotel | 0

  First off, our posts will be a little sparser over the next few days (read: we won’t post anything) while we finish last minute revisions of our new Website (launching quite soon). Stay tuned.

  Now, headlines:

  Historic Hot House

  

  “If you thought landmarking a diner that was once a Denny’s is pushing the preservation envelope, how about putting a nuclear reactor building on the National Historic Register? Before you scoff, learn just a bit about a remarkable, little-known modern…

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• Headlines

  Obama’s 3rd opponent, power, lighting, Bob Barker, more

  David Anderson | Wed, Feb 27th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: new york city, hillary clinton, barack obama, david anderson, los angeles, seattle, denver, minneapolis, seattle school district, institutional memory, intellectual property, pet sterilization, air conditioning, slingshot, counterfeit, street lighting, ralph nader, bob barker, power outage, university of washington | 0

  Nader unloads on Obama, Clinton

  Ralph Nader to the rescue. His third run at the Presidency, he told Politico, is due to the “spinelessness of the potential Democratic nominees, Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.).” He cites Obama’s “relatively mediocre” Senate record as well as Clinton being “a panderer and a flatterer.” Nader knows his chances are slim as he admits, “‘Obviously, the system is triple-rigged against any small candidate.’” His run is more a…

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  Seattle’s public transportation debate: Is a light rail the best option?

  Matt Stroud | Fri, Oct 26th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | City: Seattle | Tags: seattle, public transportation debate, light rail, roads and transit, sounder trains, downtown bellevue in motion | 1

  I consider myself an urbanite.

  I live across the street from my office. My daily commute is a five-minute walk. My boyfriend and I share one car, and use it about twice a week for errands. I choose walking or public transit over driving when I can, and I’m a happy participant of Downtown Bellevue In Motion.

  That’s why I was initially so excited to see Proposition 1 on this November’s ballot.

  The so-called Roads and Transit package aims to “reduce transportation congestion, increase…

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