This study has tremendous implications for all students and parents, not just those seeking to attend the elite private schools. If academic papers aren’t yer thing, I highly recommend this podcast: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/podcasts/the-daily/college-legacy-admissions.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/24/upshot/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions.html
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King County Metro Route 635 2018 – 2023
4 Comments on King County Metro Route 635 2018 – 2023Route 635 is a shuttle bus that transits from Angle Lake Station down to 216th and Wesley. It was created as a funding match partnership with the City in 2018. This year, KC has taken over 100% funding, which is great. From Metro’s point of view this is the ‘multi-modal transportation’ that a passenger ferry
... continue reading.The 2023 Drone Show. And a proposal for a different experiment in 2024.
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The drone show was an experiment--and an expensive one at that. I do not believe it provided nearly the entertainment value of fireworks and cannot do so without spending several times the money. So in 2024 I propose a different experiment using those same drone funds: Firm enforcement of illegal fireworks....
Tom Nelson, Seattle’s fishing evangelist, wants you to catch fish to save fish
By David Gutman Seattle Times staff reporter OFF POSSESSION POINT, Puget Sound — As he scrapes a 3-foot gaff hook against an abandoned timber piling, Tom Nelson turns and explains, to a small audience, Puget Sound fishing techniques, the local ecosystem, the modern world. The barnacles he’s scraping off will chum the water for pile
... continue reading.Categories Public Safety
Drug Arrests in Des Moines, WA 2018-2022
Leave a comment on Drug Arrests in Des Moines, WA 2018-2022These numbers surprised me. I’m not sure why because, until I saw this I honestly had no idea what to expect. And I’d be interested to know what you think. Higher than you thought? Lower? About what you expected? Arrests for possession and paraphernalia are both coded as VCUSA. It took a bit of work
... continue reading.Seattleites support denser housing, but only up to a point, survey finds
By Neetish Basnet – Data reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jun 4, 2023 Updated Jun 5, 2023, 2:54pm PDT More than 80% of Seattle metro area homeowners and renters support building denser housing in their neighborhoods, according to new Zillow research. However, their support is conditional. 2023 SUBSCRIBER STUDY Improve Your Experience By Taking A Short Survey Share your feedback
... continue reading.Fentanyl has devastated King County’s homeless population, and the toll is getting worse
1 of 11 | A candlelight vigil in December by Women in Black honors homeless people who died in 2022. Deaths by overdose have skyrocketed. (Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times) By Anna Patrick Seattle Times staff reporter Before the pandemic, most fentanyl-related overdoses reported in the Seattle area involved people with homes. They started
... continue reading.Seattle’s proposed tree ordinance is the legislative equivalent of a chain saw
Follow up to this: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/enforce-seattles-tree-ordinance
... continue reading.Regular Meeting – 04 May 2023 – Agenda – Pdf-w full comments
An excerpt from STNI: The Chicken or the Egg
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As many of you know, my day job is working with SeaTacNoise.Info. We have an upcoming documentary on the community history of Sea-Tac Airport. I'll be publishing a series of 'excerpts' and here is Part I: The Chicken or the Egg--1949-1990, which basically answers the questions: Who was here first? And: How did we let an airport so close to so many people get so big?...