This blog is designed to give readers a glimpse of our editorial-page operation and how we make our decisions. We’ll let you know who we’re meeting with, what they’re telling us, what events and issues we’re looking at. We’ll also pass on information and observations that may not make our print editions. In addition to the editorial board members who post on this blog, the board includes Publisher David Zeeck, Executive Editor Karen Peterson and Managing Editor Dale Phelps.
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Editorial page editor Patrick O’Callahan oversees the online and printed opinion sections of The News Tribune. He came to The News Tribune in 1987 and has worked at Washington newspapers since 1979. E-mail him at patrick.ocallahan@thenewstribune.com
Editorial writer Cheryl Tucker, in addition to writing commentary, manages the daily production of the editorial and op-ed pages and edits letters to the editor. She began her journalism career in 1974 at a Virginia newspaper and came to The News Tribune in 1978. E-mail her at cheryl.tucker@thenewstribune.com.
Editorial writer Kim Bradford manages the online opinion section of The News Tribune and writes commentary. She joined The News Tribune in 2005 after working 11 years at newspapers in Washington and Maryland. E-mail her at kim.bradford@thenewstribune.com.
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Editor emeritus David Seago retired from The News Tribune in 2008 after 41 years at The News Tribune. E-mail him at sds99@harbornet.com.
Richard Davis’ column on state politics frequently runs in the print edition of The News Tribune. He was president of the Washington Research Council, a statewide think tank, from 1986 through 2006. Currently, as a principal with The Simeon Partnership, Inc. he coordinates the activities of the Washington Alliance for a Competitive Economy, a business coalition founded by the Research Council, the Association of Washington Business and the Washington Roundtable.
Karen Irwin of University Place, a mother of four, has been a frequent contributor to The News Tribune's print editions. She has also written for Seattle's Child, Puget Sound Parent, the Tacoma Weekly, the Fayetteville Observer Times and the political blog Right Meets Left. She graduated from California Lutheran University with a degree in English literature and is currently working toward a history degree.
Michael Allen, professor of history at the University of Washington Tacoma, was born and raised in Ellensburg. He served with the U.S. Marines in Vietnam from 1969-70. He has written five books, including the prize-winning "Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus' Great Discovery to the War on Terror," "Rodeo Cowboys in the North American Imagination" and "Western Rivermen, 1763-1861: Ohio and Mississippi Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator Horse." Allen lives in Tacoma and Ellensburg and has three children.
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More from soon-to-be-man-about-town Dave Seago, who is supposedly taking a few days off:
I found a lady in a straw cowgirl hat supervising a bunch of workers at the spot in front of the Museum of Glass where the late, lamented "Water Forest" artwork is supposed to be. She turned out to be Amy McBride, the city's arts administrator.
My first thought was that the new and improved version of "Water Forest" we've been waiting years for was being installed. Oh, happy day!
Not so, but still good news: What is being installed today, in time for the mobs of Tall Ships Tacoma visitors descending on the Foss Waterway this week, is a more modest but practical solution in the same space.
Short columns made of the same clear polymers that "Water Forest" was made of will support flat, patterned surfaces made of the same material. What you get is arty but durable benches visitors can sit on. A nice compromise, I think.
During the first Tall Ships event, the holes on this spot were covered with wooden boxes and everybody hated it. McBride hasn't given up hope that "Water Forest" will be restored to its rightful place but, she said, that is currently subject to "financial negotiations."
I just caught up with David Ottey, head of the Emergency Food Network. I wanted to ask him about the report we had in the paper Friday about FISH Food Bank not having enough to go around.
If food bank shelves are nearly bare, that's worthy of an editorial. But Ottey says it's not the case in Pierce County.
The Emergency Food Network, which supplies FISH and the other charitable food pantries, has been able to not only keep up with the usual demand but also absorb an almost 20 percent increase in demand for food.
There is a potential threat on the horizon though. Ottey has been reading about supermarkets starting to pull items off shelves closer to their expiration dates. That means less food for organizations like EFN that rely heavily on salvage from grocery store chains.
1. Something like justice was served with the convictions of the five Makah rogue whalers, who violated the Marine Mammals Protection Act in an exceptionally cruel way.
2. Other school boards are doing it. It’s time the Tacoma School Board started televising and videotaping its meetings.
3. Again, the fireworks plague. If we can't obey the law, let’s at least be considerate of our neighbors.
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