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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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Given the specter of climate change, 1,000 megawatts of carbon-neutral power – enough to power all of Seattle – are a precious commodity.
Somehow, that fact seems lost on the people who remain bent on breaching the four hydroelectric dams on the Lower Snake River.
Once again, U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D- Seattle, has offered Congress a bill designed to expedite the effective dismantling of those dams, which do in fact routinely generate 1,000 megawatts and can more than triple that to meet spikes in demand. McDermott wants to empower the Army secretary to remove the earthen portions of the dam to give salmon easier passage up and down the river.
Congress already has the power to breach the dams or tear them out entirely; this bill is a ploy to yank that decision from the democratic process.
This editorial will appear in Friday's print edition.
Talk about an extreme makeover.
The building at 14511 West Thorne Lane S.W. in Lakewood used to be a biker bar that created its share of headaches for local police. Now it’s a youth center – a big trade up for the Tillicum community, especially the youngsters who get a fun place to hang out.
Tacoma Area Youth for Christ has performed a tremendous public service by transforming the former Wander In tavern into the 3,000-square-foot Tillicum Youth and Family Center in the low-income neighborhood outside Fort Lewis.
The organization, which also bought and renovated four nearby duplexes for staff housing, has raised about half the money to pay for the $1.6 million project and welcomes donations.
Few communities in Pierce County need this kind of center more than Tillicum, where at least 90 percent of youngsters receive free or low-cost meals at school.
Keven Rojecki, who’s running one of the slickest campaigns for the Tacoma City Council I’ve ever seen, has broadcast a press release that begins:
TACOMA – Over the weekend in a one day city-wide food drive Tacoma firefighters and City Council candidate and firefighter Keven Rojecki raised 1,428 pounds of food for Tacoma’s local FISH Food Banks. In addition, over $2400 worth of food in cash contributions was raised to benefit the food bank.
Well, fine. I can’t begrudge any candidate a little self-promotion. That’s what running for office is all about, right?
But here’s how the press release ends:
There's a strange disconnect between some environmentalists' concern for global warming and their desire to shut down four carbon-neutral Snake River dams that provide 5 percent of the Northwest's power.
From biker bar to youth center: Now that’s an extreme makeover worth applauding in the low-income Lakewood community of Tillicum.
If you have comments or questions about these topics, please email them to patrick.ocallahan@thenewstribune.com. Editorials represent the consensus view of The News Tribune's editorial board.
Want to sit in on a daily ed board meeting? Email cheryl.tucker@thenewstribune.com to make an appointment.
Readers of the print edition are familiar with the grizzled face of regular contributor Richard S. Davis, who also writes for this blog. But now he's shaved his beard, and he looks completely different. Actually, now he looks a lot like Larry "Curb Your Enthusiasm" David.
I pointed out the resemblance to him when he e-mailed his new mug shot.
"It looks to me like Larry needs a haircut, but I do see
the resemblance," Dick writes. "I realized last week that the beard I'd grown to make me look older back in the day was now doing its job waaay too well."
To see Dick's new look, and to compare him to Larry David, click on READ MORE. Dick is on the left, in case you have trouble telling them apart.
Now if I can only talk Bill Hall into losing the beard . . .
