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Dick Lilly

Dick Lilly is a former Seattle Times reporter who covered local government from the neighborhoods to City Hall and Seattle Public Schools. He later served as a public information officer and planner for Seattle Public Utilities, with a stint in the mayor’s office as press secretary for Mayor Paul Schell. He has written on politics for Crosscut.com and the Seattle Times as well as Post Alley.
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Reconnecting With Rural America

Seeing all this, you might think small town America is another country and you’d be right, maybe not surprised that folks there feel left out, resentful of the wealth and power accumulated where you came from.
Cities

Little Known Fact: Low Income Housing is Finally on the Rise — and Here’s Why

In the last 25 years, as the homelessness problem steadily grew, it became obvious that increasing housing production – many more low-income apartments and houses, too – is the only meaningful path to getting people permanently out of tents and doorways.
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The Other America — Poorer, Smaller

Rural America is a long way from Silicon Valley – or any major metro. The employment offered in those areas is pretty much non-existent in rural communities. So, too, the large employment and pay of government centers. 
Elsewhere

In Switzerland: Cities Safe for Kids

We have lost some elements of community that once let us feel our children would be safe out in the city on their own. Switzerland has retained that safety.
Books

Book Review: Death and Consequences on Hilo

Eric Redman’s second crime novel set in Hawai’i, “Death in Hilo,” is better than his first, lots better, and “Bones of Hilo” which came out in 2021 was itself a strikingly good first novel.
Cities

Seattle Needs More Cops and Fewer “Debates”

Simply put, Seattle needs a police department large and smart enough (and openly responsive to review by the city’s Office of Police Accountability and Community Police Commission and others) to investigate and arrest those involved.
Technology

Shaken to our Core: AI as a Change Agent

Remember Google’s early motto: “Don’t be evil”? With superintelligence they might be. And there’s Facebook’s motto, “Move fast and break things.” They’re racing to develop superintelligence and this kind of thinking still animates the tech companies. With AI they’re pretty likely to break things.
Cities

Here’s How to Fix Downtown: Better Parking and Tax Breaks

And how many street parking places have been lost in recent years to bike lanes and bus lanes, desirable as they may be? With nearly nothing available at the curb, parking costs probably deter a lot of people from even thinking about shopping downtown.
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When Culture Conflicts Become Threats to Free Speech

The underlying issue is what, if any, circumstances allow groups to overpower freedom of speech, as happened at Hamline University.
Education

An Alarming Racial Disparity in Seattle Public School Reading Scores

Between 60 and 70 percent of BIPOC students in Seattle can’t read effectively. You don’t need dozens of academic studies to know that any weak reader will continue to do poorly in school.
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