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We’re breaking stories that wouldn’t have seen the light of day had you not given us your support. See the list below.
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Here’s some of what we’ve done just in the past two weeks:
– Former Seattle Weekly reporter Philip Dawdy was the only one to report that gun rights advocates almost showed up at the Bite of Seattle openly carrying handguns, and how police expect visible protests against the handgun ban in Seattle parks;
– We were the only ones to report that Robert Harkins, a longtime gay activist and deputy state superintendent of public instruction, watched a gay friend be beaten and kicked on Capitol Hill;
– Former Seattle P-I transportation reporter Larry Lange explained the entire debate over the Alaskan Way Viaduct during the Seattle mayoral campaign;
– We were the only ones to report that Seattle City Councilman Tom Rasmussen is considering proposing a ban on smoking in city parks;
– We “ truth-squaded ” the proposal by King County Council members to have Seattle pay for the downtown bus tunnel and were the only ones to report Metro believes Seattle is already paying its fair share;
– We were the only ones to report a bit of Seattle history – the sale of four old ferries that cruised Puget Sound for decades. And we were the only ones to chronicle their departure for a scrap yard in Mexico;
– Former P-I political reporter Greg Roberts pointed out some of the hypocrisy in the debate over ferries in the King County executive’s election;
– We provided much more extensive coverage than anyone else in town of County Executive Kurt Triplett’s plan for Metro budget cuts;
– Former Beacon Hill News reporter Tony Brouner reported on how the religious right was able to be more successful trying to get signatures to put an anti-gay marriage initiative on the ballot
Thanks to your support, we’ve been able to air perspectives in the past couple of weeks that otherwise would not have been aired;
– Former P-I columnist John Levesque’s take that the media’s desire to know didn’t trump Susan Hutchison’s right to privacy;
– A study by the Seattle Displacement Coalition disputing a myth that southeast Seattle has a disproportionate share of affordable housing – a belief that might hurt the chances of the housing levy’s passing;
– Economic Opportunity Institute director John Burbank’s calls for meaningful health care reform;
– Center for Government Reform director Jason Mercier’s commentary on the entire debate over protests at health care town halls;
And don’t forget about the work of other P-I alumni who still want to keep writing – Mariners beat reporter John Hickey and film reviewers Sean Axmaker and Bill White . At a time when theater reviews are dwindling, former P-I theater critic Gianni Truzzi is continuing to review productions.
