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| Seattle, Washington as well as video uploads, social | | | | Tell that to Eddie Bauer, who cut 123 positions, |
| networking, rumors, and blog authoring | | | | Macy’s, cutting 750 office workers from its |
| Clinton Leads Rousing Rally at Waterfront Pier | | | | Northwest headquarters, and “Seattle-based |
| Steve Zempke reports on Hilary Clinton’s | | | | Starbucks… shuttering 100 underperforming stores |
| Waterfront rally this morning on Majority Rules Blog. | | | | as consumers are cutting back.” It might not be |
| According to Zempke, “it had the feel and | | | | like California, Nevada or Arizona, says Andrew Gledhill, |
| passion of a real campaign.” Over 5000 people | | | | an economist for Moody’s economy.com, but |
| were “packed into the Pier 30 warehouse and | | | | “everything in Washington is slowing.” Tim |
| adjoining room.” People streamed the sidewalk | | | | calls Gregoire’s speech |
| and traffic was bumper to bumper. Most of the people | | | | “counter-productive” in his post. “If |
| he asked were already strong Clinton supporters | | | | we keep saying ‘it won’t happen |
| rather than undecided or simply curious. “Former | | | | here,’ when it does we’ll all be |
| Governor Gary Locke and King County Executive | | | | unprepared and it will hurt even worse.” |
| Ron Sims and Congressman Jay inslee gave brief | | | | Will Googie Diner Become Official Landmark? |
| comments but the main event was Hillary and she did | | | | For Seattle Real Estate Professionals, Marlow Harris |
| not disappoint.” | | | | updates readers on the fate of the Googie style |
| Zemke summarizes her speech in his post. | | | | Ballard Manning's. “It was most recently a |
| “Clinton said this election is about the future of | | | | Denny’s restaurant, but started life in 1964 as a |
| our country.” We have the choice of more of | | | | Mannings coffee shop.” The Denny's closed |
| the same with MCain, or “we can become an | | | | down a few months ago “when the property |
| innovation nation pushing for clean energy and | | | | was sold to Benaroya Properties after they bought it |
| combating global warming like Washington State is | | | | from the failed Seattle Monorail project.” There |
| taking the lead on.” Clinton spoke strongly for a | | | | has been a long debate around landmarking the old |
| “new energyfuture based on green jobs,” | | | | diner. |
| which she sees as “one of the most important | | | | Harris reports in her post that Benaroya Properties |
| challenges facing us.” It is our task to | | | | “submitted the landmark nomination late last year |
| “transform America and the world.” Other | | | | in the hope it would be turned down.” Ironically, |
| topics covered included the unfair tax system that | | | | Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board accepted it |
| benefits the wealthy, education, creating new jobs and | | | | and will be making a final vote on Feb. 20. There is a |
| the squandering of our money on war in Iraq. | | | | KCTS-TV segment tonight (February 8) at 7:30 on the |
| “George Bush left us so deep in debt, we | | | | controversy called, “Googie versus |
| borrow money from China, to pay for oil we buy from | | | | Goliath.” Our blogger has been |
| Saudi Arabia.” | | | | “documenting Googie architecture in the Seattle |
| Gregoire’s Rosy Picture of Seattle Economy is | | | | area for several years on |
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| On Seattle Bubble today, Tim takes issue with Gov. | | | | SeattleIAM is part of a groundbreaking network of |
| Gregoire’s positive speech about the Seattle | | | | city-focused blog aggregation, user generated media |
| area economy. Gov. Chris Gregoire, speaking at a | | | | and social networking websites currently rolling out |
| Seattle economic forum, “boasted she has | | | | across North America. Each IAM website filters and |
| found that Washington is ‘literally the envy of | | | | organizes blog content as well as offering video |
| other states.’” While the rest of the | | | | upload capabilities, social networking, blog authoring, |
| country may be slipping into recession, she urged | | | | favourites lists and rumours. The IAM Network is a |
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| “we must be optimistic. We must understand our | | | | |