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Paul Schrag on January 26th, 2012
Tacoma, meet The Conqueror. Broadnax the Conqueror. If you want to be formal about it, he is soon-to-be appointed Tacoma City Manager T.C. Broadnax.
Based on a lunch-hour conversation, I've unilaterally decided he's just what Tacoma needs.
Like most conquerors, Broadnax is strong. He doesn't take any crap, at least not from
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Paul Schrag on December 22nd, 2011
No one will deny that police and firefighter layoffs are going to hurt. As Tacoma city officials work with union and department leaders to iron out the details of what has become the most contentious aspect of closing a projected $31 million budget shortfall - the loss of what could
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Paul Schrag on December 11th, 2011
Laura MacCary and husband Joe Benner have a special wish for Christmas - they want to be able to make robots and talk about technology with their fellow dorks in Tacoma. Dork is a term of respect and endearment in Laura and Joe's world, by the way. Especially if said
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Paul Schrag on December 8th, 2011
Amongst several hundred police officers and firefighters, Amy Tiemeyer took the podium in front of Tacoma City Council to plead her case. Tiemeyer was one of just a few that didn't arrive solely in support of the Tacoma Police or Fire Department officers and the communities they serve. Tiemeyer is
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Paul Schrag on December 4th, 2011
It's hard to decide what to do this time of year. For many people, the holiday season is simple and routine. But for a growing number of people, plain old Christmas doesn't cut it anymore. People are slicing and dicing tradition in larger and larger numbers. Some are tired of
Arts Feature
Paul Schrag on November 30th, 2011
It's time to go polar. Thank the Tacoma Art Museum, Franciscan Health Systems and a bunch of other nice folks who have transformed Tacoma's Tollefson Plaza into a full on Polar Plaza, complete with arts, activities and a covered, open-air ice rink open to anyone brave enough to strap on
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Paul Schrag on November 25th, 2011
Shift happens. Especially during the holidays. That's the message from local community-building non-profit Go Local Tacoma, as it joins more than 150 communities across North America in the Shift Your Shopping holiday campaign, an unprecedented national effort that encourages residents to take job creation and economic
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Paul Schrag on November 25th, 2011
Shift happens. Especially during the holidays. That's the message from local community-building non-profit Go Local Tacoma, as it joins more than 150 communities across North America in the Shift Your Shopping holiday campaign, an unprecedented national effort that encourages residents to take job creation and economic concerns into their own
Arts Feature
Paul Schrag on October 24th, 2011
If you haven't started constructing your Halloween persona, it's not too late. Whether you go for the full-blown latex and polyester pre-fab, or make your own from whatever you can find in your basement, Halloween is your big chance to indulge your desire to be someone else. From Joe Paterno
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Paul Schrag on October 23rd, 2011
With its sordid and storied history, a town like Tacoma better have some good ghosts. And it does. Though most of Tacoma's hauntings happen in residences, which typically don't offer tours, there are a number of old buildings throughout the city reputed to be occupied by one or more wayward
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Paul Schrag on November 28th, 2011
THE ONE THAT DIDN'T MAKE OUR HOLIDAY GUIDE >>>
The frame above is for pictures of your favorite d-bag. We all have at least one in our life - that person you would love to punish, if only you weren't such a cowardly, passive aggressive little whiner; endlessly turning your rage
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Paul Schrag on May 19th, 2011
LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS >>>
A handful of local artists are suddenly out of luck as property owners in downtown Tacoma have announced they will stop participating in a program that provided artists with free studio and gallery space.
You've likely already seen some of the fruits of the program
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Paul Schrag on May 13th, 2011
WHY DESMOND TUTU CHOSE TO COME TO TACOMA >>>
Desmond Tutu is coming to Tacoma. Let that sink in, then consider that the Nobel Peace Prize winner and historic peace activist chose to come to Tacoma as the first of his final two official international appearances before he retires later this
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Paul Schrag on March 18th, 2011
THIS SEEMS VAGUELY FAMILIAR >>>
City of Tacoma's Tax & Licensing Division has summarily revoked the business licenses of at least 19 medical marijuana dispensaries within the city limits. Dispensary owners received letters yesterday, March 17, demanding that they cease to operate by March 28 or face fines and penalties, up
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Paul Schrag on December 15th, 2010
ALL FIVE PEACE ACTIVISTS FOUND GUILTY THIS WEEK >>>
Five peace activists, including an 83-year-old nun and an 81-year-old Jesuit, were found guilty this week of a range of crimes after breaking into a nuclear storage facility in Silverdale, Wash. Anne Montgomery, 83, a Sacred Heart sister from
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Paul Schrag on October 19th, 2010
HOT TOPIC >>>
The Tacoma City Council told medical marijuana proponents today that so-called dispensaries would be allowed to stay open as long as their owners filed an official appeal of the cease and desist orders distributed last Friday by the city's Tax and Licensing Department. A crowd numbering at least
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Paul Schrag on October 16th, 2010
THIS JUST IN >>>
Medical marijuana patients and their caregivers were stunned Friday, Oct. 15, when several of Tacoma's so-called marijuana dispensaries were served cease and desist orders from the City of Tacoma's Tax & Licensing Division. The orders, with carbon copies to Tacoma Police Department Chief Don Ramsdell and Lt.
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Paul Schrag on June 8th, 2010
HAVE YOU VOTED YET? >>>
A grilled cheese sandwich can go terribly wrong. Experimenting with the classic formula, in this arena, can turn an American classic into a toxic-tasting mouth mutant. And Jesus hates mouth mutants. Well, thank God for Deanna Bender, who still makes the best
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Paul Schrag on May 9th, 2010
MOTHERF****R! >>>
MSM Deli II got a new front door for Mother's Day. Like a car-sized one. It was a regular, frantic Sunday evening when a fairly regular customer drove her car through the generally non-descript storefront at 2220 Sixth Ave., interrupting dinner and showering the wine aisle with concrete, dust
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Paul Schrag on November 7th, 2009
PAUL SCHRAG: BENEFIT FOR BRIAN REDMAN >>>Metal has evolved. Apparently there are enough enraged teens to have catapulted a full on pop phenomenon, with new metal bands emerging daily. And, forgive me, most of them suck. Instrumentation is sloppy, riffs are tired and repetitive, and grooves are barren. Even the
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