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2008-05-16T23:28:30+01:00text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comMatt DriscollBudget action vs. inaction
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2205
<p>You know the way you’ve been turning off lights, driving less, being more frugal at the grocery store, and drinking crappier beer to reduce your spending? <br />
Well, you’re not alone.<br />
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The same crummy economy that has ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comMatt DriscollCouncil clock ticking
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2174
<p>Tuesday during the Tacoma City Council’s Committee of the Whole meeting, Council District five representative Connie Ladenburg made a sure-to-be hotly debated suggestion that voters may be asked to decide on in this November’s election ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffMetro Parks vs. Community Council
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2149
<h1>Community Council: Mad as hell at Metro Parks</h1>
<p>The Community Council of Tacoma, which is made up of representatives from all of Tacoma’s Neighborhood Councils, will not be ignored. <br />
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They’re mad as hell at Metro ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffInhumane Services Commission
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2117
<h2>Foundation fails</h2>
<p>It was good news for those who believe in equal human rights for all and bad news for homophobes and Bible thumpers. <br />
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Monday, April 21 was the deadline for submitting the needed signatures to get a measure ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffOlympia noise ordinance
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2069
<h2>Olympia noise ordinance</h2>
<p>Last week I detailed Tacoma’s new comprehensive noise ordinance in a story that graced the cover of the Weekly Volcano. This week my attention turns 30 miles to the south, where musicians and live music venu ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffNo money for MLK Housing
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2045
<h2>No more overnighters?</h2>
<p>On March, 25, when Tacoma’s Human Services Commission made their recommendations to the City Council about the allocation of federal block grant money, money that comes from HUD and is designed to be dispersed ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffI might like Eyman
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2019
<h2>For whom the Sonntag tolls</h2>
<p>Historically speaking, I’m not a Tim Eyman fan. I’m a lefty, after all, and in the past I’ve often found myself at odds with the controversial former watch salesman turned initiative pusher fr ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffNonprofit cutoff
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1985
<h2>Not nonprofit enough</h2>
<p>Every year, the Tacoma City Council is charged with the responsibility of doling out federal block grant dollars to nonprofits that submit applications.</p>
<p>To aid them with these often difficult decisions, the c ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffHealthy Council
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1957
<h2>Healthy Council</h2>
<p>After hearing the recommendations of a citizen’s committee earlier in the day, the Tacoma City Council voted Tuesday to grant City Council members the same access to the city’s health care program as part-time ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffACLU looks at Ruston?
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1935
<h2>I’m telling!</h2>
<p>Throughout the relatively brief lifespan of the Weekly Volcano’s nuevo, bulkier, newsier, and sexed-up format, one square mile on the doorstep of Point Defiance Park has probably garnered more ink than anywhere.< ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffCode of Ethics
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1914
<h2>Code of Ethics</h2>
<p>After weighing the merits and considering two different proposals, the Pierce County Council unanimously approved a new Code of Ethics Tuesday, March 4. The new code, which was championed by Democratic Councilmen Cal ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffLonergan vs. Goings
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1888
<h2>Lonergan vs. Goings</h2>
<p>The Tacoma City Council is a bizarre group of players. All of them could easily be made into cartoon characters with accentuated personalities and plenty of goofy quirks. There’s the gangly Mayor Bill Baarsma, t ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffNoise Ordinance passes
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1850
<h2>Noise Ordinance passes</h2>
<p>Bitchy neighbors everywhere in Tacoma won a victory last Tuesday, Feb 19, when the Tacoma City Council voted 7-0 to pass Tacoma’s first comprehensive noise ordinance. The Noise Ordinance will take affect Apri ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffDUI bill
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1833
<h2>2DRNK 4U</h2>
<p>There has been much talk in the local media about Senate Bill 6402, which was sponsored by Lakewood’s Sen. Mike Carrell. The bill proposes requiring drivers who have been convicted of DUI to purchase and display a special ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffRuston combustion
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/1798
<h2>Un-ring the bell</h2>
<p>A $1.1 million grant that would have been used to house prisoners in Pierce County has been pulled by the state department of Community, Trade and Economic Development. Grant recipients Citizens for Responsible Justice w ...