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posted 10/10/09 01:21 PM | updated 10/10/09 03:22 PM
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The Weekend Wrap: Campaigns, Schools, and Street Food

By Michael van Baker
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"red man with balls" courtesy of The SunBreak Flickr pool member stacymariedavis

Mayoral candidates Mallahan and McGinn spent the week sparring with neither side landing a punch. At the end of the week, an argument over the search for a new police chief degenerated into each accusing the other of "politicizing" the mayoral race. If you're keeping score, these tit-for-tat exchanges are costing Mallahan more.

The Seattle school district released its new maps, which tilt towards the old neighborhood set-up in place before segregation was solved by putting kids on buses for two hours. Now more than ever, it matters where you live in Seattle. On the other hand, I-1033 threatens to pack kids in like sardines for years to come. 40 students to one teacher isn't uncommon these days, with chairs running short. Overcrowded classrooms and parents who don't believe in vaccines should help keep the swine flu in check!

The homeless campers of Nickelsville got a 30-day invitation from Wallingford's Keystone Congregational Church. Say what you will about "Seattle nice," but some people around here are really raising the bar. Others are busy filling a big hole at 2nd and Pine with dirt because the commercial real estate market is hibernating for the winter...well, foreseeable future.

Meanwhile, on The SunBreak, we covered Seattle iPhone apps for real estate and zoo-gazing, and pushed for a street foodwagon-train down at Occidental Square. Seth wrote a trippy into-the-lookingglass thought piece on the '90 and '09 Mariners teams, and SDOT said it was going to winterize better, virtually guaranteeing a warmer, rainy winter.

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