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A Modest Proposal to Dino Rossi: How Does UW President Rossi Sound?

Dylan Wilbanks — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:18:00 +0000

Dear Mr. Rossi: Dino Rossi, job-hunter Well, here we are yet again, with you on the losing side of another election. And yet again, you weren’t able to muster enough votes outside of King County to overcome the usual overwhelming support for Democrats this county musters. Although you did do two percent better in King County than in 2008, you still couldn’t crack the magic 40 percent mark a Republican needs in the county to have a chance at winning. So, here you are yet again, out of a job. And this time around, you can’t go back to real [...]

Seattle Schools and Reform: One Parent’s Perspective

Dylan Wilbanks — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0000

Firefighter G.F. Sevilles visiting classroom at Halloween, 1966: Item 75723, Seattle Fire Department Slides (Record Series 2801-09), Seattle Municipal Archives I felt the need to respond to MvB’s post about Seattle Schools because I’m no longer “outside looking in” with our school system. I’m a parent now, having endured the process of school selection and the ups and downs of kindergarten. As an actual SPS parent…I find it amazing any kid gets taught anything at all. Large school systems are caught in a bind because they have to educate all kids. And educating all kids is the morally correct thing [...]

McGinn, The Viaduct, and Fabius Maximus

Dylan Wilbanks — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:46:00 +0000

I was thinking the other day about the poor state of the Obama Administration and how they’d managed to get so much done and yet only lose ground in the process. The problem, as I see it, is the difference between strategy and tactics when it applies to a military campaign. Strategy is the overall scope of your battle plan. You will take that hill, then push on to the city below. Tactics are the decisions you make in battle. How will you deploy your troops? How will you send them up the hill? Should you use airpower or artillery? [...]