Tim Wheeler
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Wheeler
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Howly Slim: A high note for Lavender Festival
July 8, 2011Songwriter Howly Slim will be perfoming at the Lavender Festival in Sequim, Wash., and tells of ASCAP and BMI system that has gone "terribly wrong."
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Letter to Washington: Don’t cut deficits on backs of poor
June 30, 2011Negotiations on deficit reductions in the past 30 years have been guided by a bipartisan agreement that the spending cuts should not increase poverty.
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Peace leader: Obama pullout speech a beginning to build on
June 23, 2011Judith LeBlanc, field director of Peace Action, said President Obama reflected the views of a majority when he called for "nation-building here at home" in his June 22 speech announcing troop withdrawals from Afghanistan.
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Food deficits, deadlier than budget deficits
June 21, 2011Living on a farm makes me think long and deep about food deficits here at home and around the world, deficits far more menacing than budget deficits.
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Ending wars, creating jobs, top mayors’ agenda
June 14, 2011More than a dozen mayors are sponsoring a resolution to end the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and use the savings to pay for job-creating programs in the nation's cities.
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Women’s labor coalition honors Irene Hull
May 27, 2011Women are being thrown under the bus as states and the nation try to reduce deficits by slashing budgets.
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“Rebel Girl” Gurley Flynn inducted into Labor Hall of Fame
May 18, 2011"We stand on the shoulders of giants," Teamsters President James Hoffa said to hundreds of people at the induction ceremony, held at Teamsters headquarters.
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Unionbusters target crews that run Washington’s ferry boats
April 7, 2011The ferry system in Washington is a beloved mode of travel, a throwback to simpler times, renowned for safe, reliable service, yet lawmakers are trying to strip ferry workers of their collective bargaining rights.
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