Tim Wheeler
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Wheeler
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Spending freeze, gay rights on Washington ballot
October 22, 2009Voters have already received their mail ballots across the Evergreen State and the two hottest issues in the Nov. 3 election are I-1033, a rightwing measure to impose deep spending cuts, and another ballot question, R-71...
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Coalition fights right-wing initiative in Washington state
October 11, 2009Not for a long time has there been such a need for increased public spending to create jobs and rebuild infrastructure, not least here in Washington State saddled with 9.2 percent joblessness.
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New bridge symbolizes river’s rebirth
October 2, 2009An important envirnomental project is completed in Washington state.
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Hometown to Glenn Beck: This is a hate-free zone
September 29, 2009Glenn Beck's hometown unites against hate.
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ACORN files lawsuit against video con artists
September 29, 2009ACORN fights smear campaign in courts and Congress. "Why no accountability for Halliburton and Blackwater?"the group asks.
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Health care rallies: ‘Big Insurance Makes Me Sick!’
September 24, 2009OWINGS MILLS, MD.--Fighters for health care reform holding placards with slogans like “People Before Profit” and “Public Option Now” rallied outside health insurance company offices Sept. 22 to demand that Congress stop kowtowing to insurance profiteers...
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Flood victims hail $35 billion water main bill
September 24, 2009DUNDALK, Md. — Stirred to action by the rupture of a 72-inch water-main that inflicted devastation on working-class communities here last weekend, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., introduced the Water Infrastructure Financing Act in the U.S. Senate...
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I visit Wall Street and get Obama’s speech
September 24, 2009Obama's main points:1. The rescue of the financial system was necessary.I agree with him. Wall Street and Main Street are closely linked. Now, the government's public stake in some huge bailed out banks gives it the...
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