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On Other Blogs: Schools, Financial Misconduct, the Port, and Obama

By Erica C. Barnett September 7, 2012

1. On its blog, the Downtown Seattle Association
makes the case for a downtown public school.

2. The Seattle Times details
the convoluted past charges of financial misconduct against state auditor Troy Kelley, who settled out of court on claims of  "fraudulently transferring funds, intentional spoliation of evidence, shady business schemes, tax evasion, and hiding from creditors" $3.8 million in accounts.

3. 
Also in the Times: Side jobs on for-profit companies for Port CEOs like Tay Yoshitani are virtually unheard-of.

4. In the Washington Post
's Wonkblog, Sarah Kliff fact-checks Obama's speech, finds that all his factual claims were true (though some with asterisks).

5. Waaaaaaay down the ballot is a proposal, SJR 8221, that would lower the state's debt limit. The Washington Policy Center has an analysis of what the measure's impacts would be.
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