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Fletch Waller
Fletch Waller is a retired hotel management executive who sculpts in stone, supports progressive civic movements, and blogs in Northwest Ruminations.
Politics
Ideas for Democrats: Remove Barriers
June 10, 2025
I suggest my party narrow its focus to removing barriers both in what we talk about and in the proposals we espouse.
blog
The Port of Seattle is an Archaic Entity — All the More Reason to Know its Commissioners
October 20, 2021
The Port is a major social and economic driver in this region as a publicly chartered business enterprise with power to tax, lay fees, and set industrial and recreational rents. Nonetheless, POS continues to operate under most voters’ radar.
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November 28, 2025
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Alki and Plymouth: Tale of Two Thanksgivings
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November 27, 2025
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Communism, Socialism, and Kitchen-Sink Trumpism (Explained)
Wendy Liu
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November 26, 2025
People
Dick Cheney and Traditional Republicans
Joel Connelly
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November 25, 2025