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The Berlin Wall: 20 years later
NEW - 11/09, 04:02 PM

Fred Jarrett will be the No. 2 at King County
NEW - 11/10, 09:35 AM

The jump ball that is state Sen. Fred Jarrett has stopped bouncing. Jarrett will be the No. 2, the deputy, to incoming King County Executive Dow Constantine. Good swift move by Constantine. Jarrett adds cachet to the outfit. All campaign long, candidate Susan Hutchison and Constantine talked about the vritues of Jarrett and his moderate-minded positions on county budget issues - and how much both would like to hire Jarrett should they be elected. Turns out it wasn't idle campaign chit-chat. Constantine has picked Jarrett and Jarrett has agreed to do the job. Jarrett of Mercer Island was in my mind one of the two best candidates for executive in the primary. But when his pal, state Rep. Ross Hunter of Medina, jumped into the race, Jarrett and Hunter had to split that part of the vote. They both lost. So Jarrett has settled and he will be leaving his state Senate seat to help Constantine run the difficult and beleaguered government of King County. This is a win-win for the county

Editorials

The Mike McGinn era begins in Seattle

Here comes the new mayor, Mike McGinn. He would do well to hire competent staff, tend to basics and avoid unnecessary fights on the tunnel.

Sen. Cantwell pitches in on bill to help Main Street

Snohomish County focuses on farming

Opinion

NEW - 02:28 PM

Bob Herbert / Syndicated columnist | Jobs and peace trump health-care reform, Mr. President

Reforming the health-care system is important, writes columnist Bob Herbert. But the most important national priorities are tackling a catastrophic employment environment and ending the folly of an 8-year-old war in Afghanistan that is debilitating and unwinnable.

David Brooks / Syndicated columnist | The rush to a therapeutic story after the Fort Hood massacre NEW - 02:28 PM

E.J. Dionne / Syndicated columnist | Disrupting the Tea Party: Why the government-haters lost in Maine and Washington

Guest columnist | Beyond Veterans Day: Make sure U.S. takes care of its veterans

Paul Krugman / Syndicated Columnist | Right-wing paranoia getting out of hand

Leonard Pitts Jr. / Syndicated columnist | A tragic clash of cultures

David Sirota / Syndicated columnist | Trade and globalization: We are what we buy and how we buy it

Guest columnist | Twenty years after the Berlin Wall fell, Germans have mixed feelings

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