Washington state faces a $4.8 billion budget deficit, and our community cannot afford to sit on the sidelines. We must engage friends, families,
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Commentary: More than the sum of our parts
Posted on 02 December 2010.
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 29 No 49 | 12/4-12/100 Comments
Commentary: Let’s raise our voices to protect our families
Posted on 02 December 2010.
For decades, the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community in Washington state has fought for equality and civil rights and
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 29 No 49 | 12/4-12/102 Comments
Commentary: Undeterred by election results, I will continue fighting for a truly non-partisan King County Council
Posted on 18 November 2010.
In 2010, I ran for the King County Council on a non-partisan platform of responsible reform, government accountability, and job growth.
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 29 No 47 | 11/20-11/261 Comment
Commentary: Creating jobs from across an ocean
Posted on 28 October 2010.
On Sept. 13, I, along with my colleague Randy J. Aliment, accompanied Gov. Chris Gregoire on a trade mission to China and Vietnam in an effort
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 29 No 44 | 10/30-11/51 Comment
Commentary: Mayor McGinn: Transportation budget needs your support
Posted on 21 October 2010.
On Monday, Sept. 27, I proposed the 2011/2012 budget to the [Seattle] City Council. Right now, the city council is poised to strip out a core piece of the Department
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 29 No 43 | 10/23-10/290 Comments
Reader’s Corner: The top 10 lessons on life and politics that I learned from my brother, Wing Luke
Posted on 07 October 2010.
Editor’s note: For Seattle Rotary, Bettie Luke from the Organization of Chinese Americans gave a short presentation on the top 10 lessons on life and politics she learned from her brother, Wing Luke.
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 29 No 41 | 10/9-10/151 Comment
Reader’s Corner: More Sweet than Bitter: Author Jamie Ford’s reading at the Panama Hotel changes one life
Posted on 07 October 2010.
The decision to attend the reading of “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” was an easy one. Sometime after reading the book, I read an interview published in a local API paper.
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 29 No 41 | 10/9-10/150 Comments
Commentary: Political campaigns undervalue ethnic media to the detriment of communities
Posted on 30 September 2010.
If every vote counts, why are political candidates doing so little to reach out to Washington state’s significant minority communities?
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 29 No 40 | 10/2-10/82 Comments
Heart Care, a poem
Posted on 19 September 2010.
I believe there is a time and place in our world in which healthcare is not merely a service, but the deepest and most meaningful interaction between one human being and another.
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 29 No 38 | 9/18-9/240 Comments
Commentary: Asian Americans in higher education needed
Posted on 26 August 2010.
According to the recently published Almanac of Higher Education 2010, Asians make up 7.8 percent of all full-time university and college faculty
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 29 No 35 | 8/28 - 9/31 Comment
