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business

Beer, Wine, Degradation

March 10, 2008

This weekend the Seattle Times and Spokesman Review reported that Washington State is experimenting with a program allowing grocers to offer samples of beer and wine. Clearly there are mixed responses.
As much as I respect Maureen Walsh’s position, I wonder what she means by this:
“Wine is a legal product,” said Rep. Maureen Walsh, R-Walla Walla. [...]

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As Walla Walla begins to bing bang…

October 22, 2007

Sunday an article on Walla Walla was posted by The Voice of the Rockies, as I like to call it. Will Success Spoil Washington’s Walla Walla? As you will note, Knute Berger’s article originally appeared in Crosscut last Thursday.
Much has already been written about the Walla Walla miracle, how an old, insular small town in [...]

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Grandpa was right!

October 17, 2007

My grandfather was a good man. Smart. Successful. Loving. He moved to Dillingham, Alaska in the 1950s to run the small hospital. From there he started his own medical practice which he ran until he retired after his 80th birthday. Everyone knew him as Doc Libby. So what was he right about?
I read a blog [...]

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