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6 stories matching math

  1. Tacoma’s Financial Sewer Fight

    A fierce public debate over whether Tacoma can afford a new water plant while simultaneously funding critical sewer infrastructure.

    Apr 5, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  2. Eighth Ward Republicans Revolt Over County Delegate Math

    A packed Seattle club meeting denounces the King County Republican committee's apportionment and votes to carry the fight to every ward.

    Aug 9, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  3. The City Wants Its Fair Share: Republican Wards Revolt Over Delegate Math

    Three ward clubs storm the county Republican committee to protest an apportionment that hands the countryside outsized power — and the committee adjourns without budging an inch.

    Aug 15, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  4. The Delegate Bunko: Party Math and a Patronage Promise

    Seattle's Letter Writer Carson is accused of letting King County lose convention delegates, while Collector Saunders denies breaking a promise to a Seattle longshoremen's leader.

    Aug 27, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  5. The Courthouse Math Behind a Judge-Shrinking Plan

    Tacoma officials weigh merging the Pierce and Thurston judicial districts to save $10,000 a year, even as prosecutors ask for more help.

    Jan 13, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  6. The Ward Clubs Revolt Over Delegate Math

    Republican ward clubs across Seattle split over how county convention delegates were apportioned—and who got to name the primary judges.

    Aug 11, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

Also about this, in other words

  1. The School Levy Arithmetic Blunder

    A clerical error in West Seattle led to a tax rate ten times higher than intended, creating a fiscal headache for early property owners.

    Jan 7, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  2. The Grim Calculus of Tragedy

    An 1888 editorial attempts to rank the world's most catastrophic events, reflecting the era's fixation on measuring the scale of human loss.

    Jun 16, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

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