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Rich Elfers | Enumclaw City Council Position No. 3 | Shelby DeVol and Mike Sando
Serving on the City Council is an important job that deserves our best people. In order for you…
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The influence of geography on politics | Rich Elfers
Approximately 60 percent of the people who live within the city limits of Enumclaw vote Democratic while 40…
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Political landscape has a lot to do with geographic landscape | Politics in Focus
Every year, when I travel to visit my friends and family in eastern Washington and Montana, I’m shocked…
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The politics behind Mount Rainier National Park | Politics in Focus
What part did politics play in the creation of Mount Rainier National Park? To answer this question I…
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Can conservation and capitalism walk hand-in-hand? | Politics in Focus
Which is more important, saving the environment or creating new industries and jobs? This issue was one of…
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National parks spurred political debate| Rich Elfers
Which is more important, saving the environment or creating new industries and jobs? This issue was one of…
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Conflict needs healthy resolution | Rich Elfers
I bet I can predict how you deal with conflict. How can I do that? Because there are…
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The five ways of handling conflict | Politics in Focus
I bet I can predict how you deal with conflict. How can I do that? Because there are…
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Modern world short on virtue | Rich Elfers
Do you know the seven virtues? The ancient Greeks gave us four of them: prudence, justice, temperance (restraint)…
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Whence virtue? | Politics in Focus
Research has shown that if we think about certain virtues when we are confronted with difficult issues, our…
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Union seeking more influence | Rich Elfers
Why does it appear that unions and political parties are starting to support candidates for nonpartisan races? Why…
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Are non-partisan endorsements a sign of ‘mission creep?’
Why does it appear that unions and political parties are starting to support candidates for nonpartisan races? Why…
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Arctic ice melting more rapidly than predicted | Politics in Focus
Arctic ice is melting even more quickly than scientists predicted. At this time last year, an area the…