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    Keith Livingston is a longtime Federal Way resident and community observer. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
    What are your ‘pick-6’ choices for Federal Way?...
    By Keith Livingston • August 21, 2021 5:30 am

    Federal Way, like all cities, gets to be a front row player to the daily, weekly, monthly, annual or multiyear…

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    Keith Livingston is a longtime Federal Way resident and community observer. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
    When will Federal Way earn an A on...
    By Keith Livingston • July 24, 2021 5:30 pm

    Diversity appears to be Federal Way’s double-edged sword. We champion our diversity as a badge of courage, but fail to…

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    Keith Livingston is a longtime Federal Way resident and community observer. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
    Federal Way can reshape itself through the arts...
    By Keith Livingston • June 19, 2021 5:30 am

    Could Federal Way reshape itself into a dynamic force in the South Puget Sound by investing in the arts?

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    Keith Livingston is a longtime Federal Way resident and community observer. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
    What niche is Federal Way trying to fill?...
    By Keith Livingston • May 29, 2021 5:30 am

    What niche is Federal Way trying to fill in the greater Seattle-Tacoma area?

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    Keith Livingston is a longtime Federal Way resident and community observer. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
    Police blotter blues and our sense of accountability...
    By Keith Livingston • April 17, 2021 5:30 am

    Reading the police blotter in any newspaper proves that we as people will do just about anything and when caught,…

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    Keith Livingston is a longtime Federal Way resident and community observer. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
    The state of Federal Way’s forward-thinking ‘vision’ |...
    By Keith Livingston • March 27, 2021 5:30 am

    I watched the mayor of Federal Way’s 2021 State of the City speech and it was a decent presentation that…

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    Keith Livingston is a longtime Federal Way resident and community observer. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
    Can 2021 be a pivotal year for this...
    By Keith Livingston • February 27, 2021 5:30 am

    Perceptions, reality, disinformation, truth, fact, deflection, conspiracy, accountability or none at all and despite this daily grind of ongoing media…

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    Keith Livingston is a longtime Federal Way resident and community observer. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
    Key to reconnecting community amid the pandemic |...
    By Keith Livingston • January 22, 2021 5:30 pm

    The COVID-19 pandemic crisis of 2020 is a change opportunity as well as a community health check. It has and…

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    Keith Livingston is a longtime Federal Way resident and community observer. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
    Let the 2021 political games begin | Livingston
    By Keith Livingston • January 9, 2021 1:30 am

    The Legislature is in session starting Jan. 11. Let the 2021 political games begin.

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    Keith Livingston is a longtime Federal Way resident and community observer. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
    Let 2021 be a fresh start with kindness...
    By Keith Livingston • December 11, 2020 1:30 pm

    2020 has changed America as our country and the world at large are affected by a coronavirus pandemic.

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    Fickle finger of fate has descended on Federal Way
    Fickle finger of fate has descended on Federal...
    By Keith Livingston • April 17, 2020 11:30 am

    Having a strong local government is a benefit to all of us in a crisis.

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    Federal Way trapped in a ‘Catch 22’
    Federal Way trapped in a ‘Catch 22’
    By Keith Livingston • March 6, 2020 1:30 pm

    We are mediocre in a region that is rapidly becoming global, educated and economically relevant. We have a mountain to climb.

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    Exploring Federal Way as a new frontier
    Exploring Federal Way as a new frontier
    By Keith Livingston • February 7, 2020 11:30 am

    Overcoming Federal Way’s general apathy toward exploring itself as a new frontier is essential for shedding the effects of being a hollowed-out corporate company town.

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    Federal Way’s flat earth thinkers
    Federal Way’s flat earth thinkers
    By Keith Livingston • January 2, 2020 4:33 pm

    ‘Save the Campus’ and Initiative 19-001 poverty crusaders don’t have a clear understanding of their impact.

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    ’Twas the time before Christmas in Federal Way
    ’Twas the time before Christmas in Federal Way
    By Keith Livingston • December 5, 2019 7:00 am

    “For us to regain prosperity … an improved retail sector would be nice, and we must keep traffic moving and crime heading toward Fife.”

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    Expediting projects to move city out of status quo slump
    Expediting projects to move city out of status...
    By Keith Livingston • October 31, 2019 2:38 pm

    Weyerhaeuser has been gone for four years and new development is necessary. However, we may have become an impediment to accepting our potential.

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    Embracing arts can recharge the city
    Embracing arts can recharge the city
    By Keith Livingston • October 7, 2019 10:35 am

    Support for local arts organizations should be community’s core value.

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    Changing our behavior to buy local first
    Changing our behavior to buy local first
    By Keith Livingston • September 5, 2019 4:02 pm

    Keeping 68 cents of every dollar you spend local has a positive impact on our community.

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    Fact, fiction and Federal Way
    Fact, fiction and Federal Way
    By Keith Livingston • August 1, 2019 1:40 pm

    Elected officials focusing primarily on the downtrodden may shortchange our opportunity to invest in needs and wants desired by next generation middle-class families.

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    Keith Livingston is a Federal Way resident.
    Federal Way and the American dream
    By Keith Livingston • July 4, 2019 8:30 am

    Since incorporation, this city has worked to realign its foundation, but at present it is mostly a blank slate that gives us an opportunity to rewrite the community’s future.

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