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    Articles by Matthew Jarvis
    Matthew Jarvis
    The Czar hangs up his hat | If...
    By Matthew Jarvis • October 19, 2015 1:48 pm

    I always knew that someday I would hang up my Czar hat.

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    Matthew Jarvis
    Here’s what South King Fire should do to...
    By Matthew Jarvis • September 18, 2015 10:00 am

    If you voted no on the last South King Fire and Rescue bond because you were trying to send a message to the leadership, it worked.

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    Matthew Jarvis
    By Matthew Jarvis • September 17, 2015 7:41 pm

    If you voted no on the last South King Fire and Rescue bond because you were trying to send a message to the leadership, it worked.

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    Matthew Jarvis
    Tammy Campbell: Putting the SUPER in superintendent |...
    By Matthew Jarvis • August 10, 2015 1:52 pm

    Since being selected as Federal Way Public Schools superintendent in April, Tammy Campbell has spent hundreds of hours getting to know our community.

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    Matthew Jarvis
    Voters voices still silent over costly PAEC |...
    By Matthew Jarvis • July 13, 2015 3:48 pm

    No matter how you spin it, the Performing Arts and Events Center will cost our community a TON of money.

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    Matthew Jarvis
    What would it take to change your vote...
    By Matthew Jarvis • May 8, 2015 4:15 pm

    Why would more than 7,500 vote against the South King Fire and Rescue bond?

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    Matthew Jarvis
    5 ways new superintendent can repair damage, rally...
    By Matthew Jarvis • April 10, 2015 4:32 pm

    Dear Superintendent Tammy Campbell,

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    Matthew Jarvis
    $2 million question for Federal Way city officials...
    By Matthew Jarvis • February 24, 2015 7:02 pm

    As Warren Buffet likes to say about poker: “If you’ve been in the game 30 minutes and you don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy.”

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    Matthew Jarvis
    Federal Way fire district needs couples therapy, investigation...
    By Matthew Jarvis • May 29, 2014 8:59 pm

    If I were Czar, I would fire South King Fire and Rescue Chief Al Church (“for cause” so he doesn’t collect on his ridiculous $300,000 severance package), kick all of the commissioners out of office and shut down the district.

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    Matthew Jarvis
    Five steps to stop Federal Way school district’s...
    By Matthew Jarvis • May 1, 2014 9:22 pm

    Just when the fire chief of South King Fire and Rescue (SKFR) set a new low for our community by wasting $23,000 in legal fees over allegations against a commissioner as frivolous as “he stares at me during meetings,”

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    Matthew Jarvis
    Fire and water districts make the mark, city...
    By Matthew Jarvis • March 20, 2014 4:37 pm

    My two daughters recently brought home their report cards from Sherwood Forest Elementary. After my recent opposition to the school district levy, I was relieved to see that their report cards were free of profanity.

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    Matthew Jarvis
    Why I am voting no on Federal Way...
    By Matthew Jarvis • January 24, 2014 6:56 pm

    In recent months I have talked to hundreds of people in Federal Way who are planning to vote no on the Federal Way Public Schools’ $53 million levy.

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    Matthew Jarvis
    Bringing Federal Way from ‘Felony Way’ to ‘Freakin...
    By Matthew Jarvis • December 30, 2013 4:33 pm

    I’m tired of living in “Felony Way.” I’m tired of getting up each morning wondering if the windows have been broken out of my car,

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    Matthew Jarvis
    By Matthew Jarvis • December 30, 2013 7:27 pm

    I’m tired of living in “Felony Way.” I’m tired of getting up each morning wondering if the windows have been broken out of my car,

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    Matthew Jarvis
    Finding solutions to this grading system hell in...
    By Matthew Jarvis • December 20, 2013 7:32 pm

    All of the excitement about the Federal Way School District’s grading system is enough to make a person’s head spin.

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    Mad as hell about Federal Way schools? Do something about it | Jarvis
    Mad as hell about Federal Way schools? Do...
    By Matthew Jarvis • September 27, 2013 3:31 pm

    It seems everywhere I go in town, people are mad as hell about Federal Way Public Schools.

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    1,100 new apartments are a wakeup call for Federal Way | Jarvis
    1,100 new apartments are a wakeup call for...
    By Matthew Jarvis • September 17, 2013 4:35 pm

    During the course of 2013, more than 1,100 new apartments have been announced in Federal Way.

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    If I were Czar: Public deserves better communication | Jarvis
    If I were Czar: Public deserves better communication...
    By Matthew Jarvis • September 3, 2013 6:58 pm

    When was the last time the City of Federal Way, Federal Way School District, Federal Way Police Department, South King Fire and Rescue and/or Lakehaven Utility proactively asked for your feedback?

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    The Czar is mad as hell about poorly rated schools | Jarvis
    The Czar is mad as hell about poorly...
    By Matthew Jarvis • July 10, 2013 1:02 pm

    Like many parents and community leaders, I was disappointed when I read the Washington Board of Education’s ratings of our schools (a rating system created by our state Legislature in 2009).

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    The Czar’s 1 percent solution for Federal Way | Jarvis
    The Czar’s 1 percent solution for Federal Way...
    By Matthew Jarvis • May 28, 2013 2:30 pm

    In an effort to improve our fair city (which is always my goal), I am proposing the 1 percent solution.

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    With 704 seats
    If I were Czar: PACC poster child operates...
    By Matthew Jarvis • April 26, 2013 5:05 pm

    I found a 2012 report from the State Auditor’s office stating that the Edmonds Center for the Arts was “at risk of not meeting its financial obligations.”

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    If I were Czar: My 5-step funding plan for PACC | Jarvis
    If I were Czar: My 5-step funding plan...
    By Matthew Jarvis • March 25, 2013 6:40 pm

    Last week, the Federal Way City Council voted 6-1 to spend another $1 million toward a performing arts and conference center (PACC).

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    Pictured: McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon is being used as one example for a future performing arts and conference center in Federal Way.
    If we build an arts center, who will...
    By Matthew Jarvis • February 26, 2013 1:49 pm

    On Feb. 11, I joined dozens of interested citizens in attending a special meeting of the Federal Way City Council to discuss building a performing arts and conference center (PACC) on the old Toys R Us site.

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