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IN TUESDAY'S NOOZE

December 18th, 2007 by Clark Humphrey

As the Crocodile’s sudden closing gets its much-worthy big splash coverage, the Seattle City Council finally passed tougher new nightclub noise laws, for which the Belltown condo crowd had particularly lobbied. Any Croc buyer might have to put some dough into extra soundproofing.
Gov. Gregoire and Legislative leaders are proposing a big affordable-housing push, packaged in with a bill for flood relief.
Seattle to White Center: “Maybe I still like you after all.”
Madrona Creek has been “daylighted” after a decade-long volunteer effort to get the stream out from underground pipes.
Meanwhile, King County’s trying a different kind of answer to recurring floodsâ€”don’t fight ’em, at least in yet-to-be-developed areas.
Those state ferries that got abruptly retired, after having been used years past their pull date? The state had been selling “depreciation rights” to the boats, one of those weird derivative investment schemes that have been going around lately. The state may have to pay off the investors, to the tune of $2.73 million.
Some Beacon Hill kids apparently think it’s fun to set elaborate traps in the road, with hidden spikes that cause instant flat tires.
The Olympia Oyster House: It’s not a drive-thru restaurant. Someone apparently didn’t know this.