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Does Tacoma really have “the best city manager in the world”?

Does Tacoma really have “the best city manager in the world”?

Does Tacoma really have “the best city manager in the world”?

By Morf Morford, Tacoma Daily Index

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 26, 2023 1:30 am

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As the song from The Wizard of Oz puts it, there’s refuge “somewhere over the rainbow”. We in Tacoma, for better or worse, live our lives under the rainbow. (Photo by Morf Morford)

We’re (NOT) number one!

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com

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Some people call Tacoma T-Town. But the “T” might not stand for Tesla. (Photo by Morf Morford

What happened to Tesla?

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com

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“Are you a robot?” should not be a tough question for an authentic human being. (Image by Jake-Clark.Tumblr; words on graphic by Morf Morford on imgflip.com)

Borders, budgets, banks and bots

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 23, 2023 1:30 am

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Recessions make a mess of everything. From the value of the dollar to the value of our homes, nothing is stable. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Recessions, great and not so great

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 22, 2023 1:30 am

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This scene from a video game captures much of our ambiguity about banks. From the sleeping guards to the invitation to “break the bank”, the implication is that any given bank is not as careful with our assets as we might be. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Banks and banking should be boring

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 19, 2023 1:30 am

By Morf Morford, Tacoma Daily Index

Long before rock and roll became famous for wild lead singers, Tacoma had “Rockin’ Robin” Roberts. Among his many achievements in his short life was the “discovery” of Richard Berry’s calypso tune, “Louie, Louie”, on a jukebox in a bar on Pacific Avenue and transforming it into the ultimate rock anthem known around the world. After his untimely death, he was buried in Tacoma. Photo courtesy of UPS Trail, October 30, 1963.

Music in Tacoma -“Rockin’ Robin” Roberts

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 17, 2023 1:30 am

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Like everything now, a basic glass of milk is not as simple as it once was. (Photo by Morf Morford)

What is “milk”?

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 16, 2023 1:30 am

Among the pressing legal questions confounding America is the definition of “milk”

Most Americans can’t decide if Canada is a foreign country or not. The nation on our southern border definitely is. (Photo by Morf Morford)

America is literally exceptional

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 15, 2023 1:30 am

From taxes to health care, we do it our way

If you are ready to step back into watching movies, or if everything at the local multiplex seems like the same movie with different faces, check out (and support) your local film festival. (Photo by Morf Morford)

SIFF is back – in person or streaming

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 12, 2023 1:30 am

By Morf Morford, Tacoma Daily Index

Many categories of employment, and even entire career fields, for better or worse, are being erased by technology. Some of us are, in fact, being replaced. (Photo by Morf Morford)

AI and chatbots are coming for us

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 10, 2023 1:30 am

Moving fast and breaking things is what we do

Many long time familiar retailers are facing a rough adjustment to new market forces. Their spaces won’t be empty long. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Retail aftershocks keep coming

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 9, 2023 1:30 am

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You might think of meetings as the pungent spice of the work day - a little goes a long way. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Is that meeting essential?

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 5, 2023 1:30 am

It was the best of meetings, it was the worst of meetings

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