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There was a writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Emmett Watson, who


in addition to being super-entertaining, was also the unofficial chairman of an organization that he dubbed "Lesser Seattle" which was a spoof on the actual Greater Seattle booster group created in the 1950's. Watson didn't succeed and, I must say, the city and region have changed profoundly since I moved here in 1980. Mostly for the better, IMO. The city, much like Watson himself, was quite parochial. In their wisdom they turned down back in the day the transportation initiative that eventually became BART. But Seattle was a one-horse town really, almost entirely dependent on Boeing which was almost the city's demise.

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Posted: 02/20/2021 at 6:08PM



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