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Eye On Olympia archive for June 2005

THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2005

The fat lady sang...

"P.S.: Dino is NOT running for King County Executive." -- the closing line on the final email as the Dino Rossi campaign folded its tent this week. Rossi decided not to continue the legal fight to oust Gov. Christine Gregoire, saying that the "political makeup"…

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SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2005


On drawing the short straw...

"Superior court judges throughout the state of Washington laugh when I walk down the street." -- Chelan County Superior Court Judge John Bridges, who for months has had the dubious honor of presiding over the massive lawsuit involving the nation's closest-ever governor's race.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2005

Closing arguments this p.m....

After two weeks, thousand of documents and several dueling professors, the battle in Wenatchee will draw to a close this afternoon.Republicans will end with arguments that considering the slim 129-vote victory (out of 2.8 million votes) by Democratic Gov. Gregoire, errors so muddied the water…

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2005

Logan's on the stand...

Dean Logan, the man at the center of much of the election's political storm is on the stand Wednesday morning.Logan appears at the request of Democratic attorneys, who are trying to convince Judge John Bridges of two things: a) that the errors in November's governor's…

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