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Eye On Olympia archive for Feb. 18, 2008

MONDAY, FEB. 18, 2008

One Two Washingtons...

For a dead bill, Sen. Eric Oemig's SB 6291 apparently touched a nerve.The bill, a tongue-in-cheek poke at conservative rhetoric, would have withheld state utility project money from rural communities unless local voters acknowledge that the money is "government welfare."The Kirkland Democrat said he wanted…

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