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Spin Control archive for Aug. 16, 2010

MONDAY, AUG. 16, 2010


County, city at odds over tab fee increase

Spokane County commissioners are taking umbrage at something said by a Spokane city official.What? You say we'll have to be a bit more specific, because the county and city are almost always in a state of mutual umbrage?OK, let's start again: Last week's comment by…

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Where they'll be on election night 

Not sure if this says more about Spokane's two major party organizations than anything we could, but, both have plans for gatherings on primary election night.Spokane County Republicans will be at the New Life Assembly of God Church, 10920 East Sprague, starting about 6:30 p.m.Spokane…

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Playing the lower expectations game 

Democrats in the other Washington are already trying to lower expectations for the kind of votes incumbent Sen. Patty Murray will pull down on Tuesday, and raise expectations for Republican Dino Rossi.A press release from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee are contending that Rossi should…

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Where's my ballot?

The Spokane County Elections Office has an on-line tracking system that allows you to know where your ballot is in the processing system.You can reach it by clicking here and filling in the appropriate information.The office also reports that 27.6 percent of the ballots have…

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Time running out to cast primary ballot

8 p.m. Tuesday.That's the deadline for getting your primary ballot on the way to the elections office in Washington state.And by on the way, that means postmarked, not just dropped in some random mail box at 7:59 p.m. If you are mailing it in today…

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