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Spin Control archive for Oct. 2, 2012

TUESDAY, OCT. 2, 2012

McKenna v. Inslee, round 3, in Yakima

Rob McKenna began his opening statement in Spanish. Jay Inslee talked of “bucking hay” and working to pass a levy to build a local high school. And while Washington’s two gubernatorial candidates mostly continued long-running arguments over jobs, health care and school funding, Tuesday night’s…

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Inslee v. McKenna, tonight at 7

Rob McKenna and Jay Inslee go mano-a-mano tonight at 7 p.m. in Yakima in front of the Hispanic Chambers of Commerce convention. It will be the third gubernatorial debate, the second since the primary election, and the first in Yakima that anyone can remember. You…

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International Walk to School Day

Bet you didn't know Wednesday is International Walk to School Day. The Spokane Regional Health District says it is, and it's the district's job to keep track of such things. It's an effort to get more parents to tell their kids to use their own…

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Today's fun video: Anti-Pelosi Zombie ad

This may be the most off-the-wall campaign ad of the 2012 cycle. It's from Republican John Dennis, a long-shot challenger to Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, and features a sheep, some Zombies and, well, just a lot of unusual stuff. Dennis apparently decided to use…

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Snip-snip: N. Spokane Corridor photo op today

Break out the giant scissors. We're having a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the North Spokane Corridor. Make that another ribbon-cutting ceremony. Today at 11 a.m., the powers that be will be holding a "Celebration of Progress" for the much-discussed roadway, a thoroughfare so deeply ingrained in…

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