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Spin Control

Obligatory Super Bowl bet story

OLYMPIA -- Gov. Jay Inslee is putting up clam chowder on the Super Bowl, while his New England counterparts are offering cupcakes and bacon.

It's not really a bet on the outcome, because they stuff goes to food pantries, win or lose. Inslee will send 1,000 cups of Ivar's Chowder to food pantries in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will donate Boston cream pie cupcakes and  and New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan will donate bacon from her state to a Washington food pantry. 

Because there's no contingency on the outcome, a Seattle television station couldn't resist asking Inslee for a prediction of the outcome at the governor's weekly press conference today. "27-20, 'Hawks," said Inslee, who also proclaimed "moments of loudness" at noon Friday, Saturday and Sunday for fans to go outside and cheer. He'll do it on the Capitol steps tomorrow, and heads to Phoenix Saturday.

Lt. Gov. Brad Owen has a more conventional arrangement with Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito. If the Seahawks lose, he sends a magnum of wine from a Snohomis winery, an assortment of Northwesty things like smoked salmon, tuna, herbal tea and wooden carvings from the Quinault tribe, and a box of Washington apples. If they win, Polito owes an assortment of craft beer and a box of cannoli from Worchester.



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