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• Record donation from Costco

  October 21, 2011 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – In an effort to get voters to end the state’s liquor monopoly, Costco this week made the single-largest political contribution in history – nearly $9 million – to …

• Spin Control: Laws on lawmen color initiative campaigns

  October 2, 2011 in City on Page B3 The campaigns for and against the get-the-state- out-of-the-booze-biz initiative seem in a competition for “first responders” willing to endorse their stance. It started with the ad by Protect Our Communities, …