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• Spin Control: Business leaders compile Top 12 list for candidates

  May 27, 2012 in City on Page B3 As candidates wander around their respective district, county or state looking for support, it’s up to us the voters to have an idea what to expect from them. They’re trying … 1

• Spin Control: Retirement leaves Lampert no time for 17th candidacy

  May 20, 2012 in City on Page B3 When the dust from candidate filing week settled at the close of business Friday, there were a few surprises in who is running for what. But the biggest surprise was …

• Spin Control: Go ahead, run for office – but keep rules in mind

  May 13, 2012 in City on Page B2 Tomorrow marks the official start of campaign season. Would-be officeholders will file the paperwork and plunk down the fees for the political position of their choice, or perhaps their dreams. … 1

• Spin Control: Video exchange puts McKenna on hot seat

  April 29, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Candidates should act as though cameras are everywhere, because most likely they are. That’s the lesson of a 30-second exchange between Rob McKenna, the state attorney general who … 2

• Spin Control: ‘I’m not politicizing, my opponent is’

  April 22, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – A week after the Legislature’s overtime session wrapped up, Democrats accused GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna of delaying the final compromise by politicizing the process. Sen. Ed Murray, …

• Spin Control: And please take your tired turns of phrase with you

  April 15, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Now that the Legislature has wandered, bleary-eyed, out of town, would it be too much to hope they took some of their overworked phrases with them and didn’t …

• Spin Control: Readers’ impasse fix: Cut off lawmakers’ pay

  April 8, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – The longer the Legislature goes, the more readers call with suggestions on how to make it stop. Last week even featured a candidate for lieutenant governor suggesting that … 1

• Spin Control: Gregoire relents, signs scores of bills

  April 1, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – In the list of threats a Washington governor can hurl at a recalcitrant Legislature, “I won’t sign your bills” has proved to be among the least menacing. Gov. …

• Spin Control: War or no war, there’s plenty to fight about

  March 25, 2012 in City on Page B3 Whether there’s a War on Women being waged by politicians around the country is open to debate. There is definitely a War over the War on Women, and Washington has …

• Spin Control: ‘Media’ negotiations are only problem when they don’t work

  March 18, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – “I’m not going to negotiate in the news media.” Politicians at all levels love to utter that sentence – when it’s to their advantage.

• Spin Control: GOP budget maneuver brings Bizarro World to life

  March 11, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – One of the hallmarks of the closing days of a legislative session is that people say and do bizarre things. Make that more bizarre than normal. The marbled …

• Lawmakers at budget impasse

  March 8, 2012 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – The Legislature is headed into overtime over its troubled budget, although like most things dealing with spending this year, there are significant disagreements on the whats and whens … 2

• Spin Control: Neither side has corner on budget transparency

  March 4, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – As the state Senate descended into an extended match of political jujitsu Friday, the word of the night – perhaps the entire legislative session – was “transparency.” It … 1

• Spin Control: Off-road-vehicle bill a shining example of compromise

  February 26, 2012 in Outdoors, City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – With all the examples of disharmony in the Legislature, it’s nice to tell a tale of folks with different agendas finding common ground and working together. Although it … 1

• Spin Control: Nethercutt weighs in on presidential candidates

  February 19, 2012 in City on Page B10 With presidential candidates making their quadrennial stops in the Inland Northwest ahead of the caucuses, Republican voters might be wondering how to pick among the four remaining candidates. After all, … 2

• Spin Control: McMorris Rodgers for veep makes rounds

  February 5, 2012 in City on Page B2 A political website in the other Washington suggests a certain congresswoman from this Washington could get the No. 2 spot on the GOP presidential ticket this fall. The Daily Caller … 14

• Spin Control: A simple way to honor those we’ve done wrong

  January 29, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Gestures are important in politics. They can be grand, even when made on a small scale. Or they can just be small. Among the small gestures considered during … 1

• Spin Control: Coverage of caucuses is pointless

  January 22, 2012 in City on Page B3 If no one else has yet proposed this, might I suggest the news media stop paying attention to the results of the Iowa precinct caucuses … or any precinct caucuses, …

• Spin Control: Not everyone wants voter registration tweaks

  January 15, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Washington voters have a very good track record of casting ballots – among the best in the country. Is it perfect? No. Could it be better? Yes. Are … 1

• Spin Control: GOP should be careful with fix for McKenna bind

  December 11, 2011 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Washington Republicans are exercised over a wrinkle in state election laws that restricts some candidates, but not others, from raising money during a legislative session. Their concern is … 1

• Spin Control: Math, civics pointers for the Occupy folks

  December 4, 2011 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – It may be pointless to offer advice that hasn’t been requested, but should some leader of the Occupy movement ask I’d be happy to give it. This assumes, … 3

• Spin Control: Giving credit where dubious credit is due

  November 13, 2011 in City on Page B3 The best thing for political junkies about an off-year election – and arguably the worst thing for everyone else – is there’s another election so close we can feel it …

• Spin Control: New district maps hand out party favors

  November 6, 2011 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Tuesday is Election Day 2011 – or what passes for one in a state that mailed out its ballots two weeks ago and will spend more than two …

• Spin Control: Honking, chickens get solemn deliberation

  October 30, 2011 in City on Page B2 When you pass the Occupy Spokane protesters or any other demonstrators at any location, you might honk and wave to show support. Or you might honk and wave just one …

• Spin Control: Consistency in the eye of the beholder

  October 23, 2011 in City on Page B7 OLYMPIA – As the news media lurches between ignoring and overexposing the Occupy Wall Street/Spokane/Seattle/ Everywhere movement, is it too much to ask for the pontificators to show a little … 3

• Spin Control: Honoring all Vietnam vets seems decent thing to do

  October 9, 2011 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – It’s never really clear whether coincidence or fate juxtaposes certain events, but there was a peculiar one here last week. For those who didn’t notice, Friday was the … 5

• 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, …

• Spin Control: Revenues rise, parties will capitalize

  September 25, 2011 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – With almost all the news about Washington’s financial state hovering between dismal and abysmal over the past two weeks, it was good to catch one silver lining in … 2

• Spin Control: Our district probably will remain friendly 5th

  September 18, 2011 in City on Page B7 Former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton had a logical, sensible suggestion last week when releasing his proposal for Washington’s new congressional districts. So logical and sensible, in fact, that it has … 2

• Spin Control: Taxing opportunities are literally endless

  September 11, 2011 in City on Page B3 The supercommittee charged with cutting the federal deficit got off to a raucous start last week, as protesters cut off one GOP member’s opening remarks with chants that Congress should …

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