Opponents of the state's new "everything but marriage" law for same-sex domestic partners rushed to Olympia last week to file Referendum 71. The clock is ticking, and they only have until July 25th to gather 120,577 valid voter signatures. Assuming a cushion of about 25…
Very few legislative seats are up for election in this off-year, but there's tremendous interest in two Eastern Washington spots in the House of Representatives.Four people have so far filed documents with the state's Public Disclosure Commission to run for 9th District Rep. Steve Hailey's…
No, not Lisa Brown yet for governor. Locally, however, there's already some interest in city council seats. A quick run through Public Disclosure Commission files shows that:Tom Towey is running for a Spokane Valley city council seat. Towey's a Spokane Valley planning commission member, longtime…
And Forbes magazine, apparently unimpressed with the official "Near nature, near perfect" city slogan in Spokane, today pronounced the Lilac City the "Scam Capital of America." From writer William Barrett's story:Welcome to Spokane, Wash., a metropolitan object lesson in what can befall the unwary when…
In the print paper:A 10-month investigation by the Office of the Family and Children’s Ombudsman has found “a widespread crisis of confidence by the community in the child welfare system … that puts children and families at risk of harm.” (Note: here's a link to…
The conservative Evergreen Freedom Foundation, with research from Canadian foundation, has compiled a "report card" on academics at more than a thousand schools across the state.Here's a link to the site.And here's a story by our Jody Lawrence Turner, with reaction from the state teacher's…
May 7, 2009 Statement from House Speaker Frank Chopp and Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown regarding special session: “After a conversation today between Gov. Gregoire, Speaker Chopp and Majority Leader Brown, the three leaders decided against a special session.” “The few issues left on the…
The Franklin County Republican central committee has "overwhelmingly voted to censure" state Rep. Maureen Walsh "for her sponsorship of the recently passed HB 1727."(It probably should be noted here that the prime sponsor of the bill was Rep. Jamie Pedersen. Walsh was a co-sponsor --…
Yet more, um, aggregation this morning: Senate Democrats' senior staff director Rich Nafziger, writing on his personal blog, offers a session overview:The real shock was the extent to which the session hit the friends and allies of the legislative democrats...The Governor and the legislature abandoned…
More catching up (and thank God for tabbed browsing):-Lt. Gov. Brad Owen, after a drubbing during election season from The Stranger, continues to get no love from Seattle. Writes Horsesass.org founder David Goldstein:To those fondly speculating about Gov. Chris Gregoire being on the list of…
Lots -- LOTS -- to catch up on:-The Everett Herald's Jerry Cornfield says that two-time GOP gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi's got a new job that's a return to his commercial real estate roots. He won't rule out running for office again ("Never say never") but…
As expected, Washington Values Alliance president Larry Stickney this afternoon filed a ballot measure to overturn Senate Bill 5688, which grants state-registered domestic partners most of the rights of married spouses. More than 5,000 couples have registered in the past two years, including many same-sex…
(Photo: people waiting to testify at a House hearing re: domestic partnerships in February.)Foes of the state's new "everything but marriage" law plan to file a referendum at noon today at the Secretary of State's elections office in Olympia, according to Dave Ammons, a spokesman…
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