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Spin Control archive for Jan. 5, 2009

MONDAY, JAN. 5, 2009

Rumor mill: Something big coming Tuesday

Gov. Chris Gregoire's office has an early announcement of something big -- they won't say what -- Tuesday morning.Early, as in possibly before 8 a.m.That means it's timed to something in another time zone, such as Eastern Standard Time, which is what the other Washington…

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Taking the initiative

Monday is the opening day of the initiative season in Washington (which lasts even longer than Baseball Season, because it goes from today until the general election.)There to throw out the first pitch, as expected, was Tim Eyman, with a tax limiting initiative.But Eyman wasn't…

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