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Spin Control archive for July 15, 2009

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009

I-1033: counting sigs 

Don't know if this is going to generate any controversy or not, but a funny thing happened on the way to Initiative 1033's ballot placement Wednesday.Initiative entrepeneur and chief sponsor Tim Eyman sent out an embargoed e-mail saying that the petitions turned in were "the…

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I-1033 qualifies for ballot

Initiative 1033 will be on the November ballot.The Secretary of State's office announced this afternoon that it's way over the minimum for signatures required to make the grade.It turned in so many signatures that the office does a random sample check. In the check, they…

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