OLYMPIA -- Initiative 1098, which would place an income tax on individuals who make more than $200,000 a year, and couples who make more than $400,000, has enough valid signatures to make the ballot.This despite having about 350 signatures pulled out because the person who…
OLYMPIA -- State elections officials say they suspect some of the signatures turned in for Initiative 1098, the proposed state income tax proposal, may be phony.Elections Director Nick Handy said the office suspects 20 petition sheets, with about 350 names, are being investigated. All the…
OLYMPIA – The fight over a proposed power line in the Methow Valley pits Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark against Attorney General Rob McKenna. Goldmark gets a chance later this year to persuade the Supreme Court to order McKenna to continue representing him in an ongoing…
A business group is launching a television ad against Sen. Patty Murray, trying to scuff up her image as a "mom in tennis shoes."The ad which hits the airwaves this week, from the American Action Network, shows a woman from the knees down with shiny…
The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood is hosting a candidate forum at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday for the county commissioner race and 3rd District legislative races. Sponsors say they have all the candidates confirmed for the forum at the Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland.Commissioner's race features three Republicans…
Politico's 3 minute take on what to look for in the 2010 mid-term elections is a bit long, but overall a good summary.
The League of Women Voters is sponsoring candidate forums on Tuesday at Spokane City Hall.It may be the single biggest chance for voters and political junkies to catch candidates for various offices in one sitting.They start at 5 p.m. in the Council Chambers, with the…
OLYMPIA -- Initiative 1100, the first of two proposals to knock the state out of the liquor business, is for sure on the general election ballot.Not that there was really muhc doubt after they turned in an estimated 396,000 signatures on their petitions.Elections workers doing…
It may sound like an oxymoron, an uplifting vacation video shot at concentration camps. But this "vacation video" of a Holocaust survivor visiting concentration camps and other sites in Europe with his granchildren and essentially dancing on grave of Hitler's final solution is pretty inspiring.
Michael Steele addresses state GOP rally in Tacoma.TACOMA – The embattled national chairman of the Republican Party insisted he is behind American troops in Afghanistan “1,000 percent” as he urged GOP faithful here to fight for election victories in November. Michael Steele, the Republican National…
In the latest example of genuflecting to the supremacy of the English language, the Bonner County Republican Central Committee objected last week to the theme of the local county fair, which is “Fiesta at the Fair.”Fiesta isn’t a good enough English word for them, so…
Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul endorsed Clint Didier in the U.S. Senate race in Washington state.Paul, a Republican congressman from Texas who battled Sen. John McCain for the presidential nomination in 2008, called Didier a "dynamic leader who understands our Constitution and will fight…
The Spokane County Republican Party is endorsing Leonard Christian for County Auditor and Harvey Dunham for Appeals Court Judge.At first glance, it may seem the first is logical, and the second a bit surprising, because the auditor's office is partisan and Christian is the only…
OLYMPIA -- Senate Republicans want Gov. Chris Gregoire to call the Legislature's leadership and budget heads together before any special session and get an agreement on what should be cut.In a letter today to Gregoire, Senate Minority Leader Mike Hewitt and GOP Senate Budget Committee…
OLYMPIA -- City of Spokane officials might be watching one election result from across the state pretty closely on Nov. 2. Or if not, they should.The City of Mukilteo has an initiative that severely limits the use of red-light cameras and speeding cameras which issue…
OLYMPIA -- One of the state's top budget hawks points out today that Gov. Chris Gregoire's ability to order across the board budget cuts only goes so far if the federal government doesn't come through on Medicaid funding. In other words, if Congress punts on…
Republicans of Spokane County endorsed Leonard Christian for county auditor.Which shouldn't come as a huge surprise, considering Christian is the only Republican running against a Democratic incumbent, Vicky Dalton.But as Sunday's story explained, this year has proven that nothing involving Republican endorsements can be taken…
The National Conference of State Legislatures compiled a map of state cigarette taxes that shows Washington at No. 3, and may wear out the road between Spokane and Idaho for smokers.Click on the map for a clearer view, or go here to read the post…
OLYMPIA -- Many Washington state employees will get another three-day weekend after this Friday, but this one will be without a paid holiday.Next Monday is the first of 10 unpaid "furlough" days the Legislature mandated this spring as it battled over ways to close a…
The Founding Fathers set us on the path 234 years ago to the political system we have, but even they wouldn’t spend the holiday arguing politics. In keeping with tradition, Spin Control takes a holiday from politics and offers a July Fourth quiz to test…
As noted below, the Murray campaign was forced to pull its video jabbing Dino Rossi for his sinners and saints comment because it was using a copyright song without permission.It all stemmed from a comment Rossi made to the National Journal about attracting undecided voters:"In…
Patty Murray's Senate campaign was forced to pull a video that jabbed GOP challenger Dino Rossi because it was using a Billy Joel song without legal permission."We have not received any complaints," campaign spokeswoman Alex Glass said today. "We did it out of an abundance…
The City of Spokane is out to squelch a rumor that the fireworks display in Riverfront Park will somehow not be up to snuff.It just sent out a press release assuring people that any suggestion that the display will be only 10 minutes long, as…
OLYMPIA -- Supporters of the initiative to restore the two-thirds majority required for any tax increase are the latest to do a signature drop.This morning they turned in what sponsor Tim Eyman estimated was more than 333,000 signatures. Like the other petitions turned in so…
OLYMPIA--Supporters of Initiative 1098, which would place an income tax on so-called "high earners" turned in signatures Thursday morning, making them the third statewide ballot measure to haul bozes of petitions into the Secretary of State's office.Four other campaigns say they'll be there before 5…
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