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Mugging for the crowd

OLYMPIA -- Sens Mike Baumgartner and Doug Ericksen show off beer steins while addressing a crowd on the Capitol steps protesting a new tax on microbreweries. (Jim Camden)
By Jim Camden jimc@spokesman.com(509) 879-7461
OLYMPIA -- Sens Mike Baumgartner and Doug Ericksen show off beer steins while addressing a crowd on the Capitol steps protesting a new tax on microbreweries. (Jim Camden)
OLYMPIA -- Sens Mike Baumgartner and Doug Ericksen show off beer steins while addressing a crowd on the Capitol steps protesting a new tax on microbreweries. (Jim Camden)

Sens. Mike Baumgartner, left and Doug Ericksen hold beer steins while addressing a demonstration against the a new tax on microbreweries. The mugs were empty.

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