News Team | July 20, 2011
Steve Maynard, TNT | 7-20-2011 One week after a controversial redistricting map was adopted, the chairman of the Pierce County Council proposed Tuesday asking voters to reduce the number of council members from seven to five, which would require redrawing boundaries again in 2012. Chairman Roger Bush said cutting two council positions would save the [...]
News Team | July 15, 2011
Lornet Turnbull, Seattle Times | 7-15-2011 In a state frequently criticized as a haven for illegal immigrants seeking driver’s licenses, licensing officials here believe stricter rules are discouraging those from out of state. After noticing a three-year surge in the number of out-of-state license applicants who lacked Social Security numbers, the Washington Department of Licensing [...]
PierceGOP | July 11, 2011
From Kirby Wilbur, Chairman, Washington State Republican Party I am writing you this urgent email because our Republican Representatives are under attack for cutting the deficit and refusing to raise taxes. Our Republican delegation is showing a lot of courage standing up to the President and his bully pulpit as he attempts to characterize us [...]
WebTeam | July 8, 2011
TALKING POINTS – Pierce County Redistricting Committee BACKGROUND: The WSRP has recently learned that the mapmaker for the Pierce County Redistricting Committee is a partisan Democrat who is currently working for both the House and Senate Democratic Caucuses in Olympia. You can read the story in The News Tribune here ACTION ITEMS: Send an email [...]
News Team | July 7, 2011
Brad Shannon, The Olympian | 7-07-2011 State Republican Party chairman Kirby Wilbur spoke to reporters this morning in Washington about a new Republican-paid ad airing in 50 states that attacks President Obama’s record on the economy. The Republican National Committee held press briefings with 13 states, including Washington. It and state Republican chairman Kirby Wilbur [...]
News Team | July 5, 2011
Peter Callaghan, TNT | 7-05-2011 There’s an idea floating around the fairly small circle of Pierce County Districting Committee followers that might either be a simple fix to a thorny problem or a controversial blending of politics and map making. What if the five-member districting committee took the final map submitted by Districting Master Steven [...]