We saw a vote in Olympia to repeal a law by initiative approved by the People of the State of Washingon.
This is a direct undermining of our initiative process and dismissing the will of the people. In this important election year, be informed who has stood up for your voice. Both the State Senate and House vote roll call is listed in the links below.

In DC, despite of the public stepping up against a government run healthcare, there are threats to forego the process that has checks and balances to push the program by any means possible.

Have you had enough? If so, get involved. Join us at our Pierce County Republican Party 2010 Convention on April 10th!

How your lawmakers voted – updated March 5^th | State Legislators Voting away the Will of the People

2010 Washington State “Tax” Bill Watch List    |    2010 Washington State “Fee” Bill Watch List

Call your legislator and let them know how you feel about scheduling a weekend session to back door the peoples will.

Fellow Republican Leaders and PCO’s, We are in a fight for our State, Counties, Cities, and people of this State. The Washington State Senate democrats, voted to eliminate the 2/3 majority needed to pass a tax increase to a simple majority. This was done by rescinding the will of the people that passed I-960. Last night the Senate lost a two day battle by a vote of 26-22. The house is preparing to battle for this fight in the House of Representatives. It only takes 50 votes in the house to overturn this will of the people. A good article written by Jerry Cornfield that explains this is a democrat vote: State votes to rescind I-960 tax limitations

WE NEED YOUR HELP. We need to activate, republicans, tea party members, conservative and moderate independents, chambers of commerce’s, businesses, and people that don’t want to pay more in taxes.

We need to be clear; this is being done so the majority democrats can push tax increase after tax increase upon us. WE HAVE TO BE UNITED NOW MORE THAN EVER. This battle will begin anytime now and possibly last through the weekend. Please spread this email to anyone and mention at the meetings this Saturday.

THINGS YOU CAN DO: Call or Email to contact ALL or your democrat state representative asking them to vote against SB 6130. Come to Olympia in this weekend and sit in the Gallery and show support. Come to Olympia and rally if possible.

TELL THE WORLD THAT THE WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATS ARE RUINING THIS STATE. NOT ONE REPUBLICAN WILL VOTE FOR THIS LEGISLATION.

Bob Lawrence
PCRP Chair

Question – How can jobs be created given the liberals anti-business agenda? Only the state’s businesses can generate real jobs while the liberal’s agenda is driving jobs out of the state. For instance, much of the state’s natural resources are taken from the economy. Timber harvest has been drastically curtailed on public and private land. Mineral resources are under utilized, e.g. Centralia coal. Oil drilling off the coast is taboo. The hydroelectric resource is being reduced, e.g. Elwha dams destroyed. Farmer’s irrigation is in jeopardy. Nuclear power is taboo. And the list goes on!

The onerous regulations, taxes, etc: The Democrats past and present spending is out of control and unsustainable while the state’s employees union is dictating policy to feed their self interest. There is an unrealistic high minimum wage, worker’s compensation insurance, business taxes, etc. Permitting for construction is slow and costly and held hostage by liberal bureaucrats. State road construction, costs are inflated by a factor of about two by regulations. Housing, gas, liquor, and more are higher than most states.

Our liberal state and federal government are incapable of creating jobs until they address the basic obstacles to job creation.

The Associated Press story on the suspect who attempted to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight about to arrive in Detroit covered details of initial FBI interviews with him prior to his being read his right to remain silent. Legally, local investigators are allowed to question a suspect without reading rights if an immediate threat to public safety is an issue. After this suspect was read his rights, he remained silent.

The News Tribune version of the AP story, however, deleted a very key part of the original AP story. The original story said there was no effort to call in the elite federal High-Value Interrogation Group that President Obama ordered created in a high-profile speech in August 2009.

Dennis Blair, the director of National Intelligence, said the unit should have been called in, but FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress the unit was “not ready for action.” Other sources have said the reason the unit was not ready was because it has yet to be formed.

I feel much safer now knowing that the much-vaunted, “White House supervised,” high-value interrogation team may someday actually exist and that this foreign-born suspect is currently exercising his constitutional right to remain silent.

“Our” newspaper has never used this strong language to describe other demonstrations such as the anti-war demonstrations at our ports and military installations, Evergreen College, labor strikes, etc. These demonstrators sometimes attack the police, burn cars, etc. Furthermore, these people are not mainstream American in our society.

The tea party people allied with like minded people, elected Senator Brown. Sadly our newspaper does not get it!
Don Wilbur