| Mike Baker, Associated Press | 4-06-2012 |
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The special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee for a month could cost Washington state about $1 million after the expense of educating voters about the confusing ballot situation is factored, officials said Friday.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee for a month could cost Washington state about $1 million after the expense of educating voters about the confusing ballot situation is factored, officials said Friday. …… Read More |
| Peter Callaghan, TNT – Political Buzz | 2-10-2012 |
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Rick Santorum will bring his surging GOP presidential campaign to Tacoma-Olympia on Monday The former Pennsylvania senator will hold several events, one public, when he visits Washington state on Monday. Andrea Innes, a state committeewoman from Pierce County, said the state party has notified party officials that Rick Santorum will lead a rally at 7 p.m. at the Washington History Museum in downtown Tacoma beginning at 7 p.m. Beforehand he will have a closed meeting with state party officials including members of the state committee, Innes said. The event is free and open to the public……Read More |
Terry Harder announces he is running for The State Legislature in District 29 Position 1.
Terry a resident of Pierce County for 50 years, the father of 3 Children and 8 grandchildren, is a Business Consultant for a National Office Supply company’.
He believes that “small business is the key to creating jobs in Washington”.
Making it easier for small business to hurdle the mountain of bureaucratic red tape and regulations while reducing their tax burden will create the Jobs that the people of District 29 need in these tough economic times.
Mr. Harder says; “The 29th District needs a job friendly business environment so I am committed to limited government — making it more accountable to the people.
Jobs, tax reform, improving education, Public Safety, Veteran’s issues, solving the region’s transportation problems, and lowering the costs of health care will be my top priorities”.
Terry is Co-Founder of Operation Support Our Troops (OSOT) and Vice Chair of the North West division of the Washington State Army Advisory Board. He has taken action in the community to garner support and respect for our military. He helped to organize many rallies in support of our troops and send holiday packages to 172,000 Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last seven years. He also has supported legislation impacting Washington’s Veterans and families.
| Lewis Kamb, TNT | 12-02-2011 |
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Washington Republican Party Chairman Kirby Wilbur said today Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland should apologize for her recent remarks to a group of Pacific Lutheran University college students in which she called the GOP “racist.” Kirby WilburMarilyn Strickland “I think the appropriate thing for her to do would be to issue a statement …….Read More |
| TNT -The Nose | 12-02-2011 |
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We always knew a trip to Parkland could be dangerous, but not like this.
The mayor of Tacoma took her show on the road and stepped in the doo-doo. She appeared before a small, friendly group of students on the Pacific Lutheran University campus and promptly stepped in it – not once, but twice. Who knows what’ll take longer for Mayor Marilyn Strickland to scrape from her shoes: the inflammatory comments she made, or the ham-fisted way she and her minions tried to control the damage by hunting down the student journalist who (gasp!) wrote down what she said…….Read More |
| DANIEL WAGNER and BERNARD CONDON, AP | 11-05-2011 |
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WASHINGTON — He set out to create a mini-Goldman Sachs. In the end, he built a mini-Lehman Brothers. Former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine’s resignation Friday from the securities firm he led capped a week of high drama and swift failure. MF Global collapsed into bankruptcy Monday, and Corzine has since hired a criminal defense …….Read More |
| Jordan Schrader, TNT | 10-16-2011 |
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Republicans and Democrats took their latest negotiating postures Friday in the process of redrawing districts for the state Legislature.
The bipartisan Redistricting Commission unveiled two maps, one for each party, a step in the process of setting state political lines that the commission hopes to finish by ……Read More |
| Steve Maynard, TNT | 7-20-2011 |
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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 county more than $500,000 a year ……Read More |
| Brad Shannon, The Olympian | 7-07-2011 |
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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 suggested the Evergreen State could be among the dozen or so battleground states for president in 2012 – despite Obama winning here by double-digits……Read More |
| Peter Callaghan, TNT | 7-05-2011 |
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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 Garrett and switched the name of two districts? That is, what if they changed the proposed 7th District to “4th District” and the proposed 4th district to “7th District ……Read More |
