| 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 |
| Shannon Bream, Fox News | 6-29-2011 |
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The estate tax has been a part of the United States revenue system since 1916, and has soared as high as 77 percent.
Over the years, it’s become a complicated issue for many small, family-owned businesses. That’s because when an individual dies, what he or she leaves behind is subject to significant taxation, even if it’s primarily invested in a family business……Read More |
| Rob Gillies, Associated Press | 6-26-2011 |
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CALGARY, Alberta – In the northern reaches of Alberta lies a vast reserve of oil that the U.S. views as a pillar of its future energy needs.
China, with a growing appetite for oil that may one day surpass that of the U.S., is ready to spend the dollars for a big piece of it…..Read More |
| Bob McDonnell, WSJ op-ed | 6-25-2011 |
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State Republicans are tackling the issues voters want addressed. That will be a major asset for the party’s presidential nominee in 2012.
Democrats say otherwise, but Republican governors and their records will be a major asset to the GOP in 2012. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s monumental achievement this week in passing a bill to reform his state’s public-employee benefits is a prime example. As Gov. Christie said Friday, underfunded pension and health-care obligations are “the core problems of government spending in the country.” …..Read More |
