| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jordan Schrader, The Olympian | 5-4-2011 |
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The state Senate today passed a resolution not exactly celebrating Osama Bin Laden’s death but “experiencing a sense of relief” that his days of planning terrorist attacks are over.
Here’s the text of the resolution, which honors the military and intelligence agencies that helped bring about Bin Laden’s demise. Sen. Mike Carrell of Lakewood offered the resolution………Read More |
| Jordan Schrader, TNT | 3-26-2011 |
| The Legislature has agreed to end poll voting in Washington.
A measure that would close the polls in the last holdout – Pierce County – passed the House on Friday on a largely partisan 52-43 vote that sends it to Gov. Chris Gregoire for her signature……… Read More |
| Washington House Republicans | 3-18-2011 |
| Rep. Jan Angel was honored this week as the Northwest Region Legislator of the Year at a recognition reception by the Washington Association of Vocational Administrators.
The organization awarded Angel for “promoting and supporting the efforts and value of career and technical education within the legislative processes and venues throughout the state.” The 26th District legislator said she was honored to receive the award. Angel also had the opportunity ……. Read More |
| Jordan Schrader, TNT | 3-4-2011 |
| A vote today in the Legislature likely is a death warrant for Pierce County’s remaining polling places.
A mandate for the state to vote entirely by mail eked 26-23 through the Senate, where similar proposals have foundered in the past. Republican opponents called it an attack on Pierce County, the last holdout with polls……. Read More |
| Kris Sherman, The News Tribune | 2-12-2011 |
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Thousands of property owners in Pierce County will get their annual property tax statements in the mail beginning next week. But if you can’t wait, you can look yours up online at the Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer’s office here.
The files were posted Friday afternoon by the assessor’s office, along with a wealth of information you can see here about how much property is in the the county, the assessed value of all of it, budgets by taxing district and lots of other statistics……. Read More |
| Jordan Schrader, The News Tribune | 2-10-2011 |
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Could this end up as Pierce Transit’s Plan B?
Transit advocates and Rep. Marko Liias, D-Mukilteo, are unveiling a bill today that would offer a series of new funding sources for buses and trains. Right now, county transit agencies can ask voters to raise their sales taxes. But King and Snohomish counties have reached their sales- tax ceilings, and on Tuesday Pierce County voters rejected an increase…… Read More |
