| WSRP and Pierce GOP announcement |
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Pierce County Victory Center is now open through the election The Pierce County Victory Center in Puyallup will be operating Monday through Saturday, from 9am to 9pm, from now through the election. Voter identification and encouragement of potential voters for Republican candidates is critical to achieving change in Washington State this November – working together to make it happen. If you would like to volunteer at the Victory Center, please Contact: Zac Green at zacgreen@wsrp.org, or Sarah Pollock 253-306-1083 The Center is located at: 1002 39th Ave SE, Suite 301 – Puyallup, WA |
| Catherine Herridge, Pamela Browne, TNT | 7-26-2012 |
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This story is about Lakewood resident Wilma Rosenow who was present at the Washington State Republican Party Convention in Tacoma.
Some people have a bucket list of things they want to do before they die. At 105, Wilma Rosenow has a longer list of things she’s already done. TACOMA — Some people have a bucket list of things they want to do before they die. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
