| Dino Rossi for Governor..A Statewide Progressive Transportation Plan for the Future |
| Dated : 05/04/08 |
| Dino Rossi has put forth a $15 billion transportation plan for Washington state. The plan aims at balancing congestion relief with other important transportation goals by completing key construction projects, encouraging cleaner travel through green initiatives, addressing unfunded transportation promises, and restoring reliability in the state’s ferry system.
“Our state is experiencing a tra... |
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| The Growth in the Governors Office, By Senator Joseph Zarelli, Ranking Republican,Senate Ways & Means |
| Dated : 05/04/08 |
| Analyzing one of the most rapidly expanding areas of state government. This brief analyzes the growth in the Governor’s office, which by statute includes the Office of Financial Management.1
I. Governor’s office spending nearly doubled in four years
The Governor’s office has grown from an adjusted basis of $33.5 million to $61.8 million, an 84.5% increase
2. Public schools’ state appropr... |
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| Rep. Ed Orcutt...Defending Taxpayers against ill Conceived tax Increases |
| Dated : 05/02/08 |
| In Olympia, there's no end of imaginative ways to try to seperate your money from you. A prime example is Senate Bill 6900. This measure would have imposed a "vehicle engine displacement and emissions fee" ranging from $70 for a 2-liter engine to $600 for engines of 8 liters or more. The Office of Financial Management projected the cost to taxpayers as high as $1.7 billion over five years-poten... |
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| Ryan Hart Elected Chairman at County Convention |
| Dated : 04/28/08 |
The Clark County Republican Party County Convention saw a record turnout when they met at Prairie High School in April.
Following the resignation of Chairman Anna Miller in March, Vice-Chairman Hart took the reins as temporary Chairman and was unanimously elected to the Chairman position by the Precinct Officers present at the Convention.
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| 2008 Session Wrap-Up by Bob Williams of Evergreen Freedom Foundation |
| Dated : 04/24/08 |
| In November when the legislature had its special one day session to reinstate the one percent levy (Initiative 747) Senator Brown claimed the legislature would take further action in the 2008 session. They didn't. Republican attempts at relief were rebuffed. The Democrats ignored a university of Washington Study that found government regulations drove up the average price of a home in Se... |
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| Clinton Defeats Obama with a 10 point lead in Pennsylvania Primary |
| Dated : 04/23/08 |
| A day after stomaching a double-digit defeat, Barack Obama appeared briefly shaken but not stirred by concerns that Hillary Clinton had stolen the momentum in the final six weeks of a marathon Democratic primary season.
The Democratic front-runner hit the trail in Indiana Wednesday, speaking confidently about his chances of clinching the presidential nomination and mocking Clinton for resorting... |
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| Polls Finding McCain Winning over Voters from All Parties |
| Dated : 04/17/08 |
| Republicans are no longer underdogs in the race for the White House. To pull that off, John McCain has attracted disgruntled GOP voters, independents and even some moderate Democrats who shunned his party last fall.
Partly thanks to an increasingly likable image, the Republican presidential candidate has pulled even with the two Democrats still brawling for their party’s nomination, according t... |
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