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Wag the Dog, Part II 0

Wag the Dog, Part II

Senator Fraser, Representative Hunt and Representative Reykdal all spoke on January 3rd about the “big achievement” of the recent Special Session that was able to cut 480 million dollars to reduce the budget deficit,...

Environmental Priorities Coalition Workshop: this Saturday UW 0

Environmental Priorities Coalition Workshop: this Saturday UW

In 2012, the Environmental Priorities Coalition will be working with you to protect the things that are most important to Washington’s families – our kids’ health, rebuilding our economy, and maintaining our clean air...

Wag the Dog, Part I 0

Wag the Dog, Part I

I attended a meeting with the Thurston County legislators on Jan 3rd. The three legislators are not firebrands, but as a group, representing a community, they (Reykdal, Hunt, Fraser) are probably about as liberal...

Public Banking Forum: Kirkland, Sat. Jan 7, 1:00 PM 0

Public Banking Forum: Kirkland, Sat. Jan 7, 1:00 PM

Saturday, January 7th 1:00 – 3:00 pm Unitarian Universalist Church in Downtown Kirkland 308 4th Ave South in Kirkland Directions: http://www.northlakeuu.org/about/directions/ Free and open to the public Sponsored by: The Washington Public Bank Coalition, Northlake Unitarian Universalist...

Dumbest public moment of 2011? 0

Dumbest public moment of 2011?

I didn’t feel like putting together a “best of” list to review 2011. It was an unsettling year. The politics of stalemate made it pretty useless and 2012 is an election year, if I...