Excerpt: | According to a story in The Kitsap Sun, State Representative Jan Angel (R – Port Orchard) was absent for almost the entire special session of the Legislature – because she was on a European cruise. Angel won the European cruise at a Port Orchard event in November and claims to have consulted with Republican leaders […] |
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Published at: | 1:29 PM on Thursday, May 26th, 2011 |
Written by: | Steve |
Categories: | Open Government, Party Politics |
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Republican state legislator skipped special session to go on a European cruise
Register for NWroots 2011
Excerpt: | Shortly before we lost our beloved Lynn Allen to ovarian cancer three months ago, she entrusted us with the responsibility of carrying forward the political and civic causes she was so passionate about. One of those causes was bringing progressive activists together to organize and mobilize for change. Not long after Lynn and I attended […] |
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Published at: | 12:46 PM on Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Announcements, Events |
Tags: | NWroots Conference |
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Mercenary petitioners hawking Tim Eyman’s l‑1125 target Bellevue College students
Excerpt: | Though it’s not apparent from looking at Voters Want More Choices’ most recent reports to the Public Disclosure Commission (PDC), NPI can today confirm what we have suspected since the beginning of the month: Tim Eyman has found a new wealthy benefactor to put up the money for his latest scheme, Initiative 1125, which he […] |
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Published at: | 7:48 PM on Thursday, May 19th, 2011 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Civil Liberties, Elections, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Initiative Process Reform, WA-Ballot |
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Congratulations, Michael!
Excerpt: | Congratulations are in order to our good friend Michael Hood, who has been keeping a critical eye on talk radio over at blatherWatch since 2005. Yesterday, Michael became the first blogger from the Pacific Northwest credentialed to cover a White House press briefing, which is a pretty big deal. As Michael recounts, it may have been just […] |
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Published at: | 12:52 PM on Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Announcements, Media & Culture |
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Sound Transit christens University Link tunnel boring machines at Husky Stadium
Excerpt: | Let the tunneling begin! This morning, at the University of Washington’s Husky Stadium, Senator Patty Murray, Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff, and local elected officials gathered to join Sound Transit in christening the boring machines that will excavate the tunnels between the U‑District station at Husky Stadium and the Capitol Hill station at Broadway and Denny. University […] |
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Published at: | 3:07 PM on Monday, May 16th, 2011 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Events, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Transportation |
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Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion
Excerpt: | Microsoft confirmed today that it is spending eight and half billion dollars in cash to acquire peer to peer communications company Skype, which operates the world’s most preeminent VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) platform. The deal, which was first reported by the tech press a couple of days ago, is the biggest acquisition in Microsoft’s […] |
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Published at: | 2:00 PM on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
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Peter Steinbrueck: Our fractured metropolis (Text of the keynote from NPI’s 2011 gala)
Excerpt: | Editor’s Note: Following the conclusion of our Spring Fundraising Gala a few days ago, we have been asked if we could make the text of Peter Steinbrueck’s keynote speech available. He has kindly agreed to do so; what follows are a polished version of his prepared remarks, delivered on April 28th at the Community Center […] |
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Published at: | 6:09 PM on Monday, May 9th, 2011 |
Written by: | Peter Steinbrueck |
Categories: | Events, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Critical Infrastructure, Placemaking, Smart Growth & Density, Spring Fundraising Gala, Transportation |
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He’s not rich, he’s you
Excerpt: | Excuse us for a moment as we break out our tiny violins and a box of kleenex to lament the plight of Congressman Denny Rehberg (R‑MT), who is challenging Democratic Senator Jon Tester for his seat in 2012 . You see, although Mr. Rehberg is the 23rd richest member of Congress he informed constituents at […] |
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Published at: | 11:33 PM on Monday, May 2nd, 2011 |
Written by: | Ken |
Categories: | Unscheduled Programming |
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Conservatives clinch majority in Canadian Parliament; New Dems now the opposition
Excerpt: | You wouldn’t know it from watching American cable television or reading American newspapers, but Canada today held a major federal election to determine who will sit in the House of Commons of the 41st Canadian Parliament. (For those readers not familiar with Canadian politics, the House of Commons is their equivalent to our House of […] |
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Published at: | 10:50 PM on Monday, May 2nd, 2011 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
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BREAKING: Osama bin Laden is dead, officials say; President Obama addresses the nation
Excerpt: | Details are sketchy as of this hour, but America’s television networks, citing multiple sources, are reporting that U.S. forces have killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and have possession of his body. President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak to the nation shortly. The administration has not officially confirmed the news, but the president is […] |
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Published at: | 8:03 PM on Sunday, May 1st, 2011 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
Tags: | Breaking News |
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Who’s responsible for the Associated Press’s ongoing Tim Eyman worship?
Excerpt: | A few moments ago, NPI’s news crawler alerted me that the Associated Press has just dumped another half-baked — no, make that quarter-baked — “story” out on the wire, glorifying an announcement Tim Eyman supposedly made about attempting to qualify an initiative for the ballot this year. I say supposedly because I haven’t seen any other […] |
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Published at: | 5:55 PM on Sunday, May 1st, 2011 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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