An hour ago, a significant earthquake struck near one of the United States’ most populated areas, causing minor damage, disrupting travel, and prompting evacuations of buildings. But unusually, the populated area that this quake affected was not in California, or on the Left Coast, or even west of the Rocky Mountains, where earthquakes are an […]
Daily Archives: August 23rd, 2011
Posted inEconomic Security, Policy Topics
NO on I‑1183 campaign gets big boost from Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America
The effort to protect Washington State from Costco’s newest liquor privatization scheme (Initiative 1183, which will be in the November ballot) has just received a massive resource boost from a powerful national trade organization. Last week, the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America wrote Protect Our Communities (the campaign to defeat I‑1183) a series of […]