Excerpt: | As pictures and eyewitness accounts continue to come in from the Philippines, depicting the terrible devastation wrought by Typhoon Haiyan, the United Nations is launching a $300+ million appeal for aid from the world community to help the more than eleven million people affected by the storm. (Many of them are without shelter after the […] |
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Published at: | 9:55 AM on Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, World Commmunity |
Tags: | Disaster Recovery, U.S. Aid |
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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Terrible devastation in Philippines prompts renewed call for aid from the United Nations
Initiative 522 gets another boost as Snohomish and Clallam join the Yes column
Excerpt: | If you’re a supporter of Initiative 522 like we are, you’ll be glad to know that Yes on I‑522’s share of the vote is still headed upwards on the eve of the fifth day of ballot counting, and now stands at 47.85%. That’s an improvement of more than two full percentage points since Election Night, […] |
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Published at: | 11:17 PM on Friday, November 8th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Unscheduled Programming |
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Analysis: Sawant on the Verge, Bleeding Stops (or Pauses) for SeaTac Minimum Wage, and Outside Chance Remains for Seattle Public Financing
Excerpt: | Socialist Alternative party candidate, Kshama Sawant, appears on the verge of taking the lead and not looking back in her race vs. incumbent Democratic Seattle City Councilperson Richard Conlin. During the vote count of Friday evening, Sawant won 58.4% of the vote, according to The Stranger’s David “Goldy” Goldstein, resulting in her now sitting only […] |
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Published at: | 9:51 PM on Friday, November 8th, 2013 |
Written by: | Richard Champion |
Categories: | Unscheduled Programming |
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Steve Kasner is closing in on Kevin Wallace in Bellevue: Is victory possible?
Excerpt: | While there has been plenty of media coverage surrounding SeaTac Proposition #1 (the Good Jobs initiative) and the contest between Kshama Sawant and Richard Conlin for Seattle City Council, there’s another very close race of significance that hasn’t received as much attention: Bellevue City Council Position 4. The contest pits Democrat Steve Kasner, an activist, against […] |
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Published at: | 11:18 PM on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-Cities |
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It’s official: Percentage-wise, Initiative 517 is Tim Eyman’s biggest-ever defeat
Excerpt: | While we won’t have final numbers until the 2013 general election is certified in a few weeks, we can say that as of today, Initiative 517 ranks as Tim Eyman’s biggest-ever defeat, percentage-wise. The vote against 517 statewide continues to climb, propelled by an incredibly strong no vote in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties, which […] |
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Published at: | 10:28 PM on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Nathan Schlicher concedes to Jan Angel in the 26th LD following latest ballot tally
Excerpt: | After updated returns from Pierce and Kitsap counties showed Republican Jan Angel continuing to gain ground for the second straight day in the fiercely-contested contest for State Senate in the 26th LD, Nathan Schlicher’s campaign announced that Schlicher had called Angel earlier this evening to concede. “I’m proud of our team, but I think it’s […] |
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Published at: | 9:42 PM on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-Leg |
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Thurston County joins the Yes on I‑522 camp as margin of defeat narrows again
Excerpt: | Those of us who enthusiastically supported Initiative 522 (to label genetically modified foods) have some good news to cheer tonight: Thurston County has switched sides and joined the Yes camp as of the latest tally, bringing the total number of counties in favor of I‑522 to five. Meanwhile, the Yes vote statewide climbed to 47.05%, pushing […] |
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Published at: | 9:05 PM on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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U.S. Senate passes ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, in historic vote
Excerpt: | It took longer than it should have, but today, the United States Senate made history by passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) which outlaws discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation. The vote was sixty-four to thirty-two, with four senators not voting. As is increasingly the case, Republicans supplied every single one of the […] |
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Published at: | 1:10 PM on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Civil Liberties, Economic Security, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Nondiscrimination |
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Ending the anti-tax mantra: Boeing and the Association of Washington Business support raising taxes to help themselves
Excerpt: | As the Washington State legislature enters its seventh special session in three years, disrupting fall plans, meetings, and speaking appearances for the members of both state houses, the session called by Governor Inslee deserves notice for where key players in statewide budget and revenue fights are lining up–mainly that Boeing and the Association of Washington Business have come out in support […] |
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Published at: | 8:15 AM on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Economic Security, Legislative Advocacy |
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The failure of I‑517 could be Tim Eyman’s biggest electoral defeat, percentage-wise
Excerpt: | Earlier today, I suggested that King County’s vote against Tim Eyman’s Initiative 517 might soon cross the seventy percent threshold. And sure enough, this afternoon, it did… more quickly than I had expected it to. The trend statewide is not much different. As of late last night, I‑517 was being rejected, 60.03% to 39.97%. As of […] |
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Published at: | 10:36 PM on Wednesday, November 6th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Initiative 522, McGinn vs. Murray, Conlin vs. Sawant: Are these too close to call? Hardly!
Excerpt: | Anyone who has ever run for office and lost or spent a few seasons working daily on an unsuccessful campaign knows that conceding defeat is difficult and unpleasant. It’s understandably hard to go from energetically campaigning one hour to accepting an apparent defeat the next, particularly when you’re at a party. That’s why it has become […] |
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Published at: | 11:53 AM on Wednesday, November 6th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-Ballot, WA-Cities |
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King County’s record vote against Eyman’s I‑517 could climb above seventy percent
Excerpt: | Though most of Washington’s thirty-nine counties are breaking strongly against I‑517, nowhere is the outcome more lopsided than in King County, which has voted down most of Tim Eyman’s initiatives over the years. Voters in King are defeating I‑517 by an enormous margin. In fact, the gap between the yes vote and the no vote is […] |
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Published at: | 10:06 AM on Wednesday, November 6th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, Elections |
Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Seattle voters: No on public financing, yes on Districts Now charter amendment
Excerpt: | Seattle politics has sometimes been characterized as a divide between “Seattle nice” and “lesser versus more Seattle.” It’s just not that simple anymore. Seattle has 410,000+ registered voters, and we seem to have elected a new mayor tonight with less than 33% voter turnout thus far. Maybe we’ll hit 40% by Thursday, but by any […] |
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Published at: | 10:30 PM on Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 |
Written by: | Gael Tarleton |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-Cities |
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Machinists reject Boeing’s unreasonable offer on 777X work by a two-to-one margin