Up to a foot of snow could fall in the Cascade Mountains [http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/forecast03.php] over the weekend. And some Snohomish County lowlands are already seeing flakes. This wacky blast of winter has ski areas cheering and farmers worried.
State Rep. Pat Lantz, D-Gig Harbor, is leaving the Legislature, having chaired the Judiciary Committee longer than anyone. She has many good memories and no regrets, but she wonders if Speaker Frank Chopp and other Democrats running the Capitol have lost their nerve.
The second-longest-serving member of the Washington Legislature has confirmed she will not run for re-election. Longtime House Budget Chair Helen Sommers [http://www.leg.wa.gov/house/sommers/], D-Seattle, told me: "This is my last session. I'm not going to run again." Asked why, she laughed and said
Scott Thalhamer of Olympia came to the Capitol yesterday to confront Speaker of the House Frank Chopp, D-Seattle. Thalhamer wants Chopp to allow a vote on Senate Bill 6385, the "Homeowners' Bill of Rights [http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/Summary.aspx?bill=6385&year=2007]" sponsored by Sen. Brian We
U.S. Highway 2 between Everett and Stevens Pass is widely regarded as the most dangerous in the state, and yet getting money appropriated for making it safer seems to be an uphill battle. Could that be because local Republican legislators keep voting against highway taxes?
