The King County Executive is preparing another budget. What is the message this year? Oh, cripes! [http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=budget14m&date=20011014]
A resignation in Albany, N.Y., has people in all 50 states wondering. In Washington, where the job is not terribly demanding, he's a rock 'n' roller.
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?
