Local, state, national leader celebrated for his community works
“All politics,” observed a shrewd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives now gone to his reward, “is local.” For talking about Washington State Rep. John McCoy, you might tweak…
Statement from House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan regarding Governor Gregoire’s list of possible budget actions
Here’s House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan on Governor Gregoire’s list of possible budget actions: “Ways and Means Chair Ross Hunter and the rest of our budget team have been going…
Statement by Mary Lou Dickerson on Budget-Reduction Alternatives
Gov. Chris Gregoire announced a set of budget-reduction alternatives on Thursday to respond to the continuing shortfall of state revenues. As a result of declining revenues, the state of Washington…
WA Budget – Proposed Agency Cuts Explanations
I used this document in a caucus discussion of the proposed agency cuts and thought it might be interesting to people. It’s a long PDF with a duplicate copy of…