“Call it a decent first step both toward meeting our children’s constitutional right to lower class sizes — and toward improving funding for schools, in general,” observed state Rep. Gerry…
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Magnuson Park radioactive-contamination cleanup: Time for public comments extended, public meeting planned
The public-comment period has been extended to July 26 for comments on the cleanup of Magnuson Park radioactive contamination, as requested by state Rep. Gerry Pollet and the citizens’ group,…
Lawmaker hailed by UW Graduate and Professional Student Senate
State Rep. Gerry Pollet has worked diligently — both to help citizens fund pursuit of appropriate graduate degrees for public-service careers, and to help improve the way Washington appropriates funding…
Legislature approves nation’s strongest state law curbing predatory towing
It’s on to the governor’s desk for legislation aimed at preventing citizens from being slammed with charges up to $2,000 to get their car back after it’s towed by a…
Saturday, March 30, Traveling Town Hall: Perhaps a small step toward a healing
All of us — as parents, as children, and as fellow members of our Seattle and Washington and American neighborhood — grieve over the terrible, very recent accident involving a…
Rep. Gerry Pollet: Statements on providing funding to reduce tuition and increase support for higher-education in response to Senate Republican bill announcement
“The House Higher Education Committee, acting in a bipartisan manner, adopted House Bill 1624, which would commit our state to increasing our investment in higher education and set a long-term…
Town Hall tomorrow morning, March 16, at North Seattle Community College
Please join Senator David Frockt, Representative Gerry Pollet and Representative Jessyn Farrell for a 46th Legislative District Town Hall from 10 to noon tomorrow, March 16. The Town Hall will be…
Pollet rallies full House against predatory-towing
OLYMPIA — Citizens should never be slammed with charges upward of $2,000 to get their car back after being towed by a predatory towing company. That’s the very message for…
My position on education funding
Funding education is the single most important investment we can make in our state’s future. In recent years, due in part to our state’s budgetary woes, we have failed to…
Elections-measures advancing in state House
OLYMPIA – Rep. Gerry Pollet is no stranger to elections issues. As a case in point, one needn’t look any further than his work “to get more citizens hooked on…