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Mar 08
Congressman Adam Smith is hosting a townhall at Hazelwood Elementary School (7100 116th Ave SE, Newcastle WA 98056) on Thursday March 28th 2013 from 7-8:30pm. The discussion will include the following congressional topics: -The budget -Immigration -Education -The economy & more RSVP if you’re interested: -rsvpsmith@mail.house.gov -425-793-5180 -888-SMITII09
Mar 07
From Zack Hudgins: You are invited to join me for a town hall meeting with Sen. Bob Hasegawa and Rep. Steve Bergquist on Saturday, March 16th from 1-2 pm at the King County Regional Communications & Emergency Coordination Center (RCECC) in the Renton Highlands. I hope to talk with many of you about our work …
Mar 06
11th LD e-Board Agenda March 6, 2013 7:00 pm Arrival to Renton Carpenters Hall 7:05 Timeline: newsletter, minutes. Notice dates for meetings. 7:15 11th LD Calendar for next 3 months (6 if we get ambitious) Meeting topics/speakers Endorsement meetings 7:40 General meeting Basic Robert’s Rules Format Raffle rules Promotion of meetings: who, how, when 8:00 …
Mar 01
Legislators are dragging their heels on two bills that will help rebuild Washington’s middle class and save tax dollars. What gives? Two top Democrats, chairs of the House Finance and House AppropriationsCommittees, are refusing to schedule votes on the Family and Medical Leave Insurance (HB 1457) and Paid Sick Days (HB 1313) bills in front of their respective …
Feb 25
The White House has released reports on what will happen to the states if the sequester happens. If sequestration were to take effect, some examples of the impacts on Washington this year alone are: ¾ Teachers and Schools: Washington will lose approximately $11,606,000 in funding for primary and secondary education, putting around 160 teacher and aide …
Feb 21
Open States is a great tool for tracking what’s going on in the Legislature: Bills, Meetings, Committees: Finding your Legislators. There’s even a free app for iPhones and iPads: http://openstates.org/wa/ Thanks Christopher Anderson!
Feb 21
Finding out which bills our Legislators are sponsoring this session is easy. Here’s how you do it: Find your legislator on this website: For House members, click here: http://www.leg.wa.gov/House/Representatives/Pages/default.aspx For Senators, click here: http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Senators/Pages/default.aspx Find your Legislator’s name and click on it Click on the Bill Sponsorship link You will now see the bills this Legislator sponsored.
Feb 21
As of this 2013 session, the public can now comment on bills under consideration in the state legislature. This is incredibly useful, as many of us don’t have the time to venture down to Olympia to give in-person opinions on laws under consideration. Here’s how you do it: Go to the Legislature’s website: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pages/home.aspx Click on …
Feb 20
Last night, we voted to update our bylaws. The update just contains some minor housekeeping (cleaning up a few lines of data that didn’t belong anymore… basically, old dates and page numbers). The updated bylaws are viewable here: http://www.11thlddems.org/bylaws/ Stay tuned for future updates from our rules & bylaws committee.
Feb 20
Subject: Progressive Radio in Seattle Update, 2-19-13 Meeting with a KPTK Insider Our Progressive Radio in Seattle (PRS) Team had a meeting this past week with a former advertising sales person for KPTK who provided us with some interesting information about the demise of 1090 Progressive Talk. 1090 has been owned by CBS since its …
Feb 19
Just a reminder, our general membership meeting is on Tuesday, 2/19/2013. Show up at 6:45 and get some food. Yup, we’re bringing back food. We’re serving a baked ziti pasta dish, salad, bread, and pie. We’re suggesting a $6 donation to offset the costs. The raffle is back. Buy some tickets, try to win a …
Feb 19
Barbara Crider was kind enough to share a letter that she sent to Bob Hasegawa about SB 5731. The purpose of this bill is “Allowing beer and/or wine specialty shop licensees to sell craft distillery products.” The text of the bill can be found here: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2013-14/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5731.pdf If you have an opinion on this issue, contact …
Feb 16
Great news everyone, for our general membership meetings, we’re bringing back two things you loved. The raffle and food. The next general meeting is on Tuesday, February 19th. For the raffle: we could use some help. First, please participate. Second, we could also use some help in donating prizes. If you have anything that’d make a …
