Environmental Health and Justice 11th Legislative District Candidate Town Hall What: A community conversation around environmental health and justice issues with candidates for the State Legislature. When: Thursday, September 13, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Where: The Landing Community Room in Renton – 828 N. 10th Place Renton, WA 98057 This election year, we know voters like you …
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Aug 03
Accurately Summarizing Rob McKenna’s Lousy Month
From Publicola: DC political site Politico says Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee won the month of July, accurately summarizing Rob McKenna’s lousy month: Tweetgate, Essex Portergate (or should we say gait), and the Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling, which went against cocky plaintiff McKenna and led to sometortured exchanges with the press. Politico says the next test is who wins …
Aug 03
Why Are Charter Schools Advocates Spending Heavily on a Candidate Who Says She Doesn’t Support Charter Schools?
From the SLOG: We kinda liked Stephanie Bowman at our 11th Legislative District SECB interview, but gave our endorsement to Rob Holland for a number of reasons, not the least of which being our unease over Bowman’s endorsement by charter schools advocate Stand for Children. Bowman told us she opposed charter schools. But in politics, money tends to …
Aug 03
Bezos Family Funds Four PACs in Charter Schools Shell Game
At first it was a bit remarkable to see four separate charter school PACs—Stand for Children WA PAC, Democrats for Education Reform WA PAC, Revising the Status Quo PAC, and Education Voters Political Action Fund—all spending money in a handful of Seattle area legislative primaries. Remarkable, that is, until I peeked behind the PDC curtain and pretty …
Jul 06
Voter Registration Deadline for August 7th Primary is Monday, July 9th
ATTENTION WASHINGTON VOTERS: The deadline for voter registration, address change, and other updates for the Aug. 7th primary is Monday: http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/default.aspx
Jun 05
Paycheck Equality: It’s Not a Suggestion,
Paycheck Equality: It’s Not a Suggestion, It’s the LawMay 31, 2012 by Anny Bolgiano, Intern, Coalition of Labor Union Women Q: What’s better than paycheck equity legislation? A: Effective paycheck equity legislation.The government makes a lot of suggestions and recommendations to us Americans. The CDC recommends staying home when you have the flu and getting …
May 30
Sign Up for June Voter Registration: St. Martin’s Shelter, Fremont Fair, Pride Parade, and more!
We had a packed schedule in May with events including Cinco De Mayo, the U District Street Fair, Folklife Festival, phone banking with Win Win, and other events that OFA volunteers hosted – thank you all for making each of these events a great success! June is an important month for voter registration as the …
May 18
Last chance to file for PCO
The candidate filing deadline is upon us. If you want to file for PCO (or another office), here are the closing times: Friday, May 18, 4 pm: Online filing closes Friday, May 18, 4:30 pm: In-person filing closes You can file online here: http://info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/candidatefiling or in-person at King County Elections: http://www.kingcounty.gov/elections/referenceresources/candidatefiling.aspx
May 14
PCO Filing Week Reminder
It’s PCO Filing week! If you want to be a PCO, you can file online here: http://info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/pcocandidatefiling Also, your precinct boundaries may have shifted. The latest updated list is posted on King County’s website. You can find that information here: http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/gis/maps/leg/Leg11.pdf
May 10
Monday, May 14th is the first day of filing week
May 10, 2012 Dear Democrat, Monday, May 14th is the first day of filing week in Washington State. Between now and the filing deadline of Friday, May 18th you have a rare opportunity to stand for election as a Democratic Precinct Committee Officer (PCO).
Apr 26
11th District Democrats’ PCO Nominating Convention – Official Call
Welcome to the 11th District Democrats’ PCO Nominating Convention: Saturday April 28, 2012 – following legislative district caucus IAM Hall – 9125 15th Place South – Seattle 98108 The nominating convention will begin immediately after the legislative district caucuses. All PCOs that were elected/appointed before March 15.2012, are eligible to vote. Weighted precinct values will …
Apr 23
PCO Candidate filing information – 2012
The period for PCO’s to file for candidacy is between May 14 – 18. Some rules for PCO filing for candidacy are attached. If you want to be a PCO, please read the attached document. PCO Filing 2012
Apr 23
McKenna’s Workers’ Compensation Plan: Pay Private Insurance Companies, Leave Workers Behind
Message flagged Sunday, April 22, 2012 3:32 PM For Immediate Release: April 19, 2012 Contact: Benton Strong 206-552-0156 McKenna’s Workers’ Compensation Plan: Pay Private Insurance Companies, Leave Workers Behind Seattle — Today, the Washington State Democrats are releasing “Fraud,” a video showing the dangers of Rob McKenna’s plan to privatize workers’ compensation insurance. In 2010, …
Apr 19
State Farm and ALEC
People for the American Way is asking people to write to State Farm Insurance about their affiliation with ALEC. This will have extra impact if you are a policy holder and add your policy number. State Farm Insurance PO Box 5000 Dupont, WA To Whom It May Concern:
