From Senator Prentice: Happy Spring, Daylight Savings time, and April Fools’ day! April 1st means there are 23 constitutional days remaining in the regular 2011 session. The recent budget forecast predicts continued declining revenues – $800 million less than expected – so the hardest work is still ahead. You can try out your ideas to …
Category: Newsletters
Apr 13
Newsletter – April 2011
The newsletter for April 2011 has been posted. View it here: 2011_04_April
Apr 08
House Democratic Caucus
Zack Hudgins created a great video about what it means to be a representative:
Mar 30
April E-board meeting
A correction: I had the e-board meeting listed as April 4th. The meeting is actually April 7th. Sorry about that.
Mar 25
Washington State Republicans Vote Against Nuclear Safety
From the Slog: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/03/25/washington-state-republicans-vote-against-nuclear-safety Yet another good reason to get replace Dave Reichert in the 11th LD. Fresh off their votes against funding for a tsunami warning center that serves the entire West Coast, our state’s four Republican House members recently voted for budget cuts that could make it harder to respond to nuclear mishaps. …
Mar 16
SCAN Director (Dian Ferguson) to Challenge Clark
Also announced at the meeting last night: http://publicola.com/2011/03/16/scan-director-to-challenge-clark/ At the 11th District Democrats’ meeting last night, Seattle Community Access Network director Dian Ferguson announced that she planned to run for city council against incumbent Sally Clark.
Mar 16
March 2011 – General Meeting Summary
This month’s topics were: Cindy Cole and John Repp spoke to us on the condition of the State Bank Of Washington Approval of the 2011 budget for the district Presentation of a resolution by Gabriela Quintana Presentation of a resolution by John Fox Ivan Weiss on King County Democrats voter outreach Joe McDermott talking about …
Mar 15
Washington State Republicans Vote to Cut Funding for Tsunami Warning Center
From the Slog: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/03/15/washington-state-republicans-vote-to-cut-funding-for-tsunami-warning-center The worst part is, people probably wouldn’t have noticed this if it hadn’t happened around the same time as the earthquake/tsunami in Japan: WASHINGTON — A spending plan being pushed by Republicans would slash funding for the agency that warned the West Coast about the devastating tsunami in Japan. Voting for …
Mar 12
Week of solidarity events planned for April 2-8
Week of solidarity events planned for April 2-8 http://www.wslc.org/reports/2011/March/11.htm#Friday On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Republicans separated the state employee collective bargaining bill from its budget component and passed the policy bill which eliminates collective bargaining rights for most state employees; the Idaho legislature passed a bill eviscerating collective bargaining rights for public school employees; and Michigan …
Mar 09
Newletter – March 2011
The newsletter March 2011 has been posted. View it here: 2011_03_March
Mar 02
Broadband… a Democratic issue?
I hope you don’t mind that I’m taking a little bit of time (and space) to talk about a technology issue. As a newer member of the 11th LD, I can honestly say technology issues aren’t usually mentioned a whole lot. Nevertheless, there are technology issues that certainly affect our society. Look at what happened …
