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• I-90 Closures Coming Soon!

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  In just a month, major safety repairs start on the I-90 floating bridge. Drivers will face congested freeway lanes and ramps to and from Mercer Island.The state Department of Transportation will completely close the I-90 express lanes between Mercer Island and Seattle from May 4-23 and completely close the westbound [...]
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  Posted: April 11, 2009, 12:39pm EDT
  

• Cap-and-Trade Could Cost Washington State as Many as 18,292 Net Jobs, $5.7 Billion in Personal Income

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  Economic research institute finds deficiencies in Western Climate Initiative’s analysis of impacts from recommendationsSpecific proposals that several Western states would implement to comply with a proposed cap-and-trade carbon emissions control pact would destroy jobs and erode income, according to a report co-released by a national economics institute and the Washington [...]
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  Posted: March 23, 2009, 5:11pm EDT
  

• Economic Stimulus Starts with Private Sector Job Growth

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  by Carl GipsonDirector, Washington Policy Center, Center for Small BusinessSuddenly everything old is new again. This saying usually applies to the fashion industry, but today we are digging up old economic theories, dusting them off, and re-applying them.Today, as in the 1930s and 1970s, government spending is passed off as [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2009, 5:46pm EDT
  

• Dave Reichert: My Thoughts on the Stimulus

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  As he took the oath of office one month ago, President Barack Obama addressed the economic crisis by asking all of us to be prepared to make hard choices and "prepare for a new age." He called on Congress to "spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in" [...]
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  Posted: February 22, 2009, 7:03pm EST
  

• Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna's Must Read - February 2009

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  With a critical legislative cut-off date approaching in a few days, I want to update you on the status of our 2009 Legislative Requests aimed at protecting the state’s most vulnerable citizens and assisting financially strapped homeowners. This Wednesday, February 25, is the deadline for bills to move out of [...]
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  Posted: February 21, 2009, 7:01pm EST
  

• An Economic Stimulus Package Must Focus on Long-Term Growth, Not Short-Term Jobs

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  by Mathew Manweller, Prof. of Political Science, Central Washington UniversityAs the United States struggles through a recession, political leaders are hoping a "stimulus package" will save us. There is nothing wrong with the government trying to stabilize or even energize the economy. It is the reason we craft fiscal and [...]
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  Posted: February 13, 2009, 3:39pm EST
  

• What is Not Wrong with U.S. Health Care

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  by Roger Stark, MD Barack Obama says he wants to make reforming health care one of his administration’s top priorities. Change in health care is certainly needed. There is a danger, though, that the new president will be unduly influenced by political advocates peddling the same tired myths that have [...]
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  Posted: February 06, 2009, 2:35pm EST
  

• Why Government Spending Does Not Stimulate Economic Growth

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  by Brian M. Riedl Senior Fellow, The Heritage Foundation In a throwback to the 1930s and 1970s, some lawmakers are betting that America’s economic ills can be cured by an extraordinary expansion of government. This tired approach has already failed repeatedly in the past year, in which Congress and the [...]
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  Posted: January 28, 2009, 3:55pm EST
  

• To Stimulate the Economy, Stop Trying to Limit Driving and Start Reducing Congestion

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  by Michael Ennis, Director-Center for Transportation, Washington Policy CenterI'm often asked how other states compare to Washington on transportation policy. This is a reasonable question, because across our state, traffic congestion is growing worse and is expected to double over the next twenty years. Congestion chokes the economy, robs valuable' [...]
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  Posted: January 26, 2009, 12:36pm EST
  

• Study: Dams Not to Blame for Salmon Collapse

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  By SeaFood Business River dams aren't the main barriers for young Pacific salmon migrating to the ocean, a breakthrough tracking study suggests. David Welch of Kintama Research in Nanaimo, British Columbia, reports in the journal PLoS Biology that the Columbia River's young salmon and steelhead have as good or a [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2008, 5:29pm EDT
  

• Mercer Island Public Workshop on Pedestrain and Bicycle Facilities Plan

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  The City of Mercer Island is updating the Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities Plan and citizens are invited to comment at an upcoming public workshop. The workshop will be held on October 28, 2008 starting at 7 pm at the Community Center at Mercer View. The Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities Plan, [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2008, 4:02pm EDT
  

• What caused Olympia's budget mess? (Hint: it's not lack of money)

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  by Paul GuppyVice President for Research, Washington Policy CenterState finances are in shambles. Olympia leaders have racked up a $3.2 billion deficit and unlike Wall Street, Congress is not going to bail them out. How did we get in this mess? It is not for lack of money. Tax revenues [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2008, 2:37pm EDT
  

• Island Crest Way Project: Seeking Citizens for Panel

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  The City of Mercer Island is seeking citizens to participate in a public involvement process regarding the Island Crest Way and Merrimount intersection. A panel of approximately 15 citizens plus two Council members will be selected by the Mayor and approved by the City Council to participate in this process. [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2008, 3:48pm EDT
  

• Sarah Palin's Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention

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  Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored to be considered for the nomination for Vice President of the United States.I accept the call to help our nominee for president to serve and defend America.I accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election... against confident opponents ... [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2008, 6:10pm EDT
  

• Rudy Giuliani's Speech to the Republican National Convention

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  Thank you very much, and good evening. Almost exactly one year ago today, during a presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, I said that, if I weren’t running for president, I’d be supporting John McCain.Well, I’m not running for president, and I do support John McCain.Every — every four years, [...]
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  Posted: September 07, 2008, 6:24pm EDT
  

• Fred Thompson's Speech at the Republican National Convention

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  Tonight our thoughts are still with our friends and fellow citizens in the Gulf Coast area, and our thanks go to those who have worked so hard to keep them safe. There can be no more important work than this. But what we are doing at this convention is also [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2008, 6:42pm EDT
  

• Washington State Taxpayers Need Constitutional Protections

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  by Jason Mercier, Director, Washington Policy Center - Center for Government ReformWashington's voters have consistently voiced a desire to restrict the ability of government officials to unduly raise their tax burden. Initiative 601, passed by voters in 1993, required not only a strict spending limit, a two-thirds vote of the' [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2008, 4:12pm EDT
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• Sarah Palin versus Barack Obama

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  This chart is from Just Say No Deal. [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2008, 1:54pm EDT
  

• Washington State's August 19, 2008 Primary - State Wide Races

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  On August 19, 2008, Washington citizens will vote in the state’s first top-two primary election. Below is list of the 9 state-wide offices that will be on the ballot.For GovernorDino Rossi (Prefers G.O.P. Party)Will Baker (Prefers Reform Party)Christine Gregoire (Prefers Democratic Party)Duff Badgley (Prefers Green Party)John W. Aiken, Jr. (Prefers [...]
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 11:19am EDT
  

• 520 Tolling Committee Adds Open House on Mercer Island - August 13

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  The 520 Tolling Implementation Committee added a visit to Mercer Island to the series of open houses about how tolls can help pay for a new 520 bridge between Seattle and Bellevue. The Mercer Island open house on August 13, 2008 gives the public a sixth opportunity to provide input [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2008, 12:06pm EDT
  

• Mercer Island Tent City Update

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  On July 28, a King County Superior Court judge denied a request from a group of Mercer Island citizens to grant an injunction that would stop Tent City 4 from moving to the Mercer Island United Methodist Church on August 5. Judge Michael J. Fox cited five requirements for issuing [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2008, 12:03pm EDT
  

• Peer Review Raises Serious Questions about Washington State Climate Advisory Team’s Recommendations

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  A third-party peer review of the state Climate Advisory Team’s recommendations found serious flaws in economic projections of costs and benefits. A cost-benefit analysis by The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University in Boston has concluded that the state Climate Advisory Team’s (CAT) report on addressing climate change in Washington [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2008, 6:03pm EDT
  

• Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna's Must Read - July 2008

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  I’m pleased to announce another major accomplishment in our ongoing efforts to fight high-tech crimes and protect children from online dangers. Building on the work of my Youth Internet Safety Task Force, the AGO’s High-Tech Unit and our Consumer Protection Division, we’ve added valuable new information to the Internet Safety [...]
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  Posted: July 23, 2008, 12:30pm EDT
  

• The Truth About Leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf

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  Capitol Hill’s opponents of domestic energy production took to the stage yesterday to decry “Big Oil” again, not for its profits, but for “stockpiling” energy leases instead of producing them. In reality, it’s the government that is stockpiling leases.This group of politicians stated that oil companies hold the rights to [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2008, 3:22pm EDT
  

• Transportation Taxes Are Up, but Traffic Congestion is Worse

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  by Michael Ennis, Director, Center for Transportation Policy and Justin Bryant, Research InternIn Washington, we pay about 50 different state taxes and fees into the State Transportation Budget each year.In the 1999-2001 budget, Washington residents paid $2.65 billion in state taxes and fees to fund transportation. In the current biennium, [...]
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  Posted: June 06, 2008, 1:33pm EDT
  

• Democratic National Convention Stumbles into Parody of Food Sustainability

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  The National Restaurant Association has taken note of the green guidelines put out for food service for the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer. They are so restrictive that it is not clear food companies can even bid, for example, asking that wait staff not drive to the events; [...]
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  Posted: June 05, 2008, 6:31pm EDT
  

• Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna's June "Must Read"

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  Greetings, Hopefully, you had the opportunity to spend time with family and friends over the Memorial Day weekend. In case you hadn’t heard, the extreme heat wave that hit the West Coast just before the holiday wasn’t the only big recorder-breaker for our state. Here at the AGO, we reached [...]
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  Posted: June 03, 2008, 4:00pm EDT
  

• University of Washington Climate Impacts Group and NRDC Set Aside Science in Favor of Misleading Statistic

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  Claim “Pacific Northwest temperatures are rising faster than the global average.” Snover, A. K., P. W. Mote, L. Whitely Binder, A.F. Hamlet, and N. J. Mantua. 2005. Uncertain Future: Climate Change and its Effects on Puget Sound, http://www.cses.washington.edu/db/pdf/snoveretalpsat461.pdf (Ac¬cessed May 24, 2008) p. 6 “The American West has heated up [...]
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  Posted: June 01, 2008, 3:22pm EDT
  

• Washington State Lawmakers Impose $768 Million in Fee and Tax Increases in 2008

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  More than $200 billion in fee and tax increases proposedby Jason Mercier, Director, Center for Government Reform, Washington Policy CenteIntroductionThe cost of government is going up this year. During the 2008 Legislative Session, lawmakers imposed $768 million in fee and tax increases over a ten-year period. Home inspections, background checks, [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2008, 11:40am EDT
  

• The General Election Debate over Health Care Reform Begins

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  by Grace-Marie TurnerPresident, The Galen InstituteSens. Barack Obama and John McCain are gearing up for a general election battle--barring a surprise surge by Sen. Hillary Clinton--in which they will offer very different visions for health care reform.Obama--like Clinton--sees a much larger role for government in the one-sixth of our economy [...]
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  Posted: May 23, 2008, 2:34pm EDT
  

• Washington State: It's Time to Get Off the Budget Rollercoaster

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  by John BarnesCommunications Director, Washington Policy CenterSome people like the thrill of rollercoasters. Our lawmakers must love it becaue the biggest rollercoaster in Washington is owned and operated by the state. It's called the budget.Lawmakers and the governor have grown state spending by 33% in the last two budgets. Now' [...]
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  Posted: May 09, 2008, 5:44pm EDT
  

• Celebrate Earth Day by Giving Up Eco-fads

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  by Todd Myers, Washington Policy Center, Director, Center for the Environment This Earth Day we are likely to be greeted by images of Hollywood stars doing their part to save the planet. We will be encouraged to follow their lead. After all, if Leonardo di Caprio and Brad Pitt are doing [...]
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  Posted: April 23, 2008, 11:33am EDT
  

• Earth Day 2008: Predictions of Environmental Disater Were Wrong

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  “By 1985...air pollution will have reduced the amount of sunlight reaching the earth by one half” – Life magazine, January 1970 Seattle – Another Earth Day is upon us. This is a good time to look back at predictions made on the original Earth Day about environmental disasters that were about [...]
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  Posted: April 22, 2008, 11:26am EDT
  

• The Dino Rossi Plan -- Providing Vital Transportation Funding

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  The state needs a major investment to pay for important transportation projects statewide. In the past, gas tax increases have been used to fund new transportation projects. But the gas tax has run out of gas as a source of revenue. Revenues are declining as vehicle mileage improves and more [...]
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  Posted: April 21, 2008, 5:41pm EDT
  

• Crush or Flush Community Predicts Obama to win Pennsylvania

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  It is interesting to see mobile communities being used for polling. While I think the prediction is wrong, it seems to match well with the demographic who uses their cell phone for daily activities. I think we are going to see a lot more polls using cell phones for gathering [...]
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  Posted: April 21, 2008, 9:21pm EDT
  

• The Gettysburg Address

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  By Abraham Lincoln Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2008, 11:52am EDT
  

• Attorney General Rob McKenna's March 2008 "Must Read" Report

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  March 2008 Greetings, It’s been nothing short of an extraordinary month here at the Attorney General’s Office. We had a productive 2008 Legislative Session, our high-tech unit tracked down another spyware bandit, we received national recognition for excellence in government technology and, of course, we won the Top-Two Primary case! Citizens’ [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2008, 5:39pm EDT
  

• Mercer Island School District�s Capital Levy Passes

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  By Island Republican On March 11, 2008, Mercer Island residents were asked to approve a four-year, $9.9 million levy to fund major maintenance projects and technology improvements. The measure will pay for security and fire-alarm upgrades across the district, roof replacement, interior and exterior painting, and field upgrades. Technology projects include [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2008, 9:00pm EDT
  

• Barack Obama's Speech: A More Perfect Union

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  Tuesday, March 18th, 2008/ 10:17:53 ET Philadelphia, Pennsylvania “We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.” Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America’s improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2008, 6:24pm EDT
  

• Barrack Obama's Women Reveal His Secret

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  By Spengler "Cherchez la femme," advised Alexander Dumas in: "When you want to uncover an unspecified secret, look for the woman." In the case of Barack Obama, we have two: his late mother, the went-native anthropologist Ann Dunham, and his rancorous wife Michelle. Obama's women reveal his secret: he hates [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2008, 11:32am EDT
  

• The 60th Washington State Legislature, Part 2: A Transportation Trifecta

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  by Fred Jarrett, 41st District Representative (D) This week, Governor Gregoire completed a transportation trifecta. The replacement of the SR 520 Bridge has been the transportation issue for this legislative session. Over the last several years, a contentious East-West debate roiled over the size of the replacement bridge, just as we [...]
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  Posted: March 04, 2008, 4:23pm EST
  

• Presidential Tax Platforms

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  by Blake Christian, CPA/MBT Reprinted from the AICPA's Corporate Tax Insider Tax Column The 2008 presidential election has been full of surprises and American voters have been much more engaged than in any election in recent memory. Regardless of your party affiliation or preferred candidate (at least for the moment), it is worth [...]
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  Posted: March 01, 2008, 2:56pm EST
  

• Implementation of the Mental Health Tax in King County

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  Last November, the King County Council enacted a one-tenth of one cent sales tax to fund King County’s Mental Illness and Drug Dependency Action Plan. Tax collection will begin on April 1, 2008 and is expected to raise $54 million a year. April 1, 2008 is also the day when [...]
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  Posted: February 29, 2008, 4:30pm EST
  

• Five Principles of Responsible Transportation Policy

  By Michael Ennis, Director Washington Policy Center, Center for Transportation Washington Policy Center encourages five principles of responsible transportation policy to help guide policymakers in returning to a system that provides people’s freedom of movement. 1. Tie spending to congestion relief 2. Respect people’s freedom of mobility 3. Invest resources based on market demand 4. [...]
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  Posted: February 23, 2008, 11:24am EST
  

• Washington State Climate Advisory Team Misses Opportunities for Real CO2 Reductions

  by Todd Myers, Director, Washington Policy Center for the Environment From time to time, we hear people, especially in politics, described as having a “crisis mentality.” This is not a compliment. It says that the people are not thinking clearly and are embracing irrational and destructive ideas because fear has overwhelmed [...]
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  Posted: February 22, 2008, 10:29am EST
  

• Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna's Must Read - February 2008

  Many great things have happened over the past year in our efforts to strengthen consumer protection, improve open government, and build safer communities in Washington state. Thanks to our very successful Guard it! Partnership, thousands of Washington residents are armed with the tools and information needed to protect against identity [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2008, 2:30pm EST
  

• Assessing the Impact of the 1% Property Tax Limit in Washington State

  by Paul Guppy, Vice President for Research, Washington Policy Center Introduction On November 6, 2001, the voters of Washington passed Initiative 747, which limited increases in regular property tax collections by the state and local governments to no more than 1% a year. The Initiative proved popular with voters, passing by [...]
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  Posted: February 15, 2008, 12:39pm EST
  

• Democrats-Party of Chains

  by John H. McWhorter The greatest oppressors of blacks have been Democrats, says Bruce Bartlett. Two years ago, on his Daily Kos website, Markos Moulitsas asked: “Is it any wonder the GOP is the party of racists?” While Moulitsas conceded that “not every Republican is a racist,” he maintained that “the opposite—every [...]
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  Posted: February 11, 2008, 2:44pm EST
  

• Washington State Republican Caucuses � Date, Time, Location & Purpose

  Precinct Caucus: February 9, 2008 at 1:00 PM Locations of Precinct Caucus for Washington State 41st District Eastgate Elementary School, Gymnasium, 4155 153rd Avenue SE, Bellevue, 98006 Stevenson Elementary School, Cafeteria, 14200 NE 8th Street, Bellevue, 98007 Islander Middle School, Cafeteria, 8225 SE 72nd Avenue, Mercer Island, 98040 Maywood Middle School, Commons, 14490 168th Avenue [...]
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  Posted: February 09, 2008, 1:49pm EST
  

• Governor Mitt Romney Suspends His Presidential Campaign

  Today, addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Governor Romney announced that he was suspending his presidential campaign for the sake of Republican unity and the future of our country. In 2008, Republicans must stand united if we are to prevent Senators Clinton and Obama from taking the White House. [...]
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  Posted: February 07, 2008, 1:51pm EST
  

• The Mercer Island Park-and-Ride Is Now Open

  Message from Sound Transit Sound Transit is pleased to announce the opening of the Mercer Island Park-and-Ride on January 21, 2008. After working through some difficult challenges during construction, all remaining issues have been resolved and the project is now ready to open for service. While Sound Transit regrets the [...]
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  Posted: January 23, 2008, 4:56pm EST
  

• Next Stop on Transportation - Now that Proposition 1 has failed, where should we go now?

  by Michael Ennis, Washington Policy Center, Director, Center for Transportation You are likely to hear a variety of reasons about why the roads and transit ballot measure failed. "The package cost too much." "There were too many roads or there was too much transit." And the apocalyptic prediction from the Sierra Club [...]
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  Posted: January 11, 2008, 4:19pm EST
  

• Jim Pearman Chosen as Mercer Island Mayor

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  On January 7, 2008 Mercer Island City Council unanimously approved Jim Pearman to serve as Mayor and El Jahncke to serve as Deputy Mayor. Jim Pearman has been on the Mercer Island City Council for the past six years. El Jahncke has been on the Mercer Island City Council for [...]
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  Posted: January 09, 2008, 1:11pm EST
  

• Washington Policy Center Traffic Congestion Poll December 2007

  Overview The major reason Prop One lost in last month's election was concern about the possibility of higher taxes. Traffic congestion is a concern throughout Washington State. ? 70% of voters statewide say traffic congestion is an ?extremely? or ?fairly? important issue for state government to address ? If voters [...]
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  Posted: January 04, 2008, 5:05pm EST
  

• Mercer Island City Councilmember Steve Litzow to Run

  Working to improve our education, relieve traffic congestion, and protect our environment Steve Litzow, Mercer Island City Council, announced today that he is seeking the open State Representative seat in the 41st District in the upcoming November 4th 2008 election. Current State Representative Fred Jarrett has announced his campaign to run [...]
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  Posted: December 22, 2007, 5:07pm EST
  

• Early Learning Proposals in Washington State

  by Liv Finne Director, Washington Policy Center Education Center Recently the legislature created a new state agency, the Department of Early Learning, and gave it a starting budget of $330 million. With this move state lawmakers jumped on the early learning bandwagon, calling for new programs directed at Washington�s youngest children, those [...]
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  Posted: December 21, 2007, 2:22pm EST
  

• U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007

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  Posted: December 20, 2007, 2:20pm EST
  

• Who Pays Taxes and with What Income

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  Posted: December 18, 2007, 5:52pm EST
  

• Mercer Island Representative Fred Jarrett Switches From Republican to Democrat

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  Posted: December 14, 2007, 1:27pm EST
  

• Attorney General Rob McKenna's December 2007 "Must Read"

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  Posted: December 10, 2007, 3:25pm EST
  

• Governor Mitt Romney's "Faith In America" Address

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  Posted: December 06, 2007, 4:49pm EST
  

• How to Fix The Coming Crisis in Citizenship

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  Posted: December 05, 2007, 2:14pm EST
  

• The Reclamation of Skid Row in Los Angeles

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  Posted: December 03, 2007, 11:25am EST
  

• Seattle Uses Accounting Tricks to Claim Kyoto Success

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  Posted: December 01, 2007, 5:47pm EST
  

• Good News: Despite Seattle Mayor's Claims, Santa Is Safe Says Recent Study

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  Posted: November 30, 2007, 5:00pm EST
  

• Final Election Results for Mercer Island - November 6, 2007

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  Posted: November 28, 2007, 6:26pm EST
  

• Mecer Island Park and Ride Update from Sound Transit

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  Posted: November 28, 2007, 4:55pm EST
  

• Reviewing the Research on Universal Preschool and All-Day Kindergarten

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  Posted: November 16, 2007, 1:52pm EST
  

• Election Results from November 6, 2007 for Mercer Island Voters

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  Posted: November 08, 2007, 7:11pm EST
  

• Mercer Island Parks - South Mercer Turf Field to Open

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  Posted: November 07, 2007, 4:08pm EST
  

• Time to Shine Light on Government Spending

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  Posted: November 02, 2007, 3:48pm EDT
  

• South Mercer Island Playfields Update

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  Posted: October 25, 2007, 2:28pm EDT
  

• Mercer Island -- Deer Crossing Near Pioneer Park

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  Posted: October 20, 2007, 2:33pm EDT
  

• Should King County Have an Elected Director of Elections? An Overview of Initiative 25

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  Posted: October 12, 2007, 6:22pm EDT
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• Mercer Island Rotary Club Donates Bike Racks to Mercer Island Parks

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  Posted: October 11, 2007, 11:48am EDT
  by Island Republican

• Michael Moore's Sicko Offers No Cure for U.S. Health Care

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  Posted: October 09, 2007, 6:29pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Ten Things You Should Know about the "Roads and Transit" Plan

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  Posted: October 05, 2007, 6:48pm EDT
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• Part V: The Imbalance of Roads and Transit � RTID/ST2

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  Posted: September 28, 2007, 5:39pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• The Long View - Advisory Thoughts on the 43rd President.

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  Posted: August 31, 2007, 2:01pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• The Coming Crisis in Citizenship

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  Posted: August 24, 2007, 2:11pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Part IV: Light Rail and Interstate 90 Sound Transit's Proposal to Place Light Rail Across I-90 Will Increase Traffic Congestion

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  Posted: August 19, 2007, 5:42pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Part III: Cost Exceeds Benefits in Sound Transit's Light Rail Expansion

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  Posted: August 06, 2007, 6:18pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Mercer Island Sewer Lake Line Update

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  Posted: July 18, 2007, 4:54pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Kelo Decision Means Your Home is No Longer Your Castle

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  Posted: July 13, 2007, 5:51pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Speech Erosion - How Campaign Finance Laws Weaken our First Amendment Rights

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  Posted: June 29, 2007, 3:58pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Mercer Island's Emergency Water Well Drilling Project is a Success

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  Posted: June 28, 2007, 10:02am EDT
  by Island Republican

• Plowing Farm Subsidies Under

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  Posted: June 26, 2007, 9:21pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Congressman Dave Reichert Secures Funding for Mercer Island Sewer System to Protect Lake Washington

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  Posted: June 22, 2007, 4:22pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Is Tent City 4 Coming to Mercer Island?

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  Posted: June 14, 2007, 9:53am EDT
  by Island Republican

• King County Candidates Who Filed for the Primary Election on August 21, 2007

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  Posted: June 09, 2007, 5:41am EDT
  by Island Republican

• Competitive Contracting Keeps King County's Accountability and Service High

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  Posted: June 08, 2007, 4:03pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• A New Step in the Ethanol Revolution?

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  Posted: June 07, 2007, 5:32pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Get a Grip--Reagan Was Right for His Time, and Someone Else Must Be Right for Our Own Time

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  Posted: June 02, 2007, 6:28pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Washington State Reducing Education Standards Denies Learning Opportunities to Students

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  Posted: June 01, 2007, 4:27pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• American Prosperity Agenda

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  Posted: May 29, 2007, 9:01pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Mercer Island -- Education and Enforcement for Bicyclists/Drivers Shifting Into High Gear

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  Posted: May 24, 2007, 7:36pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna's May 2007 Monthly Report

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  Posted: May 22, 2007, 7:33pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• What are Mercer Island Teachers Paid in 2006 - 2007?

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  Posted: May 04, 2007, 2:37pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Transportation Taxes Would Climb 24% or to as Much as $1,695 if the RTID/ST2 Package is Approved by Puget Sound Voters in November 2007

  Part II: Your Transportation Tax BurdenBy Michael Ennis, Director, Washington Policy Center for Transportation Policy Every year Puget Sound residents pay an average of $1,303 per household in transportation related taxes. Public officials are asking voters to approve a multi-billion dollar roads and transit package that would increase [...]
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  Posted: April 28, 2007, 1:58pm EDT
  by Island Republican

• Essential Fiscal Reforms for 2007 and Beyond

  by Forward Washington Foundation If every dark cloud has a silver lining, then the strides made to create a more fiscally and socially responsible state budget in the middle of the 2002-2003 economic downturn is surely it. Lessons from five years ago form the basis of the Forward Washington Foundation’s [...]
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  Posted: April 25, 2007, 8:45pm EDT
  by Island Republican