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Rob McKenna Blows Gasket, Pundits Wonder if he has any Left

Gubernatorial candidate, Rob McKenna has a tendency of freaking out when asked hard questions. In fact, last year at a campaign event with King County Young Republicans, he had a young person with a video camera forcibly removed because he was a “Tracker”. In my eyes, he is well on his way to beating John [...]

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Voting Rights Extend to Perrier Drinkers

EHB 2205 is a bill to give equality to all voters, especially young voters. Statistically, most people register to vote at the DOL when they renew their license, but if you get your license at 16 or 17, you miss out on voting until you’re 21 and you go back to to renew. If you like [...]

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Washington Puts a Ring on it

The Washington State House of Representatives like’s marriage equality so it put a ring on it. As I’m sure you know, marriage The Washington House during the debates equality passed in the House 55-43 and Christine Gregoire will sign the bill on Monday at 11:30AM. From that point on, opponents funded by out-of-state groups will [...]

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Dear Diary: Gay Marriage is In; The Snickers Award is Out

 News bits and other stuff. Olympia suffered a bad case of snowpocalypse last week, just a week into the 2012 legislative session. Besides power outages and snow angels, legislators are talking about: A $2 billion infrastructure bond Creating a state bank Legalizing gay marriage A half-penny sales tax increase Creating charter schools in Washington State KYLY web producer [...]

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Doting about Voting

The State House of Representatives will be hosting a hearing on a couple of important bills involving your soul, and your direct control over it. Just kidding. They are two bills that make voting more accessible to Washington voters. Eric Holder, the United States Attorney General, recently stated that voter registration is an outdated and artificial [...]

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