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On Other Blogs Today: Former State Supreme Court Justice Takes on High-Earners Income Tax

By Erica C. Barnett August 26, 2010

1) The P-I's
Strange Bedfellows blog covers the fact that Sarah Palin dissed former Tea Party poster boy Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), but they missed the local angle, which could add to some already complicated GOP politics this year: Brown is in town for Dino Rossi on Tuesday.

2) Also on Strange Bedfellows: Backers of Initiative 1098, the high-earners income tax, duke it out
with former state Supreme Court justice Phil Talmadge who says the tax would be unconstitutional.

3)
In another initiative debate: Over at TVW's Capitol Record blog, Niki Reading  covers today's argument between state Rep. Hans Dunshee (D-44) and state Rep. Gary Alexander (R-20) over Referendum 52, which would use a tax on bottled water to weatherize public schools.

4) The Rainier Valley Post reports on the latest shooting at "the city's most violent intersection."

5) SeattleCrime.com presents further evidence that the city is getting rid of its crime prevention coordinators: The police department is training cops to do their jobs.
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