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On Other Blogs Today: Go to KIRO TV for All the Latest on Their SPD Brutality Scoop. Also: Is Gregoire the New Tim Eyman?

By Erica C. Barnett November 18, 2010

1) Is Gov. Chris Gregoire the new Tim Eyman? Crosscut's Knute Berger inquires
.

2)
Over at the PI.com's Strange Bedfellows blog, Chris Grygiel gets all righteous on the King County Sheriff's guild, calling their claim that the county only spends $1.35 percent of its budget on the sheriff's office a "very disingenuous claim."

3) Meanwhile, Strange Bedfellows reports, King County Sheriff Sue Rahr implores deputies to give up raises next year to save jobs.

4) KIRO Radio, via My Northwest, reports that the SPD is looking into
allegations that a police beating was covered up.

5)
KIRO TV reports that the ACLU asking the U.S. DOJ to investigate the SPD in the wake of the beating. KIRO also has new video images of the SPD victim.

6) The state auditor won't pursue allegations that Pam Roach challenger Matt Richardson improperly used a city email account to send personal emails, the News Tribune
's Political Buzz blog reports.

7) The Olympian's Politics Blog reports that the state's chief economist says the state's grim revenue forecast "defies logic."
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