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1. Erica has a piece in this month's magazine on the consequences (intended and unintended) of I-1183, last year's liquor privatization initiative.
On the list: higher prices.
2. A number of Democratic candidates who were officially unopposed in the primary election now have opponents in the general thanks to the success (scoring more than 1 percent of the vote) of write-in candidates. Democratic reps such as Dave Upthegrove (D-33, Des Moines) and Marko Liias (D-21, Edmonds), who represent swing districts, now have Republican opponents.
Martin Metz got 162 votes to Upthegrove's 15,549 (1.03 percent) and Kevin Morrison got 383 votes to Liias' 17,378 (2.16 percent).
3. Earlier this month, Fizz predicted that longtime Gov. Chris Gregoire staffer Marty Brown would become the new director of the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. We were right .
However, we also noted that the pending hire might give fodder to the Republicans (and GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna's campaign in particular) to criticize Olympia for being a cozy culture of Democratic favoritism.
We may have been wrong about the Republican response. This weekend, state Rep. Gary Alexander (R-20, Olympia), the Republican house budget leader, left this comment at the Olympian :
4. In case you missed our Jolt on Friday afternoon: Check out state Rep. Zack Hudgins and a crew of his colleagues demanding that Seattle's port commissioners do a better job minding the ship.
1. Erica has a piece in this month's magazine on the consequences (intended and unintended) of I-1183, last year's liquor privatization initiative.
On the list: higher prices.
2. A number of Democratic candidates who were officially unopposed in the primary election now have opponents in the general thanks to the success (scoring more than 1 percent of the vote) of write-in candidates. Democratic reps such as Dave Upthegrove (D-33, Des Moines) and Marko Liias (D-21, Edmonds), who represent swing districts, now have Republican opponents.
Martin Metz got 162 votes to Upthegrove's 15,549 (1.03 percent) and Kevin Morrison got 383 votes to Liias' 17,378 (2.16 percent).
3. Earlier this month, Fizz predicted that longtime Gov. Chris Gregoire staffer Marty Brown would become the new director of the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. We were right .
However, we also noted that the pending hire might give fodder to the Republicans (and GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna's campaign in particular) to criticize Olympia for being a cozy culture of Democratic favoritism.
We may have been wrong about the Republican response. This weekend, state Rep. Gary Alexander (R-20, Olympia), the Republican house budget leader, left this comment at the Olympian :
There are very few individuals who have the aptitude, disposition, and character to work with both sides of the aisle – Democrats and Republicans – in all three branches of state government. Marty Brown is one of those persons.
Gov. Gregoire and former Gov. Locke were both very fortunate to have Marty on their staff in the several hats he wore, including budget director and director of legislative and external affairs.
I believe I can speak for all my colleagues that we are equally fortunate to be able to work with Marty. He was always responsive to my requests, and his humor could often diffuse a very tense and contentious issue, sometimes even making budgeting fun.
I will miss his leadership in our state budget negotiations but look forward to working with Marty in his new role as executive director of the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.
4. In case you missed our Jolt on Friday afternoon: Check out state Rep. Zack Hudgins and a crew of his colleagues demanding that Seattle's port commissioners do a better job minding the ship.
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