Connecting Washington. Connect Me With Some Real People, Please!

by Washington State Wire

Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Friday, July 29, 2011 EST. Connecting Washington: Everyone’s on the board except…the people. We are hoping you aware that our state, our governor, has appointed a “board”. In the 1980′s this would be a B…

Partisan Folks Are Being Partisan?

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Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Monday, July 25, 2011 EST. American Voters See Republicans In Congress “More Partisan”. And? You ever been surrounded by a democrat senate, a popular D in the executive mansion, and a general public that i…

Cheating Is Cheating, Even For Teachers

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Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Sunday, July 17, 2011 EST.Teachers Caught Cheating                   I was very disappointed to read Kyle Wingfield’s guest e…

Keep Your Eye On The Ball: Palin

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Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 EST. Palin: What is she up to? The blog The Daily Beast posted Newsweek’s new cover with Palin bold and live. Comments vary but they range from questions about the approach (are t…

The Joy of B and O Taxes, You Think?

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Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 EST.Things that make Monday suck As I was hitting the “Pay Now” button on the Department of Revenue’s website to hand over my monthly tithe, I happened to read the department’s motto …

Trolls In Charge Of Tolls?

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Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Monday, July 11, 2011 EST.Troll or Toll? It was the second announcement of failed tolling schemes. Paula Hammond again announcing that the system for electronically registering who drives where for how muc…

A New Director At DOE? End Of June: DOE, Booze And A Calendar

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Article by WashingtonStateWire. Published on Friday, July 01, 2011 EST.June Wrap up: 1. New Director At DOEcology? 2. Booze: What will they do next? 3. Late Late Leg.wa.gov   With Manning Gone, Who Will Run DOE?   We’ve talked to a number…