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The yes on EHJR 4204 campaign is touting endorsements from all seven living Washington governors. The measure would allow local school district levies to pass with a majority vote, rather than the 60 percent supermajority required by the state constitution.
Extra credit before you read on. Can you name the seven living governors of Washington in the order they served?
That would be:
Albert Rosellini, 1957 to 1965.
Dan Evans, 1965 to 1977.
John Spellman, 1981 to 1985.
Booth Gardner, 1985 to 1993.
Mike Lowry, 1993 to 1997.
Gary Locke, 1997 to 2005.
Chris Gregoire, 2005 to present.
The simple majority measure needs all the help it can get. Voters have upheld the supermajority requirement more than half a dozen times since 1932.
If you live in Fircrest - and we know a few of you who do - then you can find out more about City Council candidates at a forum this week.
The event will be held Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Fircrest Recreation Center.
Want more information about Proposition 1, the roads and transit ballot measure? Clover Park Technical College will host a forum on the measure at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Proposition 1 asks voters in Pierce, King and Snohomish counties to raise sales and motor vehicle taxes to pay for a mix of road and transit improvements.
Jim Waldo, an attorney at Gordon-Thomas-Honeywell, will speak in favor of the transportation measure. Kemper Freeman, CEO of Kemper Development Co., will speak against it.
Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Sharon McGavick Conference Center at Clover Park Technical College, 4500 Steilacoom Blvd., Lakewood.
The event is sponsored by the 28th District Republican Club.
Months after the City Council heard from angry pet owners about potential changes to the city's animal control code, the topic is coming back for discussion at today's study session.
The most controversial element of the earlier proposal is gone: The latest draft no longer would require pet owners to spay or neuter their animals or buy a breeders license as an alternative, even if they don't plan to breed them.
Changes now up for discussion include a ban on roosters (hens are OK), new definitions for dangerous and potentially dangerous dogs, a prohibition on giving away or selling puppies and kittens born to unlicensed mothers, and a new section addressing "problem owners."
Also, the council will consider making it a violation to leave animal waste on private property, unless authorized.
And the city might replace its section on the poisoning of animals with the state law on the same subject. Both the city and state prohibit poisoning animals, but the city code, unlike the RCW, doesn't contain exceptions for rat poison or slug bait.
Assistant city attorney Jon Walker sent this memo to the mayor and council members summarizing the proposed changes.
