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Friday, May 9th, 2008
Posted by Hunter George @ 02:46:59 pm
More news today from DC, courtesy of Les Blumenthal: As the House headed out of town for the weekend, lawmakers approved a Democratic plan to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners caught up in the housing mess. And, Dave Reichert was among the 39 Republicans who went along for the ride. The Auburn Republican, who faces a tough re-election campaign and is a top target of Democrats, plays the moderate card every now and then. Reichert says in a press release that "appropriate assistance and mortgage products" must be available for "worthy" homeowners. Plus, the government needs to crackdown on predatory lenders and tax incentives need to be offered, he says. All of this has to be done a way that won’t give a "free pass to the bad actors who contributed to this market downturn." But then he parrots the White House and Republican leadership in calling for permanent tax relief for families, individuals and businesses. A bonus factoid: Reichert said Washington state ranks 48th out of the 50 states in terms of foreclosure rates.
Categories: Congress
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Posted by Hunter George @ 11:45:13 am
From Les Blumenthal in our D.C. bureau: Boeing has hired a new head flack in Washington, D.C., and his roots are strictly Democratic. Congress Daily (sorry, subscription required) says Timothy Keating will be Boeing’s new senior vice president for public policy. Most recently, Keating has been at Honeywell heading up government relations and before that was a Washington lobbyist. He worked in the Clinton administration as a special assistant to the president and staff director for legislative affairs and was involved in planning the 1996 and 2000 Democratic National Conventions and the 1997 presidential inaugural. So what angle is Boeing playing? If Republican John McCain is elected president, it probably doesn’t matter who heads the Boeing lobbying shop. McCain has been one of Boeing’s toughest critics. If a Democrat is elected, Keating could be golden. But his ties are to the Clintons, not Obama. On the other hand, there aren’t a lot of former Obama staffers floating around. Reading the tea leaves is tough.
Posted by Peter Callaghan @ 11:33:41 am
Barack Obama's Washington state campaign has announced a series of Vote for Change events Saturday at 18 places around the state. They will be part of a nationwide drive to register voters and activate grassroots volunteers. The Tacoma event will begin at 3 p.m. at Pierce County Democratic Party offices at 3049 S. 36th St. The Kent event will be at Kent Station, 417 Ramsay Way, Suite 110, beginning at 1 p.m. The Olympia event will be at the Olympia Farmer's Market beginning at 10 a.m. More information is available at the Obama website.
Categories: Attorney General
Posted by Niki Sullivan @ 11:29:15 am
Who hasn't done this: You get a check, put it in your wallet and just sort of forget about it? Anyone? Horse's Ass is reporting that the state Republican Party did it with a $30,000 check. Oops. It had only been, like, four months.
Categories: Campaign news
Posted by Niki Sullivan @ 10:27:52 am
I just got an e-mail from Ralph Nader's Washington office. In case you forgot, he's running for president and he'll be in town next week! At least they're honest: "If you have any interest in talking to Ralph before then to discuss his campaign, the effect of his 'spoiler' role, the '08 election in general and what he hopes to accomplish in Tacoma, please don't hesitate to let me know." He'll be at Tacoma Community College (Building No. 3, 6501 S. 19th St.) on Wed., May 14 at 1:30 p.m. General public welcome, but bring $10 for admission (or $5 for students). He'll then head to UW's Kane Hall, room 120 for a 7 p.m. Seattle event. I saw Nader speak in Portland at the Rose Garden in 2001. Or, I should say, I, a conservative friend and what sure seemed like half of the Earth Liberation Front saw Nader (and Eddie Vedder and Jello Biafra!) at the Rose Garden in 2000. I think there's a joke in there somewhere.
Categories: Campaign news, President
Posted by Jason Hagey @ 06:19:17 am
If Joel Shomaker isn't the biggest Tacoma booster in history, I don't know who is. I came across his guest editorial, published in The News Tribune May 16, 1925, while researching the paper's coverage of the opening of the Winthrop Hotel. My Winthrop article, part of the paper's 125th anniversary celebration, runs Sunday. Here, for your enjoyment and astonishment, is what Shomaker wrote 83 years ago for a feature called "Editorials by Readers."
Categories: Tacoma, Journalism
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