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Just got this from AG Rob McKenna's campaign. I guess it warrants a news release because it comes from Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg's home county.
When I was the police reporter, there were three unions in the sheriff's office, one for deputies, one for lieutenants and one for captains. Maybe Ladenburg can pick up one of the others.
Contact: Adam Faber FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Re-Elect AG Rob McKenna 7/9/2008
Office: (206) 232-0070PIERCE COUNTY DEPUTIES GUILD ENDORSES McKENNA
The Pierce County Deputy Sheriffs Independent Guild strongly endorsed Rob McKenna last night for re-election as attorney general, securing an important law enforcement endorsement right in his opponent’s backyard. The guild is the Pierce County deputies’ union. Both McKenna and John Ladenburg interviewed with the guild last night.
“I’m proud to have the support of the Pierce County deputies. I’ve partnered with local law enforcement on so many issues, like ‘Operation: Allied Against Meth,’ and LEGIT, our identity theft task force. I’m glad the Pierce County deputies feel it’s been a good partnership, too, and I’m grateful for their endorsement.”
McKenna has received every significant law enforcement endorsement in the race, including the Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs, the Washington State Patrol Troopers Association, and the Fraternal Order of Police.
Tacoma council members appointed David Nelson to the Tacoma Public Utilities board of directors Tuesday, filling the vacancy created when David Curry resigned.
Nelson, a Tacoma accountant, graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 1968 with a degree in business administration, according to the application he filed with the city.
He worked summers for Tacoma City Light when he was in college, and wrote two papers about accounting principles for utilities.
The council's Appointments Committee interviewed four people and really liked both Nelson and Monica Alexander, the Washington State Trooper who was briefly a candidate for City Council in 2005 when she was known as Monica Hunter, said Councilman Mike Lonergan, who serves on the committee.
Based on Lonergan's comments, I'd look for Alexander to surface somewhere soon on a board or commission, possibly on the TPU board when the next vacancy occurs.
Nelson's term expires in June, 2010.
The City Council also reappointed TPU board member Laura Fox to a new term expiring in 2013.
I'll post this without comment.
Gov. Gregoire’s statement on Air Force tanker decision
OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire issued the following statement on today’s decision by the U.S. Air Force to rebid its tanker contract:
“Today’s announcement by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is good news for Washington state, Boeing, its workers and the nation. The Department of Defense will rebid the tanker contract using the same criteria for both bidders. I believe Boeing should have been awarded the contract all along based on the Air Force’s criteria, and I believe the tanker contract should have been awarded to Boeing today.
I'm not sure if this is the first wild fire of the season, but it's the first mobilization notice I've gotten this summer.
The fire has grown to 2,500 acres.
For Immediate Release
July 9, 2008, 12:00 p.m.Fire Mobilization Ordered for the Badger Mountain Fire
State fire assistance has been mobilized to support local firefighters working to contain a wildfire in Douglas County east of Wenatchee.
Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources on July 8, 2008 at 11:30 p.m. at the request of Fire Chief Charles Fenton of Douglas County Fire District #2.
Mobilization specialists from the Fire Protection Bureau ordered two strike teams, one strike ream of tenders, two type 2 helicopters, two
CL21 air tankers, and two hand crews.
Next Tuesday is the one-year anniversary of the grand opening of the new Narrows Bridge. Tolls just went up by $1 on July 1, to $4 cash toll and $2.75 transponder toll for two-axle vehicles.
The advisory committee will be meeting regularly to go over traffic counts and expenses to make sure they're setting tolls at the right level. We still don't have a full year of data yet.
