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I'm a little late posting this because the campaign pushing for passage of this year's Proposition 1 didn't know I was covering the campaign.
Otherwise, I'm sure I would have been invited to the campaign kickoff in front of an undisclosed gas station, probably somewhere in Greg Nickels neighborhood or downtown Seattle.
(Maybe I just read the news release too fast.)
I'll have more on this later.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 16, 2008
Mass Transit Now: Immediate Solutions for Gas Prices, Gridlock and Global WarmingSeattle—Mass Transit Now, the campaign to pass Proposition 1 this November 4, held its kick-off event at a local gas station today, illustrating how transit solutions will answer widespread frustration with high prices at the pump.
Rob Cerqui (pronounced CHAIR-KWEE) is holding a fundraiser on Sept. 24 on Dock Street in Tacoma. Cerqui, a Democrat, is running against Republican Bruce Dammeier. Both are trying to replace incumbent state Rep. Joyce McDonald, R-Puyallup, who's running for Pierce County Council, instead of reelection to her 25th Legislative District seat.
Here's the latest campaign news from Samantha.
Hello Supporters!
This week kicked off with our regular sign waving! I was joined by volunteers as we waved to voters heading into work. We are continuing to make our way around the district and most recently were up at 94th Ave and 104th St on South Hill. Keep your eyes out for me!
It might not be a serious threat, but write-in candidate Denise McClusky did get 979 votes (that's 5 percent) in her run against incumbent state Rep. Tami Green (D-Lakewood).
Green got 18,444. But hey, it's reason enough to raise some money and wage a real campaign. To that end, Green will "kick off" her re-election campaign with a fundraiser at a bowling alley in Tacoma on Sept. 25.
Read on:
Tami Green Campaign Kick-Off
On September 25th, 2008, Tami Green will hold her re-election Campaign Kick-off event at Tower Lanes in Tacoma. Guest will be invited to enjoy unlimited bowling, Mini-Golf, food and fun for only $25 per person or $50 per family.
It was reported yesterday that King County is experiencing a surge in voter registrations (insert joke about voting by dead people and dogs here).
Anyway, I sent a note to Pierce County Auditor Pat McCarthy asking if we're seeing a surge here as well.
"Yes we are," she said. "We had extra hires working on voter registrations this past weekend."
She had her elections manager, Lori Augino, send details:
We haven't seen the same volumes that King County has seen, but we are experiencing an influx in registrations. We currently have 379,983 active voters and 65,513 inactive voters for a total of 445,496 voters in Pierce County. We only have to add 25,000 more voters to beat our record (2004 General).
We have added 2,275 voters since August 1st, and have done tons of address and name changes. We have about 7,000 applications pending as of today. More come in every day.
To better serve our voters, we are going to start opening our Election Center for Voter Registration on Saturday from now through October 18th from 9 am to 4 pm.
Click here for more information about voter registration.
After hearing Republican governor candidate Dino Rossi repeat his line Friday at a meeting of the Gig Harbor Rotary about "changing the tone and tenor" of Olympia through the power of appointments – if he's elected, Rossi says he will get to appoint 1,000 people "from the Blueberry Commission on up" -- I got to wondering if Washington actually has a Blueberry Commission.
The answer: Of course it does.
The state's got a Barley Commission, Fryer Commission, Potato Commission (not to be confused with the Seed Potato Commission), Red Raspberry Commission, Tree Fruit Research Commission, Wheat Commission and Wine Commission.
Why wouldn't it have a Blueberry Commission?
According to the Web site, it was formed in 1969 under a marketing order from the Department of Agriculture. The commission meets once per quarter, and the next meeting is Oct. 30 in Puyallup.
Current commission members are:
Brian Sakuma- President
B.C. Jackson- Vice President
Steve Bybee
Jim Lott
Darryl Ehlers
Brian Sakuma
Margaret Tucker
I've got no idea where these people are politically, but like a lot of folks in state government, if Rossi defeats incumbent Gov. Chris Gregoire in November, it sounds like they should be looking over their shoulders.
