Gregoire to request drunk-driving checkpoint law...
In Lynnwood, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday plans to propose legislation allowing police to set up roadblocks to check drivers' sobriety, according to a brief media advisory sent out by her office.
Eye On Olympia archive for Jan. 4, 2008
FRIDAY, JAN. 4, 2008
On Eyman...
Initiative pro Tim Eyman this morning filed his still-unnumbered 2008 ballot measure: a proposal based partly on the suggestions contained in a recent state performance audit of the Department of Transportation.What it would do:-Allow all motorists to use carpool lanes at "non-peak" times, which Eyman…
On taxes...
-Property tax foes are preparing an opening-day "Property Tax Tea Party" on the steps of the state capitol Jan. 14.-Initiative 960, approved by voters in November, requires extensive public notices of tax and fee proposals in Olympia, as well as the 10-year costs of them.…
Whacky nation...
Much as I hate to add to the echo chamber -- a political blogger writing about a political blogger taking shots at yet another political blogger who's defended by etc. -- conservative former newspaperman and Whacky Nation blogger Lou Guzzo blasted contemporary colleague David Postman…
Gregoire on tearing down Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct: "Watch me."
Gov. Chris Gregoire, who endured a months-long standoff with Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and others over how the replace Seattle's weakening Alaskan Way Viaduct, told Post-Intelligencer correspondent Chris McGann yesterday that one way or another, the state will knock the central part of the viaduct…
Short takes and breaking news from the Washington Legislature and the state capital.