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Eye On Olympia archive for May 7, 2009

THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2009

Yay, another mention in Forbes...oh, wait...

And Forbes magazine, apparently unimpressed with the official "Near nature, near perfect" city slogan in Spokane, today pronounced the Lilac City the "Scam Capital of America." From writer William Barrett's story:Welcome to Spokane, Wash., a metropolitan object lesson in what can befall the unwary when…

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How's your school stack up?

The conservative Evergreen Freedom Foundation, with research from Canadian foundation, has compiled a "report card" on academics at more than a thousand schools across the state.Here's a link to the site.And here's a story by our Jody Lawrence Turner, with reaction from the state teacher's…

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No special session...

May 7, 2009 Statement from House Speaker Frank Chopp and Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown regarding special session: “After a conversation today between Gov. Gregoire, Speaker Chopp and Majority Leader Brown, the three leaders decided against a special session.” “The few issues left on the…

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More of what we're reading...

Yet more, um, aggregation this morning: Senate Democrats' senior staff director Rich Nafziger, writing on his personal blog, offers a session overview:The real shock was the extent to which the session hit the friends and allies of the legislative democrats...The Governor and the legislature abandoned…

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What we're reading...

More catching up (and thank God for tabbed browsing):-Lt. Gov. Brad Owen, after a drubbing during election season from The Stranger, continues to get no love from Seattle. Writes Horsesass.org founder David Goldstein:To those fondly speculating about Gov. Chris Gregoire being on the list of…

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