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Spin Control archive for July 2, 2010

FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2010

More on Rossi, Murray, sinners and saints

As noted below, the Murray campaign was forced to pull its video jabbing Dino Rossi for his sinners and saints comment because it was using a copyright song without permission.It all stemmed from a comment Rossi made to the National Journal about attracting undecided voters:"In…

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Murray campaign pulls 'Sinners & Saints' video 

Patty Murray's Senate campaign was forced to pull a video that jabbed GOP challenger Dino Rossi because it was using a Billy Joel song without legal permission."We have not received any complaints," campaign spokeswoman Alex Glass said today. "We did it out of an abundance…

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City: Fireworks to be the Full Monty

The City of Spokane is out to squelch a rumor that the fireworks display in Riverfront Park will somehow not be up to snuff.It just sent out a press release assuring people that any suggestion that the display will be only 10 minutes long, as…

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I-1053 turn-in: 333,000-plus signatures 

OLYMPIA -- Supporters of the initiative to restore the two-thirds majority required for any tax increase are the latest to do a signature drop.This morning they turned in what sponsor Tim Eyman estimated was more than 333,000 signatures. Like the other petitions turned in so…

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