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Spin Control archive for May 3, 2010

MONDAY, MAY 3, 2010

City Council rejects 'Do Not Mail' concept

Post Office employees are fighting back against a proposal to allow people to "opt out" from receiving bulk mail. On Monday, the Spokane City Council rejected a non-binding resolution asking the state Legislature to create a registry that would allow people to decline bulk mail.…

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Murray video smacks at Wall Street, GOP

Sen. Patty Murray created a link for voters to watch legislation designed to rein in Wall Street -- well, her legislation anyway -- and posted this video on her official Senate website of a speech on financial reform.It's not as well-produced as the Didier video…

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Before the power goes out, read this

Anticipating that some power might be knocked out by high winds, the ever-helpful folks at Spokane City Hall sent out some tips, which Spin Control is happy to provide despite the obvious underlying irony that when you most need them, you won't be able to…

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Soda tax exemption fell flat

OLYMPIA – Not to be a nag about the value of public hearings for important stuff government wants to do to us, but legislators’ penchant for closed-door, back-room discussions of the tax plan they passed may have bit them in the posterior. Or more appropriately,…

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