TOWN HALL WITH SHERIFF ROB NOU
Thursday, March 14
6:00 PM
at
Skagit Valley Community Room
221 Weber Way, Friday Harbor
Bring your law enforcement questions and concerns
Monday is Call your Legislature Day!
It’s easy! Take 5 minutes to call and make a difference!Rep. Kristine Lytton(d) (360) 786-7800
Rep. Jeff Morris(d)360-786-7970
Rep. Jeff Morris(d)360-786-7970
Sen.Kevin Ranker(d)(360) 786-7678
On the issue of the death penalty,why is it that democrats defend the lives of murderers and child molesters but not the lives of the innocent unborn? Why does the cost of government concern democrats only when dealing with the worst of criminals’ right to life? Republicans, call your representatives today and tell them,”DON’T SUPPORT HB 1504.” See article below.
Secondly tell your representatives,“DON’T SUPPORT HB 1044” This bill requires all insurance policies that cover any maternity coverage to also cover abortions.
Third on our list is “SUPPORT”HB House Bill 1619 to suspend GMA requirements in counties with persistent unemployment.
Today’s death penalty concern is submitted by SJC SCM Levi Rawls.Thanks Levi!
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: https://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Juan-County-WA-Republican-Party/121126131245541?fref=ts
Bill to abolish death penalty gets hearing:
The Washington state House heard Rep. Reuven Carlyle’s bill revoking capital punishment in the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, a rare feat given that death-penalty bills usually go nowhere.
By Amelia Dickson Seattle Times Olympia Bureau
OLYMPIA — Every year for the past five years, Rep. Reuven Carlyle has sponsored a bill that would eliminate Washington’s death penalty. And every year the bill went nowhere.But this year, the Seattle Democrat’s bill managed to get a public hearing in the House Judiciary Committee. On Wednesday, lobbyists from several organizations — including the American Civil Liberties Union, the League of Women Voters and the Faith Action Network — testified in favor of the bill, along with several individuals whose family members had been murdered. No one testified against the bill.
Although capital punishment has been briefly banned from time to time through legislative action and court rulings, it has been legal for most of Washington’s statehood. The Legislature most recently passed a law legalizing the death penalty in 1981, and since then 32 people have been placed on death row. Five have been executed. The last time capital punishment was used in Washington was the 2010 execution of Cal Coburn Brown, convicted of the 1991 murder of a Seattle woman. Continued
Morning Update:Session Day 53
From the News Tribune:
House Republicans look nearly ready to roll out a set of proposed changes to the transportation system, which they had planned to outline earlier this week as a response to Democrats’ call for higher gas taxes. Republican bills introduced today would:
- Abolish a build-in-Washington requirement for state ferries. Introduced by Rep. Ed Orcutt of Kalama.
- Require shorter, 15-year terms for transportation bonds. Introduced by Rep. Mark Hargrove of Covington.
- Exempt future state transportation projects from paying sales tax. Introduced by Rep. Jason Overstreet of Lynden.
- Require the Department of Transportation to report to the Legislature on engineering errors costing more than $500,000 — such as the recent problems with pontoons built for a new Route 520 bridge, or the misplaced ramp on the Nalley Valley Viaduct. Introduced by Rep. Steve O’Ban of Lakewood.
- Give design responsibilities to contractors, rather than DOT, for all highway construction projects costing more than $5 million Introduced by O’Ban. Continued
Legislative Monday a day late.Sorry.Make a call today!
This week we hear a request from Rep Dan Kristiansen(R)for LD 39.
Please contact our Leg 40 Reps and ask them to support House Joint Resolution 4206.
Phone numbers and Rep Kristiansen’s letter follows:
Rep. Kristine Lytton(d) (360) 786-7800
Rep. Jeff Morris(d)360-786-7970
Rep. Jeff Morris(d)360-786-7970
Sen.Kevin Ranker(d)(360) 786-7678
Dear Republican friends,
Five times in the last 20 years, citizens have passed initiatives to ensure a higher threshold — a two-thirds supermajority — before the Legislature can raise your taxes. It doesn’t mean taxes could not be raised. It just means that the Legislature must have a larger consensus before it seeks to dig deeper into your pockets. Continued
Elected Charter Changes Stand up in Court!
From The Journal of San Juan FEBRUARY 28, 2013 By Steve Werhly
In a clean sweep for supporters of the voter-approved changes to the county charter, all three propositions presented to the people in the November election were upheld in a decision handed down Feb. 26 in San Juan County Superior Court.
The ruling means that the election of a new three-member County Council will proceed as scheduled on April 23, executive authority will be returned to the County Council, and all council meetings, including subcommittee meetings, will be open to the public.
In a four-page letter detailing his decision on each of the seven causes of action presented by the plaintiffs, Judge John M. Meyer, as Visiting Judge in San Juan County Superior Court, ruled that the charter amendments do not violate either the Washington or the U. S. Constitution, or state law. Continued