Washington House Republicans: Capitol Buzz

Capitol Buzz is a daily roundup of online media clips produced by House Republican Communications. For more information, contact: Lisa Fenton, Communications Director, at (360) 786-7728.

FOR MORE NEWS AND INFORMATION, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: http://www.houserepublicans.wa.gov

Oct. 12, 2009

	ABORTION Anti-abortion activists join in 40-day campaign (Everett Herald) AGRICULTURE How vending machines could save the farm (Puget Sound Business Journal - Friday) BUDGET & TAXES Second-quarter taxable retail sales down a record amount in Washington state (AP/Everett Herald - Sunday) Majority of Clallam drivers 'opting out' of money for state parks; most Jefferson motorists paying the $5 a year (Peninsula Daily News) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Tough choices for feds giving out broadband money (AP/Seattle P-I - Sunday) Border town retailers keep Olympics expectations in check (Bellingham Herald - Sunday) Puget Sound area emerging as wine region, thanks to warmer climate (Seattle Times) Washington state scurities regulators charge Mastro (Puget Sound Business Journal) Local businesses turn to Twitter (Spokesman-Review) Health care careers on the rise (The Chronicle) Community project involving more than 200 completes face-lift to 45 Port Angeles buildings (Peninsula Daily News) EDITORIAL: Who cares if it's stimulus money? We'll take the new jobs without complaining (The Columbian - Saturday) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Efforts to fight graffiti pay off in Marysville (Everett Herald) Medical Marijuana: How much is too much? (Longview Daily News - Sunday) Perp Walks to Become a Thing of the Past in Kitsap County Courts (Kitsap Sun - Sunday) Patrol ends probe into sheriff’s alleged misconduct (The Chronicle) Tacoma police crack down on prostitution (KIRO TV) EDITORIAL: A tipsy ruling: Oregon defers to drunken drivers again (Oregonian - Sunday) DAMS Scoping out the dams (The Chronicle) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Lawmakers to attend Castle Rock School Board meeting (Longview Daily News - Sunday) Shaw teacher wins Milken award, $25,000 (Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: Proposed assignment plan gives Seattle Public Schools needed predictability (Seattle Times - Sunday) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Tri-City company gets grant to develop canal hydropower (Tri-City Herald) Emergency drill set for Monday; mock chemical attack to test responders (Peninsula Daily News) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Ferndale's Chemco fined by Northwest Clean Air Agency (Bellingham Herald) Oregon county rejects 'Dark Sky' ordinance (AP/Longview Daily News) Oregon thinning project tests Obama forest policy (AP/Longview Daily News) PNNL GOES GREEN (Tri-City Herald - Saturday) Backcountry residents await logging law (AP/Spokesman-Review) OPINION: Bellingham is still the best location for NOAA (Sen. Kevin Ranker/Bellingham Herald) EDITORIAL: Kudos to council for diving into lake study (Longview Daily News - Sunday) FREE SPEECH EDITORIAL: Depictions of animal cruelty, while abhorrent, are protected by Constitution (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Sunday) HANFORD Officials explain proposed Hanford settlement (Tri-City Herald - Sunday) HEALTH CARE Government picks up tab for swine flu vaccination (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Sunday) Insurers: Rates would soar if health bill OK'd (The Washington Post/Seattle Times) Fears of flu ratchet back (The Columbian - Sunday) State's subsidized insurance rates will go up soon (Everett Herald) State health subsidy at risk (Olympian - Sunday) Autism rate on a steep climb (Everett Herald - Sunday) Region gets its first batch of H1N1 vaccine (The News Tribune) Reichert feels heat over health care legislation (The News Tribune) Insurers mount attack against health reform (AP/Seattle P-I) Health care issues: End-of-life decisions (AP/Bellingham Herald) Tough to find doctors for small Wash. towns (Spokesman-Review/Seattle P-I - Sunday) CDHPs and HSAs? The ABCs of health insurance (AP/Seattle P-I - Sunday) Employees may see new insurance choice this fall (AP/Seattle P-I - Sunday) Baird says he might vote ‘No’ on health care reform (The Chronicle) Rural hospitals seek Rx for survival (Spokesman-Review) Medicare’s shortcomings have some seeking revamp (Spokesman-Review) Changes to WIC promote health, says coordinator in North Idaho (Spokesman-Review) OPINION: Health care reform - The inefficiency gap (Dr. Larry Donohue/Seattle P-I - Thursday) OPINION: Nurses union urges flu vaccination for all health care workers (Judy Huntington, Washington State Nurses Association/The News Tribune) COLUMN: Let me know if you’re scared of the swine flu shot, and I’ll take your place in line (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Sen. Cantwell suggests feds could learn from Washington's Basic Health Plan (Seattle Times - Friday) EDITORIAL: Correction: Flu-shot editorial contained several errors (Longview Daily News - Saturday) HIGHER EDUCATION WSU regents approve construction bonds (AP/Spokesman-Review) HOUSING Meeting set to discuss $29 million low-income housing project for downtown (Wenatchee World) County fund for homeless has built to $1 million (The Daily World) LABOR Box mill closures catch Port Townsend union by surprise (Peninsula Daily News) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Backyard chicken ordinance is back for reconsideration (The Daily World) MEDIA AP flies Microsoft freak flag in online battle (Seattle Weekly - Friday) Compartively good times on Fairview, says Blethen (Seattle Weekly) CBS story on Peninsula music man woos anonymous donor (Peninsula Daily News) MILITARY Original USS Olympia still floats at Philadelphia museum (Olympian - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Veterans Deserve the Spirit and Letter of the Law (Kitsap Sun - Sunday)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Crowd rallies against Referendum 71 in Lynnwood (Everett Herald - Sunday) Eyman's I-1033: Complex measure's impact is unclear (Seattle Times) Where's the old-school union justice for Tim Eyman? (Seattle Weekly) Several hundred activists march in support of R-71 (Seattle Times - Sunday) BLOG: Poll shows R-71 close, I-1033 winning (Brad Shannon/Olympian - Friday) BLOG: Anti-R-71 ads invoke biblical images, 'God's mandate' (Brad Shannon/Olympian - Friday) OPINION: Washington voters should approve Referendum 71, a test of conscience (Charlene Strong, a commissioner on the state Human Rights Commission/Seattle Times - Friday) OPINION: Tax initiative in Colorado is an example of what not to do (Carol Hedges, Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute; Remy Trupin, Washington State Budget and Policy Center/Bellingham Herald - Sunday) OPINION: Protect children, defend marriage — reject R-71 (Gary Randall, Faith & Freedom Network/Everett Herald - Sunday) OPINION: Approve law to protect families from real harm (Rep. Marko Liias/Everett Herald - Sunday) OPINION: We need to limit state spending (Tim Eyman/Wenatchee World - Friday) COLUMN: Initiative 1033 would cut into already lean budgets (Lynne K. Varner/Seattle Times - Sunday) COLUMN: Referendum 71 will treat all families equally (Ryan Blethen/Seattle Times - Friday) EDITORIAL: Reject Initiative 1033, the wrong restraint on state spending (Seattle Times - Friday) EDITORIAL: Tough times would last longer under I-1033 (Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: Referendum 71: Vote your conscience (Tri-City Herald - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Cast an informed vote on Referendum 71 on Nov. 3 (Olympian - Friday) ELECTIONS BLOG: It’s Friday — a good time to watch TVW’s Video Voter guide (Niki Reading/ TVW) LOCAL Some candidates for County Council failed to vote a few times themselves (Everett Herald) Constantine, Hutchison on environmental issues (Seattle Times) Who's politicizing what? McGinn, Mallahan squabble over police chief (Seattle Weekly - Friday) Prop 4 supporters, opponents make cases (Spokesman-Review) Bill of rights debate turns to river health (Spokesman-Review) BLOG: GSI debate was a stacked deck (Jim Camden/Spokesman-Review) BLOG: Constantine: Flip-flopper Hutchison wrong for King Co. (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I - Sunday) OPINION: Update method of sheriff's election (Bill Tiffany/Longview Daily News - Sunday) STATE Gregoire meets B.C. premier about Olympics (AP/Olympian - Saturday) OPINION: Gov. Snakebit? (Austin Jenkins/ Crosscut.com) EDITORIAL: Baird stays true to principle of bill standards (Olympian) NATIONAL Tea partiers turn on GOP leadership (Politico/Seattle P-I - Sunday) COLUMN: Our government cannot do what every American must do: control spending (Cal Thomas/Olympian) EDITORIAL: Obama's winning of Nobel Peace Prize lacks merit (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Friday) EDITORIAL: A Nobel prize that rides on the future (The News Tribune)
	SALMON EDITORIAL: Salmon plan deserves a chance (Longview Daily News) STATE GOVERNMENT Fish and Wildlife Commission has vacancy (Olympian) BLOG: Gregoire invites ideas for cutting government (Brad Shannon/Olympian - Friday) OPINION: Welcome to 'Destroy History Month' (Knute Berger/ Crosscut.com) TOBACCO Some smokers steamed by college’s new policy (The Chronicle) TRANSPORTATION Massive landslide shuts highway, clogs Naches River (Yakima Herald-Republic) Ferry on a costly fast track (The News Tribune) Revenue dip hits transit plans (Seattle Times/The News Tribune - Saturday) Legislator: State is wasting taxpayer money with new state ferry (The News Tribune/Bellingham Herald) Surplus Kitsap Transit Vans to Be Given Free to Nonprofits in Need (Kitsap Sun - Sunday) The Bremerton-Seattle Ferry Commute: Two Hours Lost — or Gained? (Kitsap Sun - Saturday) TRIBES New twist in investigation: Port Gamble tribal police thought elk hunters were trespassing -- in Brinnon (Peninsula Daily News)

To make changes in your Capitol Buzz subscription (subscribe or unsubscribe),
please click here to access the subscriptions page.