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- Local $6 to $7 tolls on 520 starting next year?
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  Gregoire endorsed using tolls to plug a $2 billion hole in the plan to construct a new, $4 billion floating bridge with four general lanes and two high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
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- Washington Bans Chemicals; Industry Freaks
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  "The governor of Washington is scheduled to sign legislation today to ban flame retardants called PBDEs in furniture, televisions, and computers in the state. This is despite the more than $220,000 the chemical industry has spent since 2005 to defeat the legislation. At a time when the federal government is largely ineffectual in regulating long-used but potentially dangerous industrial chemicals, the Washington ban could be the beginning of the end for PBDEs across the nation.
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- Gregoire signs Internet sales tax bill into law - No word on Microsoft's Nevada Revenue
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  In this whole sales tax debate, I didn't see anything about Microsoft paying taxes on its $15+ billion in sales through it's Reno, Nevada subsidiary. Closing that loophole would capture 4x as much revenue as this bill. Nice try though.
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- Gregoire doubts surface option for Viaduct
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  Never thought I'd see this in the Seattle Times: "Some see a surface alternative as the only politically viable option." ... and then "The governor said she doesn't see how it would work. Research has shown the option would cause traffic congestion downtown and on Interstate 5, she said."
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- Gregoire wants public financing of Washington Court races
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  This is a terrific idea - great way to experiment with public finance: In the state budget she proposed Tuesday, Gregoire included a $4.4 million pilot program to make public financing available to Supreme Court and Court of Appeals candidates. Candidates would have to raise a qualifying amount on their own and agree to follow a clean campaign code
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- Gregoire: Voters should decide on Viaduct
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Shame on the governor...why deny voters the right to choose the no-rebuild option? Or the tear down and wait option? "All other options - including tearing the viaduct down and having surface streets take the traffic - are off the table." Super lame and anti-democratic.
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- Gregoire wants $220 million for Puget Sound cleanup
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Gov. Chris Gregoire, declaring Puget Sound "sick," on Wednesday proposed a massive $220 million effort over the next two years to restore and preserve the state's inland waters.
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Gregoire wants public financing of Washington Court races

Could be a great step on the long road to get big money out of politics. Cheers to Gregoire for knowing how to move the ball downfield.

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9:44 pm 12/20/06

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