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Public financing key to future campaigns

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

theolympian.com - Jan. 28 (Editorial) - The only way to stop campaigns from raising obscene amounts of money is to level the playing field through public financing. The Fair Elections Now Act, which has been introduced in Congress, would allow federal candidates to choose to run for office without relying on large contributions, bundled cash from political parties or donations from lobbyists. Candidates who raise a large number of contributions under $100 from their communities would have those funds matched with federal funds. Public financing would help restore the voters’ faith in electoral politics.

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Susan Hutchison -- Washington State's Sarah Palin?

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Valerie Tarico - Oct. 18 (Opinion) - who is the elusive Hutchison? Seattle Times reporter Danny Westneat called Susan Hutchison a sort-of-Republican. Erica Barnett at the Stranger called her a Republican Religious Wingnut. A member of her own party called her "our Sarah Palin." Is Susan Hutchison a Palin in the making? You be the judge.

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HeraldNet: Boeing enjoys profitable model here in Puget Sound

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

HeraldNet - By John Burbank - Aug. 05 (Opinion) - This is now Boeing’s dilemma, because that model of employer-union cooperation has yielded the company and its shareholders great profits. If the company sees a union-free environment as its No. 1 objective, then it has to leave behind the talent and the workers who helped to create the sweet spot for Boeing profits. That’s a heavy price for an ideological agenda, a price that would be paid by Boeing, by its current employees, and by this great community here in Washington that Boeing has helped to build.

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Taking clues from the past

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

realchangenews.org - By Shannan Lenke Stoll, James Gregory - May. 19 (Interview) - Recently, Prof. Gregory began a new project looking at the history of the Great Depression on the local level. I spoke with him about the project andwhat the Democrats in Olympia today, as well as the citizens of the Evergreen State, could learn from the Depression of the 1930s to prevent us from sinking further into economic quicksand.

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Public School For the Obama Girls, Please?

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Mother Jones - By Stephanie Mencimer - Nov. 11 (Opinion) - I would like to respectfully request that you seriously consider sending your kids to DC public schools—and not a charter school, either, but a full-on traditional neighborhood public school.

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