Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Gov. Chris Gregoire cited Seattle's unresolved mayoral race Monday as the most recent example of why the state needs an earlier deadline for mail-in ballots.
Northwest Progressive Institute (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Via email from Governor Chris Gregoire's office: I am extremely pleased that voters have approved Referendum 71. I signed the original bill and believe it is the right policy for our great state. Washington state has a history of fighting to ensure everyone – mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters – enjoys equal rights. From the first bill I signed in 2007 to...
Northwest Progressive Institute (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Governor Chris Gregoire has released a statement (via email to NPI) on the overwhelming defeat of Tim Eyman's most destructive initiative ever: I am pleased that the voters appear to have rejected Initiative 1033. Voters understood that this misguided proposal would have precluded our ability to recover from these extraordinarily difficult economic circumstances and would have made providing...
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
These things don’t happen in a vacuum, and so it is not surprising to see Gov. Chris Gregoire joining the chorus of establishment voices demanding that the ballot deadline be changed from postmarked on election day to received by election day. Earlier in the day, Gregoire said that the days, and potentially weeks, of not knowing the outcome of an election is hard not only...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Last updated November 11, 2009 8:59 a.m. PTOther counties may follow Pierce in cutting judgesTACOMA, Wash. -- Pierce County's decision to eliminate the position of a superior court judge has the prosecutor, Bar Association and governor's office concerned.An adviser to Gov. Chris Gregoire, Marty Loesch, told The News Tribune of Tacoma officials don't want counties across the state cutting...
Strange Bedfellows (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Gov. Chris Gregoire has named Ted Sturdevant the director of the state's Ecology Department.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Gov. Chris Gregoire has named Ted Sturdevant as director of the Washington state Department of Ecology.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Gov. Chris Gregoire has named Ted Sturdevant as director of the Washington state Department of Ecology.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Gov. Chris Gregoire says she'd like to see an earlier ballot return deadline for the state's mail-in voters.
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | yesterday
... count the ballots as they come in. If the goal of Washington Sec. of State Sam Reed, and now Gov. Chris Gregoire , is to provide near complete returns on election night, changing the ballot deadline to Oregon’s received by election day standard simply won’t do it. Rather, the only reliable solution would be to scrap vote-by-mail altogether.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Gov. Chris Gregoire has named Ted Sturdevant as director of the Washington state Department of Ecology.
Northwest Progressive Institute (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... rival, and preparing to work with newly elected King County Executive Dow Constantine, Governor Chris Gregoire, the Seattle City Council, the County Council, and the Legislature. As Mayor, he will also need to work with the folks who govern the Port of Seattle, Seattle School District, and Sound Transit. Over the next four years McGinn will discover firsthand just how tough it is...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Gov. Chris Gregoire says she'd like to see an earlier ballot return deadline for the state's mail-in voters.
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
... seemingly had an edge.He won key endorsements from established local politicians, including Gov. Chris Gregoire; business organizations; and labor unions, largely because of his support for a highway tunnel under downtown Seattle that would replace the earthquake-damaged Alaskan Way Viaduct.He also raised far more money than McGinn. Polls leading to the election showed McGinn behind...
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
... seemingly had an edge.He won key endorsements from established local politicians, including Gov. Chris Gregoire; business organizations; and labor unions, largely because of his support for a highway tunnel under downtown Seattle that would replace the earthquake-damaged Alaskan Way Viaduct.He also raised far more money than McGinn. Polls leading to the election showed McGinn behind...
