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CallaghanPeter

  1. Prelim WA revenue forecast suggests not much change since Feb forecast. Good news when end fund balance is so tiny. bit.ly/LuaW1z
  2. Part of proposal for giving more state $ for Seattle-area teacher salaries may be to restrict use of levy $ for pay. bit.ly/JG9vci
  3. Should teachers in Seattle and its suburbs get paid more than teachers in rest of state? Yes, says state working group. bit.ly/JG9vci
  4. @ByManuelValdes it is required
  5. @ByManuelValdes I thought you meant the REAL Spanish Steps ... in Tacoma. twitter.com/CallaghanPeter…
  6. Is a pay model coming to a McClatchy news website near you (like the News Tribune, Olympian and TriCity Herald?) bit.ly/KBQiKX.
  7. @wtneary ohhh, let me see. let me see.
  8. Workplace advice: Some helpful answers to those unanswerable questions on your self-evaluation form. bit.ly/JPOYGT
  9. @davidquigg Ah, if only that were so.
  10. A lifelong Democrat and current WA legislator worries Demo stance on education reform is wrong on policy and politics. bit.ly/JyNT1z
  11. Here is a bit more detail on Washington's brief today on how the Supreme Court should enforce ruling in McCleary case.. bit.ly/J7Up0S
  12. No surprise that WA state lawyers don't like the intensive monitoring proposed by winners of McCleary school $ case. 1.usa.gov/KhzAR0
  13. Clint Didier goes from candidate for U.S. Senate to candidate for WA Public Lands Commissioner
  14. Embattled Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer Dale Washam solves the will-he-run mystery. He will.
  15. What were you doing when Mt. St. Helens erupted 32 years ago today? I was sleeping until boss at AP called and made me work...on a SUNDAY!
  16. In a bit of a surprise, ed reform group Stand For Children endorses Republican Rob McKenna for WA governor. bit.ly/KoNZtZ
  17. Backers have argued that wine reg and liquor privatization are separable, ie, court could toss out wine change but keep liquor sections..
  18. In response to Madsen, Subit says that if court finds wine regulation is a separate subject than liquor it must find whole initiative uncon.
  19. Michael Subit for I-1183 opponents says lawyer for COSTCO engaged in a "total rewrite" of court's previous rulings on subject and title law.