URGENT

Two bills
5320 is stuck in a procedural battle in the Senate. I had never heard of held at the desk before. Must be sent to rules. Call or comment on this ASAP

4009 needs a hearing and an executive meeting by Friday. Same requests of calling or commenting.

Prayer for both needed.

How to contact your legislators CORRECTION 2

Legislative hotline 1-800-562-6000

Where to send a message in writing. This goes to all the legislators, not just yours. CORRECTION!!! This year it only goes to your reps, you do have to enter information so they can check. Bummer  Bill Information  You just enter the bill number, click where it says comment on this bill, and comment. You don't need to use the letters as House Bills start at 1000 and Senate at 5000.

Also, I am having issues getting to the bill page from the Bill Information page. Go to either the House or Senate introduction page, bring it up and click on any bill. That will take you to a page where you can enter the number of  the bill you want and get through.

2017 Session

I have read the prefiled bills. Some good, some bad. Will write more tomorrow.

citizen involvement

While you are praying for bills this session, take some time out to see if you should be on a local appointive board or commission. A lot of policy is determined at this level.
Thurston Country

Your county will have a similar page.

Attack on Freedom of Information

Info is ethical event

2016 General Election Mary's Pics

PRESIDENT

Trump to keep our nation and become part of the UN

SENATE

Vance, we need an R to get control of the Senate and the committees, on the off chance he wins that would help

HOUSE DISTRICT 3

Jaime Herrera Beutler – pro-life

HOUSE DISTRICT 10

Jim Postma sort of pro-life, better than Heck

GOVERNOR

Bill Bryant – truly the lesser of 2 evils, voting for him only on the chance he won't veto R legislation if passed.

LT. GOVERNOR

Marty McClendon – pro-life conservative

SECRETARY OF STATE

Kim Wyman another lesser of 2 evils

STATE TREASURER

Duane Davidson – other candidate more liberal by a tad, this one is against an income tax, other one wants to consider it Other one also took money from Planned Parenthood.

STATE AUDITOR

Mike Miloscia – was a D but because pro-life got kicked out essentially

ATTORNEY GENERAL

John Trumbull – not attacking Arlene’s Flowers

COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS

Stephen McLaughlin – wants to protect public lands, but use them too. 

SUPERINTENDANT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Erin Jones, less bad

INSURANCE  COMMISSIONER

Richard Schrock

DISTRICT 2

Randi Becker – she is the one that singlehandedly stops PP requested legislation

POSITION 1

Andrew Barkis - prolife

POSITION 2

JT Wilcox – pro-life

DISTRICT 20

All good guys and running unopposed

SENATE

POSITION 1

POSITION 2

DISTRICT 22

SENATE

Steve Owens – he is not Sam Hunt and looks like not a globalist

POSITION 1

Donald Austin – prolife young man

POSITION 2

Leave blank – no one good

DISTRICT 35

POSITION 1

Dan Griffey – prolife conservative

POSITION 2

Drew McEwen - prolife

SUPREME COURT

Incumbents think they are the legislature and insist they raise taxes.

POSITION 1

David DeWolf non-activist

POSITION 5

Greg Zempel – non-activist

POSITION 6

Dave Larsen – non-activist

SUPERIOR COURT POSITION 1

Laura Murphy – more Constitutional

SUPERIOR COURT POSITION 7

John Skinder – Foley doesn't believe in walls 

No to all initiatives

Initiative 1433

Minimum wage hike won’t help

Initiative 1464

Don’t give the government money

Initiative 1491

Gun take away, have plenty of laws if just enforced

Initiative 1501

Real reason is to keep people from learning that they do not have to pay union dues. The union won’t tell them, if addresses are public someone else can.

Initiative 732

Need to encourage fixing plants, not punishing before can, so no money to do it

Initiative 735

Corporations made not people so no free speech, no restrictions on unions. Restricts free speech

Advisory vote 14

Maintain extension of a previous tax

Advisory vote 15

Maintain removed an exemption– electric car exemption only helps rather well to do and cronies of progressives

Senate Joint Resolution 8210

Makes them finish redistricting earlier. Passed essentially unanimously.

Approve

August 2 Primary Mary's Pics

2016 AUGUST PRIMARY MARY’S PICS

FEDERAL

SENATE

Scott Nazarino is endorsed by Don Benton, who I respect. Chris Vance was terrible as State R Chair, establishment all the way and says he will not vote for Trump .  That makes him for Hilary for all practical purposes.

CONGRESS 3 Jaime Herrera Beutler

CONGRESS 10 Jim Postama – another weak candidate, I think he runs anytime they need someone to make the D’s spend money.

STATEWIDE

GOVERNOR  Bill Bryant

LT. GOVERNOR Marty McClendon is fun and conservative. – Yin is establishment/Mainstream, Figueroa less so Rossi/McKenna. McClendon probably doesn’t have a chance. Personally gong to vote for his anyway. The Lt. Governor’s main job is keeping order in the Senate not voting on legislation or enforcing it.

SECRETARY OF STATE Kim Wyman – only R, not a favorite, but better than the alternative

TREASURER  Duane Davidson – less establishment

AUDITOR Mike Milosia – pro-life was a D and left

ATTORNEY GENERAL – voting for Trumbull, he has no money but not Ferguson – Arlene’s Flowers Why didn’t someone run against him

COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS – Steve McLaughlin – the only candidate that will let us keep ours

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION – Ron Higgins per Research Mom/Sharon Hanek

INSURANCE COMMISSIONER – Richard Schrock – Murta pro-choice – don’t trust him on forced abortion coverage.

SUPREME COURT 5 – Greg Zempel

LEGISLATURE

2              SENATE Randi Becker

               1 Andrew Barkis              

   2 JT Wilcox

20           SENATE John Braun

               1 Richard DeBolt

               2 Ed Orcutt

22           SENATE Steve Owens

               1 Donald Austin

               2 blank or write in your cat

35           1 Dan Griffey

               2 Drew MacEwen

THURSTON COUNTY

1 -  Jon Petit – long time activist against the status  quo, Hutchings if you don’t like Jon  had issues in Tenino, but conservative Absolutely not Cooper. Cooper is what we have now in spades

2 – Gary Edwards