The KCDCC Committee on DisAbilities will meet at the Couth Buzzard Bookstore, 8310 Greenwood Ave N.in Seattle, on Monday, June 29th at 7:00pm. Florence Delerenko (of Thompson & Howle) will be speaking on Guardianship Law and Special Needs Trusts. More information here
With much apologies, I have to announce the cancellation of the King County Democrats Wine & Chocolate Soiree at this time. We will be rescheduling the event for a later date and will update everyone when that date will be in plenty of time to purchase tickets and put the date on their calendar. We…
For the past few weeks, the KCDCC Endorsements Committee has been meeting regularly to speak with candidates and deliberate on races that will be contested at the upcoming August and November elections. Ahead of KCDCC’s June 23rd executive board meeting, the Endorsements Committee is pleased to its recommendations, which will be presented on the 23rd…
Good evening from Renton. Tonight, the King County Democrats are meeting to consider taking endorsement action in a number of contests, most of which will be decided by voters this August and September. This post will offer a running chronology of the meeting proceedings, including endorsement votes.
The agenda for our May 26 Executive Board meeting (7 PM, Renton Carpenters’ Hall) is here and includes: Endorsements (go here for candidate questionnaires) Consideration of a bylaws amendment Consideration of the WAmend Resolution in support of Initiative 735 to the Legislature.
For the past few weeks, the KCDCC Endorsements Committee has been meeting regularly to speak with candidates and deliberate on races that will be contested at the upcoming August and November elections. Ahead of KCDCC’s May 26th executive board meeting, the Endorsements Committee is pleased to announce its first round of recommendations, which will be…
Reminder: the LAC meets this Sunday, April 19, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Delridge Library, 5423 Delridge Way SW. We are looking forward to hearing from Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (36th), especially about the compromise marijuana bill that passed, and from Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (34th), Chair of House Environment and on the House Transportation Committee….
Tuesday, April 7th is the deadline for fiscal bills to move out of committee. You will find our Bill Tracker here. Among our bills that died at the policy cutoff are Breakfast after the Bell, Paid Sick Leave, Equity in Contraceptive Care and Small Consumer Installment Loans. The Washington Voting Rights Act survives. After long…
Endorsement questionnaires are now available on the Endorsements page.
No bills died this week. With appreciation to our friends and colleagues at Washington State Budget & Policy Center, the State League of Women Voters, and the State Low-Income Housing Alliance, here is a compendium of their budget analyses, which reflect our priorities, particularly for education and human services which are by far the largest…