State legislatures will be having town halls soon.

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Let's not let the teawhackjobs get away wirh anything.

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1. 46th LD--3/12 in Seattle

Please join your 46th legislative delegation—including Rep. Phyllis Kenney, Rep. David Frockt, and I—for a mid-session Legislative Town Hall Meeting on this coming Saturday, March 12.

We’ll be providing updates about the state's budget situation, efforts to create new jobs in Washington, and an array of issues impacting the 46th District. Everyone is encouraged to come with comments and questions. Feel free to call my office at [phone] if you have any questions.


What: 46th Legislative District Town Hall Meeting
When: 12:00 Noon, Saturday, March 12, 2011
Where: Meadowbrook Community Center, 10517 35th Ave NE, 98125

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2. Here's the link for all the 3/12 town halls in the state

http://hdcadvance.blogspot.com/2011/03/been-waiting-for-town-hall-saturday.html

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3. A report on 5th LD from Horses Ass

http://horsesass.org/?p=33487

Maple Valley Town Hall

Yesterday, legislators around the state held town hall meetings. I’ve lived in the 5th Legislative District for a year now – and expect to live here for many more – and thought it was a good time to actually hear what my state representatives are up to. I showed up at 10am at the Maple Valley Community Center. Glenn Anderson and Jay Rodne (my two Republican state reps) were just starting to speak to a crowd of about a dozen people. $1.9 trillion: Corporate America’s cash

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4. 11th LD went well

Zach Hudgins will have a phone town hall on 3/24, and Margarita is 80 years old and it's all she can do to keep up with her leadership responsibilities. Bob Hasegawa had a slide show on the budget. The state bank is dead for this year--Bob asked us to keep up with educating our various communites on its benefits.

I learned something critical. In raising revenue, it is better to go with fees--defined as charges for specific services--rather than taxes--defined as monies raised to be applied anywhere. In the former case, you need 50% + 1. In the latter case, you need a 2/3 majority in both cases.

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5. Rep Hasegawa also spoke at the King County LAC meeting

http://waliberals.org/notes-on-the-lac-meeting-with-rep-hasegawa/2011/03/21/

Sunday afternoon I attended the King County Dems’ Legislative Action Committee meeting in Renton, where Rep. Bob Hasegawa was the guest speaker. He is awesome: a strong progressive and an unpretentious, nice guy. The meeting was riveting, for political junkies like me anyway, and well attended. I guess the attendees all felt like fellow comrades in arms.

The battle is to deal with the fallout from Tim Eyman’s anti-tax initiatives that passed last year and to figure out how to stop the voters from supporting such destructive initiatives that are against their own self-interest.

Hasegawa lamented the lack of leadership by Democrats in Olympia, especially with regard to raising revenue. Missing In Action and Gone South were words that came up with respect to some issues at least. Hasegawa also expressed dissatisfaction with President Obama’s leadership on some issues. (Who isn’t dissatisfied?)