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It is a full circle. Commercial wind energy is coming to Whitman County thanks to Commission O'Neill and Eastern Wa. Voters. At our 2010 annual Pullman membership meeting in June (see picture below), Whitman County Commissioner Pat O'Neill talks about the new commercial wind ordinance. A company specializing in wind energy has already opened an office in Oakesdake, WA, according to Commissioner O'Neill. Pat is not the only one who was glad. We all were. We were even happier that Eastern Wa. Voters helped elect Pat in a very close race in 2008. It was then Pat who lead the charge to get the commercial wind ordinance passed in the county.
Eastern Washington Voters Makes Trip to Olympia EWV attended a rally in Olympia and lobbied for a more socially responsible budget and new revenue sources on Monday, Feb. 15. Over 5500 of our allies rallied on the Capitol steps with us and overflowed into the parking lot. We were quite pleased to have outnumbered the tea baggers 3 to 1. We also had quality conversations with Rep. Timm Ormsby and Rep. Alex Wood and others legislators and aids.
Eastern Washington Voters thanks Sen. Maria Cantwell for co-sponsoring the Fair Elections Now Act In December of last year, the Chair of Eastern Wa. Voters, Rosemarie Bisiar, lead a coalition of citizens to Sen. Cantwell's Spokane office to ask the Senator to co-sponsor the "Fair Elections Now Act" S.752. We heard on Wednesday, February 3rd, that Sen. Cantwell has decided to co-sponsor this bill. The bill would provide for the public financing of federal races to reduce the influence of special interest money in electoral politics. See here for more info.
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