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		<title>Interviewing Ken Bell</title>
		<link>http://sweeneypolitics.com/2013/06/17/interviewing-ken-bell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Bell looked straight at the time keeper at the Whatcom Republicans meeting who had just given him the thirty seconds sign. &#8220;Oh, I hate you,&#8221; he growls menacingly, before lightening the comment with a natural smile. The crowd cracks up as Bell wraps up his pitch for office. Bell, currently a Whatcom County Planning [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sweeneypolitics.com&#038;blog=18471454&#038;post=3746&#038;subd=sweeneyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday&#8217;s Odds and Ends: Bush Years Time Warp</title>
		<link>http://sweeneypolitics.com/2013/06/14/fridays-odds-and-ends-bush-years-time-warp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Loyal Readers, Usually, I jump right into my gathered news bits, however, first I want to share a little bit about why these past couple of weeks have been so difficult. I&#8217;m having Bush flashbacks.  In 2000, I was just beginning to become aware of the political world, but it wasn&#8217;t until 2002 that [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sweeneypolitics.com&#038;blog=18471454&#038;post=3762&#038;subd=sweeneyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Public Information about Jail Planning Work Group</title>
		<link>http://sweeneypolitics.com/2013/06/13/no-public-information-about-jail-planning-work-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was looking into the missing needs analysis for the new jail, I was told that the decision to start drafting designs without first conducting a needs analysis was made by the &#8220;Executive Jail Planning Work Group.&#8221; He also indicated that this was the group that came up with the number of 660 beds [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sweeneypolitics.com&#038;blog=18471454&#038;post=3757&#038;subd=sweeneyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Young Conservatives Dissatisfied with Party Stance</title>
		<link>http://sweeneypolitics.com/2013/06/11/young-conservatives-dissatisfied-with-party-stance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written quite a few times about the disconnect between older and younger conservatives. Locally, this conflict was highlighted when they were were shut out of the County Republican nominating convention in 2012. It seems as if I&#8217;m not the only person interested in this divide. The College Republican National Committee produced some fascinating reading for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sweeneypolitics.com&#038;blog=18471454&#038;post=3751&#038;subd=sweeneyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>State Republicans Evasive At End of Special Session</title>
		<link>http://sweeneypolitics.com/2013/06/08/state-republicans-evasive-at-end-of-special-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things are looking grim for our state legislature as they frantically try to come to some sort of agreement about the budget in the last three days of the special session. With the deadline fast approaching, you would think the Republican-controlled Senate would be hard at work, but apparently Sen. Kevin Ranker (D-40th) had to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sweeneypolitics.com&#038;blog=18471454&#038;post=3738&#038;subd=sweeneyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Odds and Ends: Healthcare and the Herald</title>
		<link>http://sweeneypolitics.com/2013/06/07/friday-odds-and-ends-healthcare-and-the-herald/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Loyal Readers, Our theme for today&#8217;s Odds and Ends is ignoring reality (except for the first item), but before I get into it, I just want to thank everyone who has made a donation to the Political Junkie in the last couple of weeks. Your financial support means a great deal to me and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sweeneypolitics.com&#038;blog=18471454&#038;post=3727&#038;subd=sweeneyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jail Planners Face a Skeptical Council</title>
		<link>http://sweeneypolitics.com/2013/06/06/jail-planners-face-a-skeptical-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Jack Louws has emailed me to clarify a statement by Wendy Jones and note that the County is currently considering the  &#8221;initial build to house from about 540 to 580 depending on configuration&#8221; If the jail planning firm, the DLR Group, was expecting an easy reception from the County Council last Tuesday, they were [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sweeneypolitics.com&#038;blog=18471454&#038;post=3717&#038;subd=sweeneyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;Where is the needs analysis? I expect more than just continuing a line from a graph . . .&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>Kathy Kershner&#8217;s Thoughts on Breaking the Law</title>
		<link>http://sweeneypolitics.com/2013/06/04/kathy-kershners-thoughts-on-breaking-the-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many years, Whatcom County has been violating the state law governing planning for our community. Failing to comply with this law, called the Growth Management Act (GMA), has cost us thousands of dollars in legal fees and made us ineligible for hundreds of thousands of state dollars. You can read my simple explanation of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sweeneypolitics.com&#038;blog=18471454&#038;post=3713&#038;subd=sweeneyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Odds and Ends: Water, Wrecks, Weed and the State Wegislature</title>
		<link>http://sweeneypolitics.com/2013/05/31/friday-odds-and-ends-water-wrecks-weed-and-the-state-wegislature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 15:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Loyal Readers, Another busy week draws to a close, and as always, your Friday Odds and Ends are here to finish it off with a bang. First, rumors coming from the state legislature are grim. It looks like the House Democrats have completed their budget work and are at the negotiating table, but the Republican-controlled [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sweeneypolitics.com&#038;blog=18471454&#038;post=3707&#038;subd=sweeneyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Partisan Gridlock? I think you mean &#34;Ericksen/Lobbyist Steak Night&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>Local Senator is King of the Lobbyist Lunchroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 13:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Doug Ericksen has received some state-wide recognition recently for receiving free meals from lobbyists. The Associated Press along with a consortium of public radio stations did an analysis of lobbyist filings and found that Sen. Doug Ericksen has received more free meals than any other state legislator this session. From the Associated Press article, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sweeneypolitics.com&#038;blog=18471454&#038;post=3700&#038;subd=sweeneyblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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