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Mercer Island Legislators to Host Feb. 18 Town Hall

State Legislators Sen. Steve Litzow (R) Reps. Judy Clibborn (D) and Marcie Maxwell (D) will report on their work in Olympia this session and take questions from citizens at a Sat., Feb. 18 Town Hall meeting on Mercer Island.

Concerned about education funding? Interested in the issue of gay marriage? Care about public records and accountability?

Legislators from the 41st District — State Sen. Steve Litzow (R) Reps. Judy Clibborn (D) and Marcie Maxwell (D) — will hold town hall meetings in Newcastle and Mercer Island on Saturday, Feb. 18. to update residents on these issues from the 2012 legislative session and answer questions from local citizens.

Constituents are invited to submit questions before the meeting please send them via email or letter.

How to submit questions:

- Email us at townhall41@leg.wa.gov or

- Mail your question to Senator Steve Litzow, PO Box 40441, Olympia, WA 98504

Details:

Morning Town Hall – 10-11:30 a.m.

Where: Hazelwood Elementary (Map)

             7100 116th Ave. SE

             Newcastle

Afternoon Town Hall – 1:30-3 p.m.

Where: Mercer Island High School (Map)

             9100 SE 42nd St.

             Mercer Island

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Linda Mammano April 12, 2013 at 10:43 am
That is the best commentary on the subject to date. This should be on the front page of every localRead More newspaper. Finally pressure to bear. Thank you!!!
Thomas Imrich April 10, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Excellent assessments today, both by Mr. Horn here, and by Mr. Cero in today's MI Reporter. The keyRead More is that we need new blood in both the legislature, and in our City Council, to actually better understand the problems at hand and potential real solutions we'll need. Many of our elected and appointed officials are poorly representing their constituency. For example, Ms. Clibborn could readily put the brakes on this I-90 tolling tax diversion to fund 520 fiasco, in a heartbeat, through her leadership position for state transportation. But despite that tolling is a terrible precedent, and could even undermine the entire national interstate highway system, Ms. Clibborn is CHOOSING NOT TO fight I-90 bridge tolling. Apparently she and some of our waffling weak kneed Council members have made their choices about this issue, and about other debacles, like our seriously flawed highly subsidized mass transit, and our pending loss of carpool lanes. Now it is approaching the time to make our decisions, in the next election.
Kevin Scheid April 9, 2013 at 01:59 pm
Great article Jim. So despite the bad decisions and bad policy by the legislature, we can gatherRead More that the way out of this mess is to raise gas tax appropriately to pay for the roads. Additionally I might add, we can scale down on the upgrades and delay constructing the approaches to the 520 bridge. Scaling back these upgrades should not affect the safety or construction schedule of the 520 bridge and may eliminate the funding shortage entirely.