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Friday, February 8, 2008

Full Corte Press

posted by on February 8 at 11:45 AM

Yesterday, during Sen. Lisa Brown’s weekly press briefing—Brown (D-3, Spokane) is the Senate Majority Leader—AP reporter Rachel La Corte started pressing Brown about several bills in play in the House—banning plastic grocery bags, banning plastic bottles.

The common denominator of the bills? They’re all being sponsored by Rep. Maralyn Chase (D-32, Shoreline.)

La Corte said: “Is there support over here for what some would say are drastic measures, some would say common-sense measures? It’s pretty forward-seeking type measures that some think is a waste of time or too quirky, but there’s people who say we should be going in this direction.”

Bravo Ms. La Corte.

Rep. Chase is often dismissed as a left wing lulu, but the fact is, it was Chase who pushed a cap and trade bill last year (which received eye rolls at the time). … And, well, this year, it’s Gov. Christine Gregoire’s top agenda item. Gregoire, with much fanfare, sent a cap and trade bill to the legislature on the first day of the session.

La Corte was right to characterize Chase’s agenda as “forward-seeking.” And it is, I think, a sign of the times that Chase’s House agenda is coming up at press briefings in the Senate Majority leader’s office.

Sen. Brown didn’t sound too enthusiastic about Rep. Chase’s bills, saying the Senate wasn’t ready to take them up this year. “There’s the potential for unintended consequences. We need to understand them better before we move forward. Especially in a short session.” And she concluded: “Usually bills like that need a couple of sessions to move forward.”

I’m not sure if this had anything to do with La Corte’s line of questioning, but anything that gives Chase’s progressive agenda solar power—like having Olympia’s mainstay AP reporter ask the Senate Majority Leader about it—can’t hurt.

I’ll post some more specifics about yesterday’s briefing with Sen. Brown later today.

p.s. Sorry for spelling Rachel’s name wrong about 10 X now. It’s one of those days.

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1

You mean Rachel La Corte?

Posted by Sam | February 8, 2008 12:27 PM
2

I thought it was "La Corte"

Posted by MarcusAurelius | February 8, 2008 12:29 PM
3

I thought it was going to be legislation banning the use of words like Courte, Grille, and Towne.

I'd have so supported something like that....

Posted by NapoleonXIV | February 8, 2008 12:48 PM
4

You're all missing the larger point that our supposedly "progressive" Seattle legislators are LAME! They are safe in their snug little seats and still they won't take a change on progressive legislation. It's our suburban legislators like Chase and Oemig (impeachment resolution) that have the cahones.

Posted by Goddez | February 8, 2008 12:51 PM
5

You can call Chase a lefty lulu, but she's ours! And yeah, what can we do to get Oemig to move to Shoreline....

Posted by Tlazolteotl | February 8, 2008 1:00 PM
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Oemig's a douche. You don't want him in Shoreline. He's just pandering to the left.

Posted by MarcusAurelius | February 8, 2008 1:01 PM
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@4 - No, the most important, and most basic thing, a journalist could do is spell a name correctly. I haven't missed the point. Rachel is a great reporter.

Posted by Sam | February 8, 2008 1:34 PM
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Look at that, Josh, the play on her last name looks even cooler now! ;)

Posted by Sam | February 8, 2008 2:34 PM
9

Now you've corrected her name, my post has no pointe whatsoever.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | February 8, 2008 4:20 PM

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