Slog - Comments on Oly Action: Gov. Gregoire vs. House Speaker Chopp on Climate Change. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/oly_action_gov_gregoire_vs_house_speaker I couldn't be down in Oly on Tuesday to report on the big cutoff day for sending bills over to the other chamber. It turns out I missed a real bruiser between Gov. Christine Gregoire and House Speaker Frank Chopp. I haven't seen details of it reported elsewhere, so voila: The big climate change bill, which Gregoire introduced on the first day of the session, still hadn't come to a House floor vote as the clock was ticking down on Tuesday. House Speaker Chopp wanted to amend the governor's bill so that key language giving the Dept. of Ecology rule-making... Copyright 2008 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:54:08 -0800 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:12:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Too bad she can resurrect bills.

(grin)

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/oly_action_gov_gregoire_vs_house_speaker#c945810 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/oly_action_gov_gregoire_vs_house_speaker#c945810 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:12:47 -0800 Comment by David WHAT? Since when does the timber industry get environmental brownie points for chopping down trees? Sure, they may plant some (it's a crop after all) - but it's not like the trees weren't there before the industry was.

]]> David http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/oly_action_gov_gregoire_vs_house_speaker#c945840 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/oly_action_gov_gregoire_vs_house_speaker#c945840 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:36:25 -0800 Comment by John short sessions are like the wrong time for most any legislation

and the legislature seems caught up in trivia

what a bunch of do nothings - maybe they reflect our expectations as voters

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/oly_action_gov_gregoire_vs_house_speaker#c946044 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/oly_action_gov_gregoire_vs_house_speaker#c946044 News Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:12:09 -0800