Slog - Comments on A Good Bill Passes the Senate. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/that_cool_bill_passes_the_senate Sen. Brian Weinstein's (D-41, Mercer Island) homeowner protection bill—a bill that caused quite a fuss last year when the House killed it—passed the Senate again yesterday. It passed 27-20 largely along partisan lines. Although, it's worth noting that Republican Sen. Cheryl Pflug (R-5, Issaquah, Snoqualmie, North Bend) —a leader on the GOP side of the aisle, who had an ornery exchange with Sen. Weistein on the floor before the roll call—voted for the bill. I'm glad the bill passed. I've been tracking it since Sen. Weinstein reintroduced it this year, and I hyped it in a column at the beginning... Copyright 2008 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:47:33 -0800 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:24:37 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Senator Brian Weinstein An iniative would be a diaster. the BIAW would spend millions or misleading TV commercials. There is no well funded interest group to fund truthful commercials to counter theirs.

Although the Insurnace Companies outspent the lawyers 4-1 last year, at least the lawyers spent a few million supporting R 67. That won't happen on a Homebuyer Bill.

]]> Senator Brian Weinstein http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/that_cool_bill_passes_the_senate#c920782 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/that_cool_bill_passes_the_senate#c920782 News Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:24:37 -0800