http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/that_horrible_bill_is_now_dead Yesterday, I Slogged that Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos (D-37, South Seattle) seemed to come out against her own bill. At a hearing earlier this week on the execrable bill, (the bill sought to expand the marketing of controversial Refund Anticipation Loans to payday loan outlets, 7-11s, Wal-Marts), Rep. Santos played bad cop, challenging the lobbyist sponsor with a series of tough questions. Today, I report this: The lobbyist sponsor of the bill, H&R Block's lobbyist, Denny Eliason, has asked Rep. Santos and the chair of the financial services committee, Rep. Steve Kirby (D-29, Lakewood) to kill the bill. To: Sharon... Copyright 2008 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:20:02 -0800 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:54:25 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I missed why Tomiko-Santos introduced this in the first place.

]]> Trevor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/that_horrible_bill_is_now_dead#c920452 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/that_horrible_bill_is_now_dead#c920452 News Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:54:25 -0800