Slog - Comments on The Democratic Agenda Pt. 2 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_democratic_agenda_pt_2 Earlier today, I Slogged about how the Democrats at the national level have their shit together. Now, onto the Democrats in Olympia. I'm not saying they're losers, but this morning's action neatly sums up this session's mixed record and confused agenda. Three Committee Meetings. 1. Democrats Join with GOP to Kill Environmental Bill At an 8:00 a.m. meeting of the house Local Government Committee, a great environmental bill that passed out of the senate 31-18 two weeks ago (the bill added climate change impacts into growth management standards so that development projects had to be environmentally responsible) got torpedoed by... Copyright 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:05:43 -0800 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:05:08 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by giantladysquirrels You're missing the point on the prostitutes. Remember when the cops had all those Green River bodies that they couldn't even identify? If they could have discovered the victims' identity immediately (via a DNA registry), they could have started checking on the areas those girls routinely worked, pinpointed when they went missing, asked about the circumstances, etc. The point isn't to find the victim's DNA on the killer-- it's to find out who the victim is after she's been mangled beyond recognition.

]]> giantladysquirrels http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_democratic_agenda_pt_2#c951168 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_democratic_agenda_pt_2#c951168 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:21:34 -0800 Comment by Bluneck Perhaps there's still hope for the effort to halt the state's giveaway of the land and destruction of the environment at Maury Island...Sutherland's minions are trying to help his campaign contributor pals at Glacier Cement steal potentially hundreds of millions of dollars worth of taxpayer-owned gravel so they can ship it to Japan. But they keep saying the reason we need the mine is because we need the gravel here. Which is it?

Keep the pressure on, Josh!

]]> Bluneck http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_democratic_agenda_pt_2#c951259 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_democratic_agenda_pt_2#c951259 News Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:05:08 -0800