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Friday, September 17, 2010

News For These Small Business Owners, Choice in Rossi-Murray Race Is Clear

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 4:14 PM

Posted by News Intern John Friis

Earlier this afternoon, Senator Patty Murray joined with local small business owners to laud the passage of the Senate's small business bill. Much of the press conference was a repeat performance of yesterday's lauding of the passage of the Senate's small business bill. But hey, when you're trying to drive the message that Democrats are champions of small business and the middle class, a little repetition can't hurt.

"Senator Murray listened, Dino Rossi didn't," said Makini Howell, owner of Plum Bistro on Capitol Hill, who hosted the event. Howell said she was looking to expand her family business at the height of the recession but couldn't get a loan from her local community bank due in large part to the liquidity crisis. Howell credits a small program within an earlier stimulus project for allowing her to receive a loan and open her restaurant in the summer of 2009.

Regarding the new, larger fund for small businesses, Howell flatly rejected Republican Dino Rossi's charge that it's another deficit-busting bailout. "It's not a bailout, not a slush fund," Howell said. "If you work for it, it will work for you."

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Maybe Rossi needs to call on Sarah Palin. (snicker)

Posted by Spicy McHaggis on September 17, 2010 at 5:02 PM

While the woman in the yellow top is undeniably hot, whoever did the blocking on this photo had a major aesthetics fail.

Posted by Those do not appear to be tennis shoes, Murray! on September 17, 2010 at 5:05 PM

slog is going to whoring for murray 24/7?

14 posts so far today?

murray is such a loser......

Posted by bandma on September 17, 2010 at 5:28 PM

Rossi's probably right on the small business thing.

Most Government SBA boasted business are political patronage of the Charlie Rangel ilk. I doubt if any of this money would go to legitimate startups.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on September 17, 2010 at 5:41 PM

Bailo thinks a legitimate startup is one of many that a financial scammer/crook is owed after they have been exposed and/or convicted... so that they can freely skirt and flout the law or any sort of oversight whatsoever, the kind of enterprise that rip off granny in one county or jurisdiction, then just rename their LLC in another and wash, rinse, & repeat.

Posted by pissy mcslogbot on September 17, 2010 at 6:15 PM