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Support Healthy Schools for Washington - Referendum 52 our public schools buildings and facilities are deteriorating. Building new is out of the question in this economy. R-52 offers an option that will use existing taxes to create bonding capacity with 500 million dedicated to retrofiting school buildings accorss the state. Proponents claim it may provide thirty thousand building trades jobs. Our 11th Legislative District Reps, Zack Hudgins and Bob Hasegawa and Senator Margarita Prentice endorsed this bill. Learn more at HealthySchoolsForWA.org

View the Benson Hill Picture Gallery with pictures of the Todd Shipyard campaign to support Patty Murray, R-52 for more jobs here in Washington, and opposing I-1082 which will make it harder to get compensation for work related injuries.
Save Lindbergh Pool Swimathon pics are still posted at the gallery.
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Vote YES on Initiative 1098 If we want things like public education, basic health coverage, child vaccinations we need to pay for them. I-1098 will do that plus offer a balanced tax system that will reduce state property tax by 20%, increase small business tax credit to $4800.00, eliminate B&0 tax for most small businesses and reduce state taxes for the rest. Here is how it works, according to YesOn1098.com. The wealthiest Washingtonians now pay less in state and local taxes than residents of 43 other states. The 3% who will pay this new tax will take adjusted gross income straight from their federal form and pay just 5% on their income over two hundred thousand for an individual($400,000 for couples) and nine percent on income over five hundred thousand. For example, if household income is $500,000, the tax would be $5,000, or just 1% of gross income.

Benson Hill Communities of Renton, desparately in need of any public facilities for parks and a community center, are without funding for any capital improvements or any community projects over the next four years, including the LHS pool. Although SE Renton homeowners contribute twenty three percent of property tax revenue to the City of Renton an aribitrary figure of less than five-hundred thousand will be spent in that area for capital improvements during the next four years while over seventeen million will be directed to projects in North Renton, Highlands and South Lake Washington areas..

Get detailed information at : http://rentonwa.gov/uploadedFiles/Government/FIS/FinancialDocuments/CIP/3commservices.pdf

NO on I-1082 Allows private insurere to compete with our public workers' compensation system. On one hand we are trying to save Small Business with an income tax initiative while considering i-1082 that will raise rates for small business and employers. I worked as an hourly employee for the Port of Seattle for over seventeen years. The Port has private insurance and from my experience they denied or challanged every claim. At one time, a dedicated employee that I worked with had a claim for an injury that didn't include lost time, just therapy. The insurance carrier not only denied the claim, they called me on the phone asking in a negative way about the employee and trying to get me to acknowledge things about the employee that just weren't true.
The privatizing scheme is risky and will not help injured workers. The current system works.
No to I-1082

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No on I-1053 Reinstates the two-thirds majority vote by the legislature to raise taxes and create new taxes. We need to oppose the bill that will reinstate the two-thirds majority vote by the legislatue to raise taxes and create new taxes. The initiative is backed by big oil, Conoco Phipllips, and the Washington Bankers Association, imagine that. They will do anything to keep from paying their fair share to support the commons.

No on I-1100 & I-1105 Privatizes sales of hard liquor. As a community living in or near a high crime area we can appreciate the layout of the State Liquor Stores where the operators can see wether minors are hanging around outside and take appropriate action. Would you expect WalMart, Costco or Target to care what patrons do once outside their doors? As to costs to Small Business, another middle man will just increase the cost of doing business. As to competition, can your small business compete with Sam's Club or Costco?
No to _I-1100 & I-1105.

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