The agenda for our March 24 Executive Board meeting (7pm, Renton Carpenters’ Hall) will include the following items: Adoption of Endorsement Rules for 2015 Adoption of Endorsement Questionnaires for 2015 for state-level positions for county-level positions for local-level positions (city councils and all special districts except for school districts and the Port of Seattle) for…
The draft reprecincting ordinance for this year is now available for public comment. The comment deadline is Friday March 6, after which the ordinance will go to the County Council for approval. The following chart lists the affected precincts — the list of changes for this year is relatively small. Click on the name in…
Social Security: Why It’s Not Broke and How We Can Expand It A free public forum sponsored by Social Security Works – Washington. Monday, February 23, 7pm. Joe Crump Hall UFCW 21 5030 1st Ave S, Seattle Download flyer.
The agenda for our February 24 Executive Board meeting (7pm, Renton Carpenters’ Hall) will include the following items: Elections for Third Vice-Chair and Treasurer Adoption of a 2015 Budget (per email) Adoption of a Code of Conduct Consideration of two Bylaws Amendments concerning the duties of the Treasurer concerning endorsements and clarifying the role of…
Printable version Updated 4/6/2015Call your legislators and the Gov. at 1-800-562-6000 and urge them to support your bill. HOUSE BILLS STATUS COMMENTS & ACTION SHB 1223 Financing Workforce Housing (Springer) (also SB 5208) Substitute bill passed House 63-35 (3/5); passed by Senate Human Services, Mental Health & Housing (3/31); referred to Senate Rules (4/1) Substitute bill makes…
Please register now for the King County Democrats’ Legislative Action Day in Olympia, on Presidents Day, Monday, February 16, 2015, from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. (You can schedule appointments with Legislators in the afternoon from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM) The Lobby Day Briefing will be held in Senate Hearing Room 3 of the…
Steve Zemke and Sarajane Siegfriedt have been appointed as co-chairs of the Legislative Action Committee. Steve and Sarajane are two of our most experienced advocates, and have co-chaired this committee in the past. They are committed to greatly increasing opportunities for our PCOs and members to advocate for a better King County and Washington…
The 2015 legislative session begins January 15 and ends 105 days later on April 27th. Each of the following organizations sponsors a lobby day that includes training on their legislative agenda issues, inspirational speakers including people directly affected by the issues, and appointments with your legislator. These organizations are consistent with our KCDCC platform and offer in-depth training and…
printable version Revenue & Tax Reform: Pass a capital gains tax on the wealthy to raise additional revenue to fund Basic Education and meet McCleary obligations Close corporate tax exemptions that lack accountable performance objectives and results in terms of living-wage jobs and other measurable community benefits Require the Legislature to adopt a Tax Expenditure…
(From our friends at HealthCare.gov) Attention: Time is running out. You only have 3 days left to enroll for coverage starting on January 1. Find out if you’re eligible for a premium tax credit – it’s like cash back to help you pay for health coverage. You can’t afford to wait. Last year, 8 out…