Cantwell, Inslee, Sims Campaign for Clinton, New Bill Preven
by ANDREW RIDEOUT
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Cantwell, Inslee, Sims Speak Out for Hilary Clinton
A recent post on Majority Rules Blog reports that Senator Maria Cantwell, Congressman Jay Inslee and King County Executive Ron Sims ��were busy Saturday urging Washington voters to support Senator Hillary Clinton for President.�� The three of them spoke to Clinton supporters in Tacoma and Everett and at the Machinists Hall in South Seattle. Congressman Inslee, a ��major force�� for renewable energy, called Senator Clinton ��a change agent who understood the energy issues�� [would] ��kick our addiction to Middle East Oil�� and move us to a clean energy future and green jobs.��
According to the post, Senator Cantwell and Clinton came to the US Senate the same year. She noted that ��in the seven years she has worked with Clinton, Clinton gets things done.�� She saw Clinton ��working across the aisle getting things done, even when the Republicans were in control.�� She added that Clinton ��is leading the fight�� opposing ��any Bush proposal to lock the US into a long term agreement with Iraq.�� Ron Sims said Clinton has the ��intuitive instinct and preparation�� to make necessary changes in our country.
Score One More for the Sonics!
From Super Sonic Soul, a quick breakdown of the Sonics�� one-point win over the Knicks on Saturday, their third win in a row. Jeff Green, Jeff Green, Wally Szczerbiak were all out, but ��the Sonics rode Chris Wilcox and Kevin Durant�� for the win. ��Green's sprained left ankle will take a while to heal,�� so Damien Wilkins, ��who posted the best /- of the night for the Sonics ( 16) in only 29 minutes,�� will be accumulating more minutes.
The post give a shout to Durant's three pointer with 59 seconds left, ��although his turnover on the next possession almost cost the Sonics the game.�� But, hey, it��s a win in what has been a tough season. ��It's difficult to ridicule a group of players who are so badly outclassed on so many nights. Eventually, you have to start pulling for the underdog.�� Next, the Sonics take on the Bulls.
In Support of House Bill 2688
Recently on Washblog, a post was written in support of House Bill 2688, ��which would prevent the transfers of incarcerated parents of young children to out-of-state prisons.�� The post was written by a blogger who goes takes her son into a prison ��every weekend to see Dad and to start the healing process�� with their family. Many see prison as an ��awful place to go,�� but our blogger looks at it as ��the only place where [they] can be a complete family.�� Children can learn through the visits that they ��cannot make the wrong decisions without having to pay for them, that they will be loved no matter what, and that family is more important than anything.��
Our blogger points out in the post that ��the primary care givers of these children are basically single mothers, grandparents, aunts and uncles, or other family members.�� They struggle to provide food and clothes for their children. The statistics are against them ��that say these children are five (5) to seven (7) times more likely to go to prison than children who do not have a parent who has been involved in the criminal justice system.�� Having contact with the incarcerated parent helps lower these statistics; ��it also helps to lower the risk that these individuals will be released just to commit a new crime.��
New Quest Aircraft Delivers to First Two Customers
John Gillie, blogging on Biz Buzz, reports that ��the Pacific Northwest's newest aircraft manufacturer, Quest Aircraft, has delivered its first two Kodiak aircraft to two customers.�� Former Alaska Airlines Chairman Bruce Kennedy, who died in a plane crash last June 29 in Cashmere, was a founder of Quest and had ��a significant role�� in the Kodiak��s development. The Kodiak, ��a single-engine turboprop, 10-passenger aircraft,�� is designed for ��rugged backcountry conditions.�� The plane ��will serve the same kinds of markets as the classic De Havilland Beaver and Otter aircraft,�� which have been out of production for several years.
