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• SAVOY BUILDING, A-777 BLANSHARD + FAIRFIELD, DEC 5, 4PM: SAVE JOHNSON STREET ‘BLUE’ BRIDGE! PETITIONERS’ OPEN HOUSE

  
  CCC BLOG — Authority: 433
  AS 30 day mark approaches… JOHNSONSTREETBRIDGE.ORG Volunteers are committed, passionate and hopeful The clock is clicking down to 30 days until it is all over ( January 4, 2010) , and johnsonstreetbridge.org is marking the occasion with an open house for its volunteers, supporters, and those wishing to ...
  5 hours ago

• $48 million dollar Referendum : The 10% "contingency fee" for public projects is standard practice on any municipal or school bid.

  
  The Ridgewood Blog — Authority: 442
  The 10% "contingency fee" for public projects is standard practice on any municipal or school bid. It may even be mandated by the state (Im not sure). But, it certainly was not a frivolous "tack on", as suggested. It is interesting that everyne keeps calling for change. The members on the current BOE are, with 2 ...
  7 hours ago

• $48 million dollar Referendum : HOW CAN YOU LET THE BUILDINGS DETERIORATE TO SUCH AN EXTENT FOR A HALF CENTURY OR MORE??

  
  The Ridgewood Blog — Authority: 442
  thanks for your extended lecture. Well researched, but after watching this school district for 20 years, this is the worst shape its ever been in, and the buildings are not the problem. The BoE has overreached. My personal math "homework" says that we are paying far too much in taxes and receiving far too little in ...
  7 hours ago

• ROSS CROCKFORD ON JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE’S REAL ‘REPLACEMENT’ COSTS: ‘City has not revealed any engineering plans for this bridge, making it impossible to guess’

  
  CCC BLOG — Authority: 433
  JOHNSONSTREETBRIDGE.ORG CO-DIRECTOR QUESTIONS THE CITY OF VICTORIA’S NUMBERS Re: “Battle for the Bridge,” Nov. 29 Times Colonist: timescolonist.com   Some of the numbers used by the City of Victoria in this comprehensive feature need to be challenged. Recently the City started claiming that it will ...
  9 hours ago

• Washington Domestic Partnership Law Takes Effect

  
  Blog Out - Just Out Newspaper — Authority: 144
  Washington’s domestic partnership law took effect yesterday, and already the state has seen a rise in registrations of domestic partnerships.The state registry, operated by the Corporations and Charities Division, has had a big increase in filings in November. Officials say there have been an average of 90 ...
  14 hours ago

• HISD Trustee runoff overview

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 148
  Here’s the Chron story on the two runoffs for HISD Trustee. It echoes a theme from that Examiner story we saw yesterday. The outcome of the races could reshape several board debates — particularly over wages for construction workers, efforts to hold weak teachers more accountable and the role of magnet ...
  21 hours ago

• DIANE CARR ON JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: ‘I think another 50 years out of Big Blue is worth the investment’

  
  CCC BLOG — Authority: 433
  A WELL-LOVED VOICE OF VIC WEST WANTS TO SAVE BIG BLUE   A new bridge will serve for the next 100 years? Come on! If transportation changes as much in the next hundred years as it has in the past hundred, and given the accelerated rate of change, we’ll probably be flying by then. I think another 50 years out ...
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• C.B. HOLM ON JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: ‘Mayor Fortin is bent on securing a new structure, come what may’

  
  CCC BLOG — Authority: 433
  ‘IT’S UP TO US WHO FUND THE CITY WITH OUR PROPERTY TAXES TO LEAD THE CHARGE…’   Re: “A Bridge Too Far,” Nov. 26 – Dec. 2,  Monday Magazine   Jason Youmans has the insight to note one fact: that Mayor Fortin is bent on securing a new structure, come what may. Discussions ...
  1 day ago

• Refendum 71 is certified

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 736
  Today, the State of Washington becomes the first state in the history of the United States to pass a law supporting the equality of same-sex partners by popular vote. The law, SB 5688, has also been described as the "everything-but-marriage bill", protecting rights already recognized for straight couples, such ...
  1 day ago

• Wash. “everything-but-marriage” law resumes today

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 159
  Fortunately, equal marriage advocates have some good news today, despite the upset witnessed yesterday in New York.  Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has certified the results of last month’s elections, including the approval of Referendum 71 to maintain domestic partner benefits.  As of 12:01 this morning, same-sex ...
  1 day ago

• Washington States Domestic Partnerships Become Law Today

  
  Queerty — Authority: 703
  As of 12:01am today, Referendum 71 becomes the law of the northwestern land, and Washingtons gays can get their "everything but marriage" certificates. Here , Secretary of State Sam Reed and Governor Chris Gregoire make their necessary Hancocks. CONTINUED » Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us ...
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• Photo Of The Day

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 698
  Yesterday Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire signed the official certification enacting Washingtons "everything but marriage" law. The law is in effect as of today after being put on hold during the bigoted Referendum 71 fight. Domestic partners in Washington now have all the rights, benefits, and privileges ...
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• Bishop of Arabia dismayed by minaret ban in Swiss homeland

  
  FaithWorld — Authority: 651
  Many supporters of the Swiss ban on minarets justified it with the argument that limitations on mosques in Europe were permissible because Christians can’t build churches in some Muslim countries. This was also a recurring theme in comments to FaithWorld (see here and here ). But doesn’t this tit-for-tat ...
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• Driver who killed teens loses appeal

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 135
  A motorist who killed six teenage pedestrians in a crash near Mildura in north-west Victoria in 2006 has lost his application for leave to appeal against his jail term. Thomas Graham Towle was sentenced to 10 years jail with a minimum of seven over the crash at Cardross in which six teenagers died and four others ...
  2 days ago

• The national dimension to constitutional reform

  
  A National Conversation For England — Authority: 104
  I’m a supporter of the Power 2010 initiative that is attempting to keep radical constitutional and parliamentary reform on the political agenda. However, I have serious qualms about the organisation’s ‘British’ dimensions and the way in which it conceives of constitutional reform, ironically, in rather ...
  2 days ago

• Ridgewood needs to be promoted as a town that is good for business,

  
  The Ridgewood Blog — Authority: 442
  Paying cops to replace to crossing guards??? I never said that as that would be a stupid comment because the cops are already being paid by the town – the point was let’s get rid of the crossing guards and have the cops whom we, as tax payers already pay, do this service for the two hours a day. There is a cost ...
  2 days ago

• SHEILA PROTTI ON REPAIRING JOSEPH STRAUSS’ JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: ’smaller tax burden… less disruption… more efficient process’

  
  CCC BLOG — Authority: 433
  VICTORIA TAXPAYER THINKS R EFURBISHMENT OPTION IS MORE REASONABLE: A N UPGRADED BRIDGE, EARTHQUAKE PROOF, WITH A HEALTHY LIFESPAN   Thanks for presenting the options for the Johnson Street Bridge (Nov. 29). Until now, I have seen little from the City [of Victoria]  about the refurbishing option. ...
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• MARY LOWTHER ON JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: ‘Ventures as expensive as this one should automatically go to referendum’

  
  CCC BLOG — Authority: 433
  ‘ALTERNATIVES TO REBUILDING THE BRIDGE SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED’   I’ve learned not to rush into things, especially when someone is pressuring me to do so and a lot of money is at stake. Hasty decisions rarely pan out because there isn’t time to look into other approaches that might work better. Take the ...
  2 days ago

• WA State’s Domestic Partnership Law Goes into Effect Tomorrow

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 159
  Yesterday Washington State officials (Governor Gregoire and Secretary of State Reed) certified the results of Referendum 71 — the measure that asked voters to approve or reject a comprehensive domestic partnership law passed by the legislature and signed by the Governor earlier in the ear.  Voters approved the law ...
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• CATHERINE WILLIAMS ON ‘OUR BLUE’ JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: ‘DON’T DESTROY IT’

  
  CCC BLOG — Authority: 433
  People come from all over the world to see our Blue Bridge   because it is a twin cantilever bridge for vehicles and trains, the only one in the world. Don’t destroy it.   Catherine Williams Victoria   CCC BLOG reprint: Victoria Times Colonist : timescolonist.com ‘Blue Bridge one of a kind’ ...
  2 days ago

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