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MARTHA M. IRELAND: Bills introduced in Olympia run hot, cold
THE PLETHORA OF bills filed since the Legislature convened Jan. 10 ranges from promising to downright insane. In…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Attacking the cause of the state budget cuts
ELIMINATE THE CAUSE is sound logic if one wants to change the result, whether dealing with financial woes…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Recession’s impacts are not necessarily all bad
IT’S NOT ALTOGETHER bad, having to make do with less. Because government revenue is down, policy-makers at every…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: After-election analysis and angles
PROOF IS IN the eye of the analyst. Post-election, I’ve hosted the Republican Women of Clallam County, been…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Exercise your responsibility to vote
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS ARE always messy. Complicated issues are summarized deceptively. Irrelevancies are magnified. Substantive issues are minimized. Incumbents…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Nothing to fear but change itself
“SYSTEMS CHANGE IS always frightening,” observed someone at Wednesday’s Shelter Providers Network meeting in Port Angeles, which I…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Debt makes deficits harder to defeat
DEBT AND DEFICITS aren’t synonyms. Debt is money owed. Deficit is insufficient funds to pay for expenses. Debt…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Statewide ballot measures provide lots of reading homework
A MONTH AND a day are scant time to sort through nine confusing statewide ballot issues. Six are…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Shooting range issue might finally be near bullseye
GUN RANGE PROSPECTS are as good on the North Olympic Peninsula as anywhere. Three shooting range proposals are…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Killing off agriculture, rule by rule
NO PROGRESS TOWARD understanding surfaced at Wednesday evening’s Clallam County Planning Commission hearing on regulations governing agriculture in…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: History catching up with her
THURSDAY WAS THE 90th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Oh, deer: Many voters stayed away from primary
A DOE STALKED purposefully across West 18th Street in Port Angeles. The spotted fawn following close behind her…
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MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: What would you cut from the state budget?
$5.2 BILLION OF spending has been cut from the state budget in the past two years. Fiscal trends…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Tax caps build bridge to future levy lid lift votes
LEVY ELECTIONS DON’T all play by the same rules. Two levy issues will be on North Olympic Peninsula…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Ballot choices require voter homework
TOP TWO ADDS up to some serious homework assignments for voters this summer. By July 28, ballots will…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Earth-friendliness wrapped in red tape
FOR EVERY SOLUTION, there’s an objection. Wind energy seemed to be a likely solution to achieve renewable energy…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Always happy tails on the farm
FIVE YEARS LATER, I’m again looking for love on the Internet. On June 3, 2005, a petfinder.com listing…
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THE MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Tax reform popular; specific changes not so much
TAX POLICY IS a hot topic. Demands for federal and state tax reforms reverberate across the political landscape…
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MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Add a job to housing to end homelessness
EMPLOYMENT IS DIFFICULT to focus on for agencies helping people who are homeless, but it’s also a key…
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MARTHA IRELAND COLUMN: Democrats in Olympia near budget-balancing agreement
RUBBER-STAMPING A TAX hike package wasn’t on this week’s legislative agenda. Rep. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim, enjoyed…