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		<title>Goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/08/15/goodnight-and-have-a-pleasant-tomorrow-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Gardner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[This Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One thing I did when I went in and told my boss, Kitsap Sun Editor David Nelson, that I was taking a job elsewhere was I promised him I wouldn’t write a “Goodbye” column. Those kind of farewells&#160;can be so full of self-importance and blindness. It’s blindness to the fact that the majority of readers, &#8230; <a href="http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/08/15/goodnight-and-have-a-pleasant-tomorrow-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bold prediction alert: Trump won&#8217;t win</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/08/12/bold-prediction-alert-trump-wont-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Gardner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2016]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s tempting to get mad at the national media for either A. Giving Donald Trump too much attention, or B. Discounting his chances at winning. If I were to pick one, for me it would be A. I suspected he had no chance, and for reasons I will show you I think the data bears &#8230; <a href="http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/08/12/bold-prediction-alert-trump-wont-win/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bold prediction alert: Trump won&#8217;t win</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Request to block initiative 1366 goes before King County judge on Friday</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/08/11/request-to-block-initiative-1366-goes-before-king-county-judge-on-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2015 20:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Gardner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2015]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Initiative 1366]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Voter initiatives have been found to be unconstitutional in the past, but voters usually get to weigh in before the courts intervene. Several plaintiffs, including King County Elections Director Sherrill Huff, filed suit to block Initiative 1366 from appearing on the general election ballot. The Tim Eyman-led measure would direct the Legislature to send a &#8230; <a href="http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/08/11/request-to-block-initiative-1366-goes-before-king-county-judge-on-friday/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Request to block initiative 1366 goes before King County judge on Friday</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who is your pick for president today?</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/08/06/who-is-your-pick-for-president-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Gardner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2016]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=7345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We want to be careful with our use of metaphors when we suggest we are limiting your choices, so I will make no reference to weapons being pointed anywhere. Nonetheless, let me make this clear. We want you to tell us who, if you had to choose today, would be your pick for president among &#8230; <a href="http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/08/06/who-is-your-pick-for-president-today/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Who is your pick for president today?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Local push to stop corporate campaign funding</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/08/04/local-push-to-stop-corporate-campaign-funding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2015 23:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Gardner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2016]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=7331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On primary election day a number north of a dozen and south of two dozen showed up at state Sen. Tim Sheldon’s office in Shelton to encourage action for a future election. They plan to be at state Sen. Jan Angel’s office on Wednesday. What they’re asking for is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution &#8230; <a href="http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/08/04/local-push-to-stop-corporate-campaign-funding/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Local push to stop corporate campaign funding</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bryant believes he is a better fit for governor than Inslee</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/07/31/bryant-believes-he-is-a-better-fit-for-governor-than-inslee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2015 02:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Gardner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2016]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Bryant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Inslee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A week ago we introduced you to Bill Bryant, Republican candidate for governor. He stopped by the office before heading over to friends hosting him for Whaling Days. That introduction was largely biographical. Here we deal with issues. Bryant, as you might expect, takes issue with current Gov. Jay Inslee, the Bainbridge Island Democrat elected &#8230; <a href="http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/07/31/bryant-believes-he-is-a-better-fit-for-governor-than-inslee/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bryant believes he is a better fit for governor than Inslee</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gun club permit issue aired in Tacoma</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/07/29/gun-club-permit-issue-aired-in-tacoma/</link>
		<comments>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/07/29/gun-club-permit-issue-aired-in-tacoma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2015 22:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Gardner]]></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The question lives on over whether an operating permit for a gun club is an issue of safety or land use. Wednesday morning lawyers for the county and the Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club made their arguments in front of a Court of Appeals commissioner in Tacoma. The club is appealing the preliminary injunction that &#8230; <a href="http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/07/29/gun-club-permit-issue-aired-in-tacoma/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Gun club permit issue aired in Tacoma</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poor turnout a consistent reality across the state</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/07/28/poor-turnout-a-consistent-reality-across-the-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Gardner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2015]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Primary election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=7318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday we posted a story showing&#160;voter turnout in Kitsap County at right around 12 percent as of Monday. With&#160;Tuesday&#160;numbers we’re now at about 13.2 percent, according to data released by the Washington Secretary of State’s Office. As low as our turnout is, across the state&#160;it is worse at 10.2 percent.&#160;That does include incomplete data &#8230; <a href="http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/07/28/poor-turnout-a-consistent-reality-across-the-state/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Poor turnout a consistent reality across the state</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Once a financial contributor, now an opponent</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/07/24/once-a-financial-contributor-now-an-opponent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 02:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Gardner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2016]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Bryant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Inslee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=7312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have been paying attention at all to politics lately it has either been for the primary we have going on right now or for the presidential election next year. We do have candidates running for governor in 2016, however, and two of them have a connection that at least one of them didn’t &#8230; <a href="http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/07/24/once-a-financial-contributor-now-an-opponent/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Once a financial contributor, now an opponent</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>FEC &#8211; Frozen Election Commission</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/07/24/fec-frozen-election-commission/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Gardner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Derek Kilmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2016]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money in politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidential Election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=7308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you ever wondered what the Federal Election Commission does, for the last few years it’s pretty much been not much, if anything. That’s troubling to some and not others. Troubling to many because the agency&#160;is charged with being the referee when it comes to campaign finance. With a presidential election on the horizon the &#8230; <a href="http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2015/07/24/fec-frozen-election-commission/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">FEC &#8211; Frozen Election Commission</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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