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	<title>Kitsap Caucus</title>
	
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	<description>A blog about politics and government in Kitsap County as well as Washington state political news as it relates to Kitsap County.</description>
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		<title>Clarifying Maupin’s Comments on Mayor Competition</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/05/clarifying-maupins-comments-on-mayor-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bremerton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Readers, including candidates, who question my use of the word “said” in the story about second-day election results have reason to do so.
When the new election numbers came in on Wednesday, I called both Bremerton mayor candidates, Bremerton City Councilman Will Maupin and former county commissioner Patty Lent, to get their reactions.
In my conversation with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gabriel Leaving County</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/04/gabriel-leaving-county/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[County]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Word at the Kitsap county commissioners&#8217; meeting this morning is that Shawn Gabriel, administrative services director (&#8221;budget director&#8221; in simpler terms), has resigned. 
Gabriel was hired in July of 2008 to replace Ben Holland. He had been deputy city manager in North Miami Beach and had also worked for Miami-Dade County.
We&#8217;ll post more when we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tough Election to Predict</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/03/a-tough-election-to-predict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2009]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier Tuesday another employee in the newsroom  handed out the election pool sheet. It only cost a buck, so I was ready to play. I got down a few races, though, and started agonizing over my picks. I crumpled up the paper and threw it away. I should have stuck with that decision. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off Topic – A Video</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/03/off-topic-a-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday was dominated by the report of the fire that destroyed a home and, at the time it seemed, a life. We&#8217;ve learned since the woman probably died before the fire.
Paymela Jean Long went by Paymela Faye on stage. While trying to find information on her and the band she was in, Whatta Band, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some History to the Dicks-PMA Inquiry</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/10/30/some-history-to-the-dicks-pma-inquiry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norm Dicks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=2891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of you know U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Belfair, is among those in an inquiry about lobbyist money and earmarks. 
This has been on the radar before, though today&#8217;s news was the first indication that there was anything official happening. To be clear, it has not yet risen to the level of &#8220;investigation.&#8221; The word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inmates Could Come Here to Escape High Water</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/10/28/inmates-could-come-here-to-escape-high-water/</link>
		<comments>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/10/28/inmates-could-come-here-to-escape-high-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bremerton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional coordination]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=2884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



These digs are ready should the water come down in King County. Kitsap Sun photo by Larry Steagall.



Former Kitsap County commissioner and current Bremerton Mayor candidate Patty Lent has made the case that she&#8217;d go after King County businesses in danger of water damage should the Howard Hanson Dam need to be freed of as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing Chicken in Bremerton</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/10/28/playing-chicken-in-bremerton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bremerton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A faction in Bremerton wants to be able to have chickens in their urban yards. Another faction doesn&#8217;t. It is an issue that is likely to rise to the level of a proposed code change in Bremerton. We&#8217;ll be covering the story someday soon.
In the meantime, here&#8217;s a video about a woman in Tampa who&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Port Tax Still Fresh</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/10/27/port-tax-still-fresh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2009]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=2879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At Tuesday morning&#8217;s Eggs &#038; Issues debate over car tabs, only a few people were asking questions, so in a rare occurrence I got three in.
The last one was whether the Port of Bremerton&#8217;s industrial development district tax, used to pay for construction of the Bremerton Marina, was still casting a pall over requests for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R-71 Name Disclosure Gets ‘Word’ from Colbert</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/10/27/r-71-name-disclosure-gets-word-from-colbert/</link>
		<comments>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/10/27/r-71-name-disclosure-gets-word-from-colbert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2009]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


The Colbert Report
Mon &#8211; Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c


The Word &#8211; Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t Tell


www.colbertnation.com








Colbert Report Full Episodes
Political Humor
Michael Moore






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		<title>Fox Peers Unwittingly Ignite White House Feud</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/10/26/fox-peers-unwittingly-ignite-white-house-feud/</link>
		<comments>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/10/26/fox-peers-unwittingly-ignite-white-house-feud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing local to see here folks, but thought I&#8217;d point you to a fascinating story from the New York Times on what started the momentum on the Obama-Fox fight. It started when other news organizations publicly recognized that Fox News (not Fox commentators) reporters had dug into thing better than they had.
By the following weekend, [...]]]></description>
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