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Governor vetoes top-two primary section, thus giving voters a
party-based primary
Gov.
Gary Locke today signed
Senate Bill 6453, creating a Montana primary election system,
after vetoing sections of the bill that would have sent the top
two candidates, regardless of party affiliation, to the general
election.
Under the new primary law,
voters will be required to select and use a single-party
ballot. However, voters will not register by party. Their choice
of party ballot will be confidential.
Had Locke not vetoed the
so-called “Louisiana primary” sections, the top two primary
candidates, possibly from the same political party, would have
advanced to the general election.
Locke said, “I must
reiterate my extreme frustration and disappointment with the
Republican and Democratic parties for challenging the
constitutionality of the blanket primary in the first place. The
blank primary has served our state well for almost 70 years.”
The blanket primary was
declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and Washington
would have been without a primary election had not the
legislature acted.
The new system will be
in place for the Sept. 14 primary this year.
Korelin Economics
Report goes nationwide
Al Korelin
The Korelin Economics
Report, aired for the past six years on KUIK AM, 1360, has gone
nationwide on the Genesis Communications Network.
National distribution
over 130 affiliated radio stations across the United States
begins Saturday, April 3.
Founded by Vancouver
consultant Alexander Korelin,
president and CEO of A. B. Korelin & Associates, the
show popular with investor-, CEO- and CFO-listeners, has been in
the Portland-Vancouver market since 1990.
Korelin's company advises
publicly traded companies on matters of regulatory compliance.
The Korelin Economics
Report is hosted by Korelin and KUIK program director
Paul Warren.
The report is also
popular on the Internet, where archives of the KUIK broadcast
generate over 117,000 minutes of Internet listening a month.
The Korelin Economics
Report will be heard at its regular Saturday time slot, 11
a.m. on KUIK
Vancouver Community
Theater offering
four one-act plays at Fisher’s Grange
Four one-act plays,
Return to Youth,
Wildcat Willie Takes a Tumble,
Hello, I Must Be Going
and Tango Rules are
being presented at 7 p.m. Friday, April 2, and 2 and 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 3, in the Fishers Grange, 814 BE 162nd Avenue,
by the Vancouver Community Theater.
Tickets at the door are
$7 and $5.
Clark College alumni
plan Safeco Field trip
for August Mariners vs. Yankees game
Alex Rodriguez will be at
Safeco Field Sunday, Aug. 15, but in a Yankees uniform, when
Clark College alumni arrive for a 1 p.m. Mariners vs. Yankees
baseball game.
According to
Marie Gibson, alumni
association spokesperson, alumni and guests will travel to and
from Seattle aboard RAZ Transportation buses, which leave
Vancouver at 8 a.m.
Tickets, including
transportation and seats in section 345, are $45 for alumni
members, $50 for nonmembers. For further information, call
992-2301.
People
Sande Irwin has joined
Kaiser Permanente's medical group. A physician, Irwin practices
in the ear, nose, and throat department, and specializes in
endoscopic sinus surgery at Kaiser Permanente's Mill Plain One
Medical Office in east Vancouver. Irwin completed her residency
at Oregon Health Sciences University and her rhinology
fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
News brief
All unscheduled meetings
have been cancelled.
King County holds up Vancouver wastewater plan as an
example--Seattle Times, Christopher Schwarzen
Vancouver School District using arts to advance
literacy--Columbian, Amy McFall Prince
Temporary city manager cleaning house in Ridgefield--Columbian,
Margaret Ellis
Battle Ground's Shonny Bria interviewing for top job in
Scottsdale--Columbian, Amy McFall Prince
Home business rules outlined--Columbian, Erin Middlewood
Waddles on its last legs--Columbian, Jonathan Nelson
Bell Tower in its way to becoming Mexican restaurant--Columbian,
Gretchen Fehrenbacher
Clark County movie on its way to Portland's Hollywood
Theater--Columbian, Tricia Jones
Joan Renner dodges burnout as she helps survivors of sexual
assault--Oregonian, Holly Gilbert
Maya Lin advancing Confluence Project--Oregonian, Allan
Brettman
Portland's Ride Connection to help Clark County
seniors--Oregonian, Bill Stewart
Short high-speed chase ends in crash temporarily closing Main
and 39th Street intersection--KGW-TV, Teresa Bell
Seattle Sounder train is low on riders, high on cost--Seattle
Times, Eric Pryne
Marines defend decision to stay out of Falluja after
killings--New York Times, Jeffrey Gettleman
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