Political Buzz » Washington Roundtable http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics Talking WA politics. Wed, 22 May 2013 01:29:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Labor-business-environmental coalition sends letters to Inslee and Legislature asking for ‘down payment’ on $50 billion in transportation needs http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2013/01/24/labor-business-environmental-coalition-sends-letters-to-inslee-and-legislature-asking-for-down-payment-on-50-billion-in-transportation-needs/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2013/01/24/labor-business-environmental-coalition-sends-letters-to-inslee-and-legislature-asking-for-down-payment-on-50-billion-in-transportation-needs/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:59:18 +0000 Brad Shannon http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=37210 The loose coalition of business, labor and environmental groups trying to develop a unified approach to passing a transportation tax package in the Legislature this year has sent formal letters to Gov. Jay Inslee and legislative leaders asking for action. The letters went out today and are signed by several of the groups cited in our Sunday story – linked here.

The letters – copies of which are linked here for those going to Inslee and House Speaker Frank Chopp - ask for a package that makes “a significant down payment on the $50 billion need identified …

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