Thursday, December 27, 2012

Spokane Democrat On WA State House Transportation Committee

Do you know who represents you on the Washington State House Transportation Committee?  I have to admit, I didn't know all of them either. Thanks to Transportation Issues Daily though, we've got a handy cheat sheet of members. We'll focus on the Democratic side of the Committee today, just because that's what the article focuses on. Transportation Issues Daily promises to post the Republic members in an upcoming story though, so I'll link it too.

In the meantime, the Democrats have seven new members and ten current members returning to the Committee when the Legislature convenes on January 14. Here's a look at the players, including newcomer Marcus Ricelli from Spokane.

4 comments:

Charles said...

Marcus is nice, I hope he can get some money for us here in Eastern Washington, as it looks like most of the members are from King County.

SRTC Staff said...

Yeah, looks like we're outnumbered so hopefully Marcus will put a little fight into it for us. I don't know him but the beauty of this job is that I eventually get to meet all our elected officials and being on the Transportation Committee, I'm sure we'll be working closely with him.

Charles said...

I went to the candidate forum at the NE Center before the election and only 3 people showed up for the debates, so we just made a circle and sat and talked to the candidates. Marcus stayed the whole time and was very candid about what he wanted to do in the legislature.

SRTC Staff said...

That's cool that the candidates were willing to sit down and talk but not that only three people showed up! It's that kind of stuff that worries me...


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