The Morning Digest: Friday, October 24, 2008

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Rossi ad ties Gregoire to state income tax

Dino Rossi's campaign for governor launched a new ad today called "Taxes" that seeks to paint Gregoire as a tax-raiser, and ties her to a state income tax. (PolitickerWA)

http://www.politickerwa.com/bryanbissell/2463/rossi-ad-ties-gregoire-state-income-tax

Burner, Reichert rumble over resumes

Now it's U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert's turn to answer questions about his education credentials. (Emily Heffter, Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008304678_resumewars24m.html

Rasmussen: Gregoire 50, Rossi 48

A Rasmussen poll released today shows Gov. Chris Gregoire with a narrow lead over Dino Rossi, 50-48, in the race for the governor's office. The same pollster showed the candidates tied at 48 percent three weeks ago. (PolitickerWA)

http://www.politickerwa.com/node/2461

Burner takes lead in latest poll

Democrat Darcy Burner has surged to the lead in her challenge to Republican Rep. Dave Reichert, a SurveyUSA poll shows, although her edge is within the poll's margin of error. (Gregory Roberts, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/384802_eighth24.html

Tax assessments are good for some, a shock for others

South Sound residents have received their property-tax assessments for 2008, and although the median assessment for single-family houses fell 1 percent this year, some residents received a hefty increase that landed with an unexpected thud in their mailboxes. (Rolf Boone, The Olympian)

http://www.theolympian.com/672/story/633312.html

Crankovich, Thompson vie for District 2 spot

KITTITAS COUNTY — Kittitas County Commissioner District 2 candidates Alan Crankovich and Paula Thompson are going head-to-head as they try to secure votes with the Nov. 4 elections less than two weeks away. (Chelsea Krotzer, The Daily Record)

http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2008/10/23/news/doc4900b82e2757b816319941.txt

Gore to campaign in Seattle for Gregoire

Al Gore will be in Seattle to campaign for Gov. Chris Gregoire. The former vice president is expected to speak Friday to a crowd of about 1,500 at a fundraising event for the Democratic governor. (Associated Press)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/latestheadlines/story/626996.html

Poll finds support for Prop 1, but voters wary of price tag

A new SurveyUSA poll sponsored by KING-TV shows support for Sound Transit's latest Proposition 1 measure that would expand mass transit, but the proposition's electoral outlook gets much closer when voters are aware of the proposition's $18 billion price tag. (PolitickerWA)

http://www.politickerwa.com/bryanbissell/2457/poll-finds-support-prop-1-voters-wary-price-tag

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