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"[D]emocracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths." --James Madison, Federalist No. 10, 1787

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"I do recommend and assign Thursday ... next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.” –George Washington (October 3, 1789)

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It’s Friday of Committee Assembly Week and I’m really looking forward to getting home. The first meeting of the day was Government Operations and Elections where we’re hearing comments on the Advisory Votes, Help America Vote Act and Public Records Requests.

Later today I’ve got a Local Government Committee where we’re being updated on Department of Ecology rulemaking, Public Records Requests, State Building Code Council, Voluntary Stewardship Programs, and a summary of the Growth Management Act review that occurred over the summer.

After a long week in Olympia, I’m ready to get home to my family. I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving.

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theolympiareport.com/state-revenue-growing-but-not...plans

"Last year’s budget pumped an additional $1 billion into K-12 education, but it did so largely by diverting money from other programs and using temporary accounting gimmicks." - Rep Ross Hunter

Finally, a little honesty.

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It’s Thursday morning of Committee Assembly week and my day started with a General Government Appropriations Subcommittee meeting. We’re getting briefed by WDFW, Dept. of Ag and Chief Information Officer on several budget issues and program updates. The full Appropriations Committee meets later today to get briefed on LEAN Management, Higher Education and ObamaCare (Affordable Care Act).

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It’s Wednesday in Olympia and I have several meetings today. Yesterday’s meeting of the Joint Administrative Rules Review Committee was very interesting. The purpose of the committee is to hear citizen petitions alleging an agency rule exceeds statutory authority. In addition to what would be a typical consistency issue, the Committee also has jurisdiction to consider the adequacy of an agency’s small business economic impact statement. This is a new committee for me and it only meets during the interim.

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I’m back in Olympia today to start a week of meetings. The Joint Administrative Rules Review Committee is meeting today at 3:30 PM which is significant because it’s been several years since the last time the committee met. It seems like I was just here … wait I was, for the Third Special Session and rumors abound that a Fourth Special Session is in the immediate future. Stay tuned …

"The nature of the encroachment upon American constitution is such, as to grow every day more and more encroaching. Like a cancer; it eats faster and faster every hour. The revenue creates pensioners, and the pensioners urge for more revenue. The people grow less steady, spirited and virtuous, the seekers more numerous and more corrupt, and every day increases the circles of their dependents and expectants, until virtue, integrity, public spirit, simplicity and frugality become the objects of ridicule and scorn, and vanity, luxury, foppery, selfishness, meanness, and downright venality swallow up the whole of society." --John Adams, to the Inhabitants of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1775

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State Rep. Dave Taylor Talks 10 Cent Gas Tax Increase:: katsfm.com/state-rep-dave-taylor-talks-10-cent-gas...rease

Thanks to Todd Lyons and KATS 94.5 FM for having me on this morning.

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On this Veterans Day, I thank all the men and women who have served in defense of this great Nation. God bless you and your families.

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Yakima Herald Republic | Moxee lawmaker, others visit Utah in support of tea party conservative:: www.yakimaherald.com/home/1642170-8/moxee-lawmaker...rt-of

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Here are the comments Representatives Shea, Overstreet and I made during the debate on House Bill 2088.

tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID...=1358

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After spending several hours on the Floor today waiting to take action on House Bill 2088 and Senate Bill 5952 we finally got started. The debate on House Bill 2088 focused on the educational/training aspects of the bill and largely ignored the"permit streamlining” provisions that had been previously praised by the Governor. The fact of the matter is House Bill 2088 does absolutely nothing to streamline permitting in Washington State. We introduced House Bill 2090 yesterday that would streamline permitting for all business and property owners throughout Washington; unfortunately, the Governor doesn’t appear to be interested in actual solutions. TVW will have a recording on the debate available later today/tonight … be sure to watch the comments Representatives Shea, Overstreet and I made during the debate. House Bill 2088 passed 77 to 9 with 12 excused.

Debate on Senate Bill 5952, which is the companion bill to House Bill 2089, was all about the importance of creating a more business friendly tax structure in Washington. The fact this this bill doesn’t address the tax burden facing small business was even admitted; unfortunately, it didn’t stop the bill from moving forward. If reducing the tax burden on business is a good policy, and it is, why aren’t we doing it for all businesses? If lower taxation drives economic development and business expansion, and it does, why aren’t we doing it across the board and not limit it to one specific industry? {... Crickets ...} Kudos to Representative Jason Overstreet for hammering home the procedural problems associated with this bill. Senate Bill 5952 passed 75 to 11 with 12 excused.

We’re still waiting to hear whether we’re going to Sine Die the third Special Session or if they’ll keep it open to consider a gas tax increase later this month.

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In typical fashion, the House broke for lunch at 11:45 and we are now waiting to begin Floor Action. The Senate passed both their bills earlier today and are now waiting on the House to take action. Stay tuned …

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Day 3 of the third Special Session of 2013 and we’re on the floor to consider House Bill 2088 and House Bill 2089. We arrived to proposed amendments to both bills which we are reviewing now. It could be a long, drawn out day as negotiations continue on these two bills. Stay tuned …

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After spending two hours waiting for everyone to decide what they wanted to do, we finally moved the two bills out of Appropriations.

House Bill 2088 passed 18 to 4 with 8 excused with a "Do Pass" recommendation.
House Bill 2089 passed 17 to 5 with 8 excused with a "Do Pass" recommendation.

I voted "NO" on both bills.

Both bills will likely be amended on the Floor tomorrow. Stay tuned ...

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It’s Friday, Day 2 of the Third Special Session of 2013. After spending time caucusing this morning and several other meetings, I’m in the Appropriations Committee listening to testimony on House Bill 2088 and 2089.

House Bill 2088 makes supplemental appropriations to the 2013-15 operating budget for aerospace worker education and training, and environmental permitting activities related to large aerospace facilities and makes supplemental appropriations to the 2013-15 capital budget related to facilities for aerospace worker education and training.

House Bill 2089 extends the expiration date of aerospace tax incentives to July 1, 2040, upon the siting of a significant commercial airplane manufacturing program in Washington; expands the availability of a sales and use tax exemption for the construction of facilities used to manufacture commercial airplanes; terminates the preferential business and occupation (B&O) tax rate applicable to new versions or models of commercial airplanes if final assembly, fuselage or wing assembly, or fuselage or wing fabrication, of the new model or version is sited outside the state of Washington; and requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee to specifically review employment changes in the aerospace industry every five years as part of its tax preference review process.

We also expect to take Executive Action on both of these bills in order to consider them for passage tomorrow (Saturday) on the Floor.

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"Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants." –Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 1, 1787
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NFIB Press Release on the Special Session ...

www.nfib.com/washington/nfib-in-my-state-content?c...64212
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Back in Isengard.


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After a whirl-wind week, I’m back in Olympia facing the third Special Session of 2013. I participated in a property rights/Agenda 21 meeting in Yelm last Wednesday that went really well. The folks seem to be fired up and are asking a lot of great questions. I traveled to Utah over the weekend with Representatives Matt Shea and Jason Overstreet to show our support for Senator Mike Lee. The rally was great and turnout was fantastic. On Monday, I traveled to the UW to speak to law students about drones and driverless vehicles. It was a great experience and hope the students enjoyed it as much as I did.

As many people know, the Governor has called the Legislature back into Special Session to consider several bills that are needed in order for the Machinists Union to ratify their contract with Boeing. I have to admit that I don’t understand why legislative action is necessary for a private union to ratify a labor contract with a private corporation. At a minimum it sets a bad precedent. I do find it ironic that the most significant opponent to our Drone Bill last year (HB 1771) aimed at protecting citizens Constitutional rights, is now coming before the Legislature seeking additional tax cuts.

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www.wnd.com/2013/11/another-republican-gets-mega-o...ation

It was a great rally.