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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.

Less Government, Lower Taxes and More Freedom -

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 …