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document.write('<table class="pnwhotlisttable nwphotlisttable" width="98%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr align="left"><td><b><span class="pnwhotlistmainheader nwphotlistmainheader">PNW Topic Hotlist</span></b></td></tr><tr align="left"><td><i><span class="pnwhotlisttagline nwphotlisttagline">Bringing Together Pacific NW Voices<br /><br /></span></i></td></tr><tr align="left"><td align="left"><span class="pnwhotlistupdatetime nwphotlistupdatetime">Updated: 10:58am<br /></span></td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="pnwhotlisttopicheader nwphotlisttopicheader"><div id="PNWT233script" class="" onclick="expandCollapseTopic(\'PNWT233\');return false;" title="Click to show/hide blog entries for this topic" style="display:inline !important;" onmouseover="window.status=this.title;this.style.cursor=\'pointer\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';this.style.cursor=\'default\';return true;"><img src="http://www.topichotlist.com/th/images/minus.gif" width="13" height="9" border="0" style="border-style:none; display:inline !important;" id="PNWT233toggle" align="bottom"></div> </span><b><span class="pnwhotlisttopicheader nwphotlisttopicheader" style="display:inline !important;">WA: 2010 Legislative Session</span></b><span id="PNWT233" class="topicEntriesShown"><span class="pnwhotlistblogtitle nwphotlistblogtitle"><br /><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtlinker.cgi?http://seattlepostglobe.org/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://seattlepostglobe.org/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" style="border-style:none !important;">Seattle PostGlobe</a>: </span><i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytitle nwpwhotlistentrytitle"><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.topichotlist.com/th/images/hot.gif" height="9" width="7" border="0" align="baseline" style="border-style:none; display:inline !important;"> <a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2010/03/09/commentary-is-a-special-session-necessary-to-balance-budget-raise-taxes" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2010/03/09/commentary-is-a-special-session-necessary-to-balance-budget-raise-taxes\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="" style="border-style:none !important;">Commentary: Is a special session necessary to balance budget, raise taxes?</a> [Tue 2:22pm] - </span></i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytext nwphotlistentrytext">[Image] Running against a constitutional clock to adjourn in a few days, some lawmakers are openly discussing the need ...<span class="pnwhotlistmoretext"><i><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2010/03/09/commentary-is-a-special-session-necessary-to-balance-budget-raise-taxes" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2010/03/09/commentary-is-a-special-session-necessary-to-balance-budget-raise-taxes\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="Click to read more." style="border-style:none !important;">cont\'d.</a></i></span></span><span class="pnwhotlistblogtitle nwphotlistblogtitle"><br /><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtlinker.cgi?http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/politicsnorthwest/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/politicsnorthwest/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" style="border-style:none !important;">Politics Northwest</a>: </span><i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytitle nwpwhotlistentrytitle"><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.topichotlist.com/th/images/hot.gif" height="9" width="7" border="0" align="baseline" style="border-style:none; display:inline !important;"> <a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2011299192_raccoons_spared_from_the_do_no.html?syndication=rss" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2011299192_raccoons_spared_from_the_do_no.html?syndication=rss\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="" style="border-style:none !important;">Feel free to feed the deer</a> [Tue 1:48pm] - </span></i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytext nwphotlistentrytext">OLYMPIA -<wbr />-<wbr /> Want to share your lunch with Bambi? Nobody will stop you, though some members of the state Legislature had ...<span class="pnwhotlistmoretext"><i><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2011299192_raccoons_spared_from_the_do_no.html?syndication=rss" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2011299192_raccoons_spared_from_the_do_no.html?syndication=rss\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="Click to read more." style="border-style:none !important;">cont\'d.</a></i></span></span><span class="pnwhotlistblogtitle nwphotlistblogtitle"><br /><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtlinker.cgi?http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" style="border-style:none !important;">NPI Advocate</a>: </span><i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytitle nwpwhotlistentrytitle"><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2010/03/eric-liu-ends-challenge-to-adam-kline.html" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2010/03/eric-liu-ends-challenge-to-adam-kline.html\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="" style="border-style:none !important;">Eric Liu ends challenge to Adam Kline</a> [Tue 10:53am] - </span></i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytext nwphotlistentrytext">Looks like State Senator Adam Kline won\'t have to worry about facing a serious challenge from a fellow Democrat this ...<span class="pnwhotlistmoretext"><i><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2010/03/eric-liu-ends-challenge-to-adam-kline.html" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2010/03/eric-liu-ends-challenge-to-adam-kline.html\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="Click to read more." style="border-style:none !important;">cont\'d.</a></i></span></span><br /><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr align="right"><td><span class="pnwhotlistmoretext"><i><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtlinker.cgi?http://www.topichotlist.com/th/topichotlist.shtml" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'Click for the full PNW Topic Hotlist\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="Click for the full PNW Topic Hotlist" style="border-style:none !important;">View more entries...</a></i></span></td></tr></table><div style="border: 1px solid #848484; padding: 2px;"><span class="pnwhotlistentrytext nwphotlistentrytext" style="font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 95%"><img src="http://www.topichotlist.com/th/images/thblock-small.gif" height="11" width="14" border="0" style="border-style:none; display:inline !important;" align="absmiddle"> Don\'t see postings from a blog you think merits inclusion in these listings?  Go to the <a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtlinker.cgi?http://www.topichotlist.com/th/topichotlist.shtml" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'Click for the PNW Topic Hotlist Web site\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="Click for the PNW Topic Hotlist Web site" style="border-style:none !important;">PNW Topic Hotlist</a> site and let us know.</span></div></span><br /><span class="pnwhotlisttopicheader nwphotlisttopicheader"><div id="PNWT583script" class="" onclick="expandCollapseTopic(\'PNWT583\');return false;" title="Click to show/hide blog entries for this topic" style="display:inline !important;" onmouseover="window.status=this.title;this.style.cursor=\'pointer\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';this.style.cursor=\'default\';return true;"><img src="http://www.topichotlist.com/th/images/minus.gif" width="13" height="9" border="0" style="border-style:none; display:inline !important;" id="PNWT583toggle" align="bottom"></div> </span><b><span class="pnwhotlisttopicheader nwphotlisttopicheader" style="display:inline !important;">WA: Education</span></b><span id="PNWT583" class="topicEntriesShown"><span class="pnwhotlistblogtitle nwphotlistblogtitle"><br /><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtlinker.cgi?http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" style="border-style:none !important;">PERRspectives Blog</a>: </span><i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytitle nwpwhotlistentrytitle"><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/001787.htm" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/001787.htm\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="" style="border-style:none !important;">The Very Troubling Partisanship of Chief Justice Roberts</a> [9:47am] - </span></i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytext nwphotlistentrytext">[Image] Speaking to students of the University of Alabama law school, Chief Justice John Roberts launched a blistering ...<span class="pnwhotlistmoretext"><i><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/001787.htm" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/001787.htm\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="Click to read more." style="border-style:none !important;">cont\'d.</a></i></span></span><span class="pnwhotlistblogtitle nwphotlistblogtitle"><br /><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtlinker.cgi?http://www.publicola.net/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://www.publicola.net/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" style="border-style:none !important;">PubliCola</a>: </span><i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytitle nwpwhotlistentrytitle"><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://feeds.publicola.net/~r/publicola/~3/PGXKwf4ZCl4/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://feeds.publicola.net/~r/publicola/~3/PGXKwf4ZCl4/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="" style="border-style:none !important;">\'No Matter How Many Moats You Have.<wbr />\'</a> [9:16am] - </span></i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytext nwphotlistentrytext">[Image] 1. Remember the uproar over the surveillance cameras when former Mayor Greg Nickels proposed installing them in ...<span class="pnwhotlistmoretext"><i><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://feeds.publicola.net/~r/publicola/~3/PGXKwf4ZCl4/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://feeds.publicola.net/~r/publicola/~3/PGXKwf4ZCl4/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="Click to read more." style="border-style:none !important;">cont\'d.</a></i></span></span><span class="pnwhotlistblogtitle nwphotlistblogtitle"><br /><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtlinker.cgi?http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" style="border-style:none !important;">Cliff Mass Weather Blog</a>: </span><i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytitle nwpwhotlistentrytitle"><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2010/03/seattle-bellevue-and-issaquah-school_09.html" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2010/03/seattle-bellevue-and-issaquah-school_09.html\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="" style="border-style:none !important;">Seattle, Bellevue, and Issaquah:  School Districts Versus Good Math Education</a> [Tue 10:52pm] - </span></i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytext nwphotlistentrytext">If you are a parent in cities such as Bellevue , Issaquah or Seattle, your kids are being sh ort-<wbr />changed-<wbr />-<wbr />being ...<span class="pnwhotlistmoretext"><i><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2010/03/seattle-bellevue-and-issaquah-school_09.html" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2010/03/seattle-bellevue-and-issaquah-school_09.html\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="Click to read more." style="border-style:none !important;">cont\'d.</a></i></span></span><br /><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr align="right"><td><span class="pnwhotlistmoretext"><i><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtlinker.cgi?http://www.topichotlist.com/th/topichotlist.shtml" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'Click for the full PNW Topic Hotlist\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="Click for the full PNW Topic Hotlist" style="border-style:none !important;">View more entries...</a></i></span></td></tr></table></span><br /><span class="pnwhotlisttopicheader nwphotlisttopicheader"><div id="PNWT309script" class="" onclick="expandCollapseTopic(\'PNWT309\');return false;" title="Click to show/hide blog entries for this topic" style="display:inline !important;" onmouseover="window.status=this.title;this.style.cursor=\'pointer\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';this.style.cursor=\'default\';return true;"><img src="http://www.topichotlist.com/th/images/minus.gif" width="13" height="9" border="0" style="border-style:none; display:inline !important;" id="PNWT309toggle" align="bottom"></div> </span><b><span class="pnwhotlisttopicheader nwphotlisttopicheader" style="display:inline !important;">WA: Transportation</span></b><span id="PNWT309" class="topicEntriesShown"><span class="pnwhotlistblogtitle nwphotlistblogtitle"><br /><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtlinker.cgi?http://www.seattletransitblog.com/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://www.seattletransitblog.com/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" style="border-style:none !important;">Seattle Transit Blog</a>: </span><i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytitle nwpwhotlistentrytitle"><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.topichotlist.com/th/images/hot.gif" height="9" width="7" border="0" align="baseline" style="border-style:none; display:inline !important;"> <a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://seattletransitblog.com/2010/03/10/state-leg-poisons-steamrolls-transit-funding/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://seattletransitblog.com/2010/03/10/state-leg-poisons-steamrolls-transit-funding/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="" style="border-style:none !important;">Legislature Poisons, Steamrolls Transit Funding</a> [5:20am] - </span></i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytext nwphotlistentrytext">Update: Chopp may be reconsidering, there could yet be support for the Liias amendment if he gets enough pressure. ...<span class="pnwhotlistmoretext"><i><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://seattletransitblog.com/2010/03/10/state-leg-poisons-steamrolls-transit-funding/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://seattletransitblog.com/2010/03/10/state-leg-poisons-steamrolls-transit-funding/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="Click to read more." style="border-style:none !important;">cont\'d.</a></i></span></span><span class="pnwhotlistblogtitle nwphotlistblogtitle"><br /><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtlinker.cgi?http://www.publicola.net/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://www.publicola.net/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" style="border-style:none !important;">PubliCola</a>: </span><i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytitle nwpwhotlistentrytitle"><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://feeds.publicola.net/~r/publicola/~3/r4EajtvCYqU/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://feeds.publicola.net/~r/publicola/~3/r4EajtvCYqU/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="" style="border-style:none !important;">Bellevue Council Members Allege Open-<wbr />Meetings Violations</a> [Tue 5:04pm] - </span></i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytext nwphotlistentrytext">[Image] At last night&#8217;s drawn-<wbr />out meeting of the Bellevue City Council, at which the council voted 4-<wbr />3 to support ...<span class="pnwhotlistmoretext"><i><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://feeds.publicola.net/~r/publicola/~3/r4EajtvCYqU/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://feeds.publicola.net/~r/publicola/~3/r4EajtvCYqU/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="Click to read more." style="border-style:none !important;">cont\'d.</a></i></span></span><span class="pnwhotlistblogtitle nwphotlistblogtitle"><br /><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtlinker.cgi?http://seattlest.com/" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://seattlest.com/\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" style="border-style:none !important;">Seattlest</a>: </span><i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytitle nwpwhotlistentrytitle"><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=81025a77d8bb3ab4862d53ce5fc222aa" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=81025a77d8bb3ab4862d53ce5fc222aa\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="" style="border-style:none !important;">The Zoo\'s Night Exhibit Orphans Need Your Help!</a> [Tue 12:15pm] - </span></i><span class="pnwhotlistentrytext nwphotlistentrytext">The Woodland Park Zoo forever closed their popular Night Exhibit on March 1, 2010, part of a series of cost-<wbr />savings ...<span class="pnwhotlistmoretext"><i><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtentrylinker.cgi?http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=81025a77d8bb3ab4862d53ce5fc222aa" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=81025a77d8bb3ab4862d53ce5fc222aa\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="Click to read more." style="border-style:none !important;">cont\'d.</a></i></span></span><br /><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr align="right"><td><span class="pnwhotlistmoretext"><i><a href="http://www.topichotlist.com/cgi-bin/pnwtlinker.cgi?http://www.topichotlist.com/th/topichotlist.shtml" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status=\'Click for the full PNW Topic Hotlist\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';return true;" title="Click for the full PNW Topic Hotlist" style="border-style:none !important;">View more entries...</a></i></span></td></tr></table></span><br /><span class="pnwhotlisttopicheader nwphotlisttopicheader"><div id="PNWT236script" class="btformat=CO&linebreaks=LI&width=98%&talign=L&bias=WA&store" onclick="expandCollapseTopic(\'PNWT236\');return false;" title="Click to show/hide blog entries for this topic" style="display:inline !important;" onmouseover="window.status=this.title;this.style.cursor=\'pointer\';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\';this.style.cursor=\'default\';return true;"><img src="http://www.topichotlist.com/th/images/plus.gif" width="13" height="9" border="0" style="border-style:none; display:inline !important;" id="PNWT236toggle" align="bottom"></div> </span><b><span class="pnwhotlisttopicheader nwphotlisttopicheader" style="display:inline !important;">ID: 2010 Legislative Session</span></b><span id="PNWT236" class="topicEntriesHidden"></span><br /><span class="pnwhotlisttopicheader nwphotlisttopicheader"><div id="PNWT563script" class="btformat=CO&linebreaks=LI&width=98%&talign=L&bias=WA&store" 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