Helping
Flood Victims of Thurston and Lewis Counties
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Managing Government Spending
- Balanced $2.6
billion state budget deficit in 2004 with no new taxes
- Opposed
34 percent budget growth in 2005 through 2009
- Maintained focus
on priorities of government
- Restored cuts for mental health,
developmental disability and long term care
- Directed over 40
legislative performance reviews of state and local government
programs
- Sponsored legislation to establish a rainy
day fund and create a budget sunshine period
Providing Community
Facilities and Local Job Opportunities
- New Regional Equestrian
Center in Lewis County
- Long Term Flood Relief for Chehalis River
Basin
- New I-5 Interchange in Grand Mound
- New Gateway
Project and Cabelas Store in Lacey
- New Heritage Center and Executive
Office Building at State Capitol
- Completion of Heritage Park
in Olympia
- New Seminar Two Building of The Evergreen
State College
- New Humanities and Arts Facility at South
Puget Sound Community College
- New Science Building at New Market
Skills Center in Tumwater
- Design of New Fish Hatchery on Deschutes
River
- Remodel of Thurston County Boys and Girls
Club Recreation Center
- New Chehalis Wastewater Treatment Plant
- New
Science Buildings at Centralia and South Puget Sound Community
Colleges
- New Veteran’s Memorial Museum
in Chehalis
- New Freight Rail Spur for Cardinal Glass Plant
- Restoration of Fox Theater in Morton
- Restoration
of Cispus Environmental Center at White Pass
- Restoration of
Rainier School Museum
- New Tenino Sewer System
Providing Tax Relief and Regulatory Reform
- Re-instituted
tax incentives for research and development in high-tech
industries
- Renewed tax credits for infrastructure assistance
in rural communities
- Increased property tax exemption level
for seniors on fixed incomes
- Sponsored legislation to limit
agency rule-making authority
Improving Public Education
- Passed legislation
to allow student retakes of WASL exams
- Passed legislation to
allow educational choice and innovation
- Participated in K-12
financing task force to provide long-term funding solution
- Sponsored legislation to prioritize capital
funding in higher education
Keeping our Neighborhoods and Communities
Safe
- Passed tougher laws against sex offenders
- Proposed three-strike law for methamphetamine
manufacturers
- Sponsored legislation to create new Public
Safety Pension Plan
- Passed legislation to control criminal
street gangs
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