News from Derek Kilmer http://derekkilmer.com/index.php?page=news 2010-09-08T08:55:23+01:00 text/html 2010-07-22T10:14:40+01:00 http://derekkilmer.com/ http://derekkilmer.com/index.php?page=news&full=61 <p>Click "Read Article."</p> text/html 2010-07-14T10:13:02+01:00 http://derekkilmer.com/ http://derekkilmer.com/index.php?page=news&full=60 <p>Click "Read Article."</p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">&nbsp;</span></p> text/html 2010-06-17T11:47:44+01:00 http://derekkilmer.com/ http://derekkilmer.com/index.php?page=news&full=59 <h1 class="rdheadline"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Retired police car can make it easy for impostor</span></h1><h2 class="rddeckline"><span style="font-size: small;">Critics urge full strip of equipment before auctioning old cruisers</span></h2><p>http://www.seattlepi.com/local/339263_surplus12.html</p> text/html 2010-06-17T11:47:07+01:00 http://derekkilmer.com/ http://derekkilmer.com/index.php?page=news&full=58 <p><span id="pageheaderstory">Kilmer receives WACOPS award.</span></p><p>http://kpbj.com/headlines/2008-03-08_kilmer_receives_wacops_award</p> text/html 2010-06-17T11:44:03+01:00 http://derekkilmer.com/ http://derekkilmer.com/index.php?page=news&full=57 <p>Local lawmakers are working on three bills that would ease the financial pain on Narrows Bridge tollpayers, one of which passed the Washington State House of Representatives last week in what Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Gig Harbor) called an "exciting victory."</p><p>http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/poi/news/19841794.html</p> text/html 2010-06-17T11:42:53+01:00 http://derekkilmer.com/ http://derekkilmer.com/index.php?page=news&full=56 <p>The bill is one of three sponsored by Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, to ease the cost of tolls. It would require that a portion of fines paid for toll violations be used to help pay off the $849-million bridge.</p><div style="overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text/html 2010-06-17T11:42:02+01:00 http://derekkilmer.com/ http://derekkilmer.com/index.php?page=news&full=55 <p>Since the $849 million bridge opened in July, those with electronic stickers on their windshields have paid a $1.75 toll instead of the $3 full price. The discount was an incentive to keep cars from lining up at the toll booths and blocking Highway 16 traffic. Sixty-nine percent of drivers text/html 2010-06-17T11:41:12+01:00 http://derekkilmer.com/ http://derekkilmer.com/index.php?page=news&full=54 <p>Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, and Rep. Larry Seaquist, D-Gig Harbor, introduced the legislation that would require money generated by the $736 million span to be used only for paying for it, thus keeping tolls as low as possible. Now, it costs $4 for manual payment and $2.75 by transponder text/html 2010-06-17T11:40:23+01:00 http://derekkilmer.com/ http://derekkilmer.com/index.php?page=news&full=53 <h1 style="margin: 0pt 0pt 5px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kilmer sponsors more bridge legislation</span></h1><p>http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/pat/news/41943377.html</p> text/html 2010-06-17T11:38:40+01:00 http://derekkilmer.com/ http://derekkilmer.com/index.php?page=news&full=52 <p>For the second time in two weeks, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a bill sponsored by Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, that benefits Tacoma Narrows Bridge toll-payers.</p><div style="overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><br />Read more: <a style="color: #003399;" href="http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/may/20/gregoire-signs-second-narrows-bridge-bill/#ixzz0r8noDcDv">http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/may/20/gregoire-signs-second-narrows-bridge-bill/#ixzz0r8noDcDv</a></div>