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« Reply #25 on: April 21, 2005, 07:39:26 PM »
Anyways, Skykomish usually refers to an area in the Northeast of the county, far from Seattle in this 2000+ square mile county.

The House voted to create a new county there in the mid 90s, but pressure from Governor Locke kept it from going to the Senate.

lol, Mish.
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« Reply #26 on: April 21, 2005, 07:46:16 PM »
With all the speculation that William Rufus King was gay, I'm actually mildly surprised that they would rename it
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« Reply #27 on: April 21, 2005, 08:39:48 PM »
Quote from: Alcon on April 21, 2005, 03:41:26 PM
Quote from: CARLHAYDEN on April 21, 2005, 08:38:52 AM
It was so nice of Gregoire to sign the bill.

It will be interesting to see how it impacts on the special election.

What special election would that be?

The one the judge will be ordering.
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« Reply #28 on: April 21, 2005, 08:46:05 PM »
Quote from: CARLHAYDEN on April 21, 2005, 08:39:48 PM
Quote from: Alcon on April 21, 2005, 03:41:26 PM
Quote from: CARLHAYDEN on April 21, 2005, 08:38:52 AM
It was so nice of Gregoire to sign the bill.

It will be interesting to see how it impacts on the special election.

What special election would that be?

The one the judge will be ordering.

The election is over.
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« Reply #29 on: April 21, 2005, 08:53:22 PM »
Quote from: CARLHAYDEN on April 21, 2005, 08:39:48 PM
Quote from: Alcon on April 21, 2005, 03:41:26 PM
Quote from: CARLHAYDEN on April 21, 2005, 08:38:52 AM
It was so nice of Gregoire to sign the bill.

It will be interesting to see how it impacts on the special election.

What special election would that be?

The one the judge will be ordering.

For the governor's race? OK...
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« Reply #30 on: April 22, 2005, 07:46:40 AM »
Exactly!
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« Reply #31 on: April 25, 2005, 03:56:14 AM »
Quote from: Jesus on April 21, 2005, 05:05:41 PM
You're right Lewis, it was renamed in 1986. But the county name was changed, it was still King County, just "changed" who it was named after. But now they've added three new words to it; Martin, Luther, and Junior.
No. They didn't.
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« Reply #32 on: April 25, 2005, 09:09:19 PM »
Quote from: Lewis Trondheim on April 25, 2005, 03:56:14 AM
Quote from: Jesus on April 21, 2005, 05:05:41 PM
You're right Lewis, it was renamed in 1986. But the county name was changed, it was still King County, just "changed" who it was named after. But now they've added three new words to it; Martin, Luther, and Junior.
No. They didn't.

Care to explain?
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« Reply #33 on: April 26, 2005, 04:26:40 AM »
If I understood that article right (and this would also explain why most news agencies didn't bother reporting), they merely changed who it's named after. Exactly as the King County Council had done in 1986 - except that the King County Council had no authority whatever to do so.
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