Ross Hunter

Month: December 2009

  • EPA Response to Industry Phase-Out of DECA-BDE

    I worked hard (successfully) to eliminate the use of this chemical in Washington. The ban spread to other states. The companies have finally thrown in the towel and are switching to a presumably better product. It’s nice to win one every now and then. DECA-BDE is incredibly bad for children and more than a million…

  • Thanks for attending my telephone town hall

    Thanks for attending my telephone town hall

    We made almost 30,000 calls to people in the 48th district tonight. Over 6000 attended part of the town hall, with about 500 people on the call for most of the time, and 160 die-hards who stayed until the end. I’ve never had more than 200 people at a town hall before, so this reached…

  • New Newsletter Available

    I emailed out a newsletter today. I’m attaching a link to the PDF version of it – this is somewhat easier to print out and read if you’re a print person. 2009-12-15 Newsletter I expect to produce much more regular newsletters now that we are approaching the session. Please let me know if there is…

  • Telephone Town Hall

    I’m trying a new thing this year – a “telephone” town hall. I sit with a headset and we have an autodialer call as many of you as we can. We give you the opportunity to stay on the call if you want to participate. Others who have done this have had thousands of people…

  • WSDOT report: SR 520 project leads to better travel times for buses and carpools

    WSDOT emailed out their periodic status report on Eastside transportation stuff today and these tidbits about comments on the SR 520 project came in. We would value comments on the work product of the  “SR 520 Legislative Workgroup,” of which I am a member. My opinions about the design of the bridge focus on how…