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Counties hold back forms as some leave party blank BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Above, Zach Weins, 8, admires Sparky the pug at the Rhody Festival’s Pet Parade on Thursday. At right, this year’s royalty takes a break at Fort Worden State Park. From left are Ambassador Eryn Reierson, Princesses Kayla Calhoun and Morgan Wilford and Queen Fiona Shaffer.
The state-funded primary election that ends Tuesday includes a party-allegiance ballot requirement that is clashing with the North Olympic Peninsula’s independent streak — and is costing taxpayer dollars to address. Election officials in Clallam and Jefferson counties said that more than 1,300 voters had failed to declare a Republican Party or Democratic Party affiliation by leaving the box blank next to a declaration statement on the envelope. The ballots are “held,” or set
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PORT TOWNSEND — The Grand Parade is the 81st Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival’s main event during Saturday’s grand finale, but for the fourth year, the picnic will take the cake. The Grand Parade will commence at 1 p.m. at the Port Townsend Fire Station, 701 Har-
Left box unchecked As of Wednesday, 855 Clallam County voters had not filled out the box declaring affiliation, Elections Supervisor Ken Hugoniot said. TURN TO PRIMARY/A7
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aside, while party declaration requests are mailed to the voters. The forms must be returned to county courthouses in Clallam and Jefferson counties by June 6, the day before the primary election results will be certified. Voters’ party affiliations become public information.
rison St., and travel down Lawrence Street, then turn right on Monroe Street and right again on Water Street and Quincy Street. The Cake Picnic will begin at Pope Marine Park immediately after the parade ends, estimated to be at about 2:30 p.m. or 3 p.m. There, 2,000 pieces of double chocolate cake will be served until supplies run out. The picnic’s float will be at the end of the parade. As it
passes, those on the sidelines are invited to join in and walk to the finish line. “Not very many people participated in the first two years, but last year, about 300 joined in,” organizer Danny Milholland said. “This year, a ton of people have committed to marching with us.” TURN
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PORT TOWNSEND — A three-way race formed Thursday for the two-year Position 1 state representative position being vacated by Kevin Van De Wege. Tammy Ramsay, a Hoquiam Democrat, and George Vrable, a Port Ludlow Republican, filed for the District 24 legislative seat, joining Mike Chapman, a Port Angeles Democrat now serv-
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ing on the Clallam County commission, who filed for the seat Monday. In other 24th District legislative races, Van De Wege, D-Sequim, is pitted against Danille Turissini of Port Ludlow, who filed with the preference of “Independent GOP Party,” for the 24th Legislative District Senate seat now occupied by Sen. Jim Hargrove, D-Hoquiam, who is retiring. TURN
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Hargrove: Lawmakers face hard decisions Retiring after 32 years at state capital BY ROB OLLIKAINEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — State lawmakers are faced with “tough decisions” in the coming years to solve the education funding problem, retiring state Sen. Jim Hargrove told Port Angeles business leaders this week. Hargrove, who announced in March that he would not seek reelection, said the state needs to come up with $7.3 billion to fulfil leftover obligations of the McCleary decision by the state Supreme Court and to cover the cost of a state initiative to lower class sizes.
“I believe they’re going to get it done,” Hargrove told Port Angeles Business Association members Tuesday. “We’ve gone right up to shutting government down a couple of times in this state, but we’ve got it done. And I believe that in this state that there still is the will to do that. “I just won’t be there to be in the middle of it.” Hargrove, 62, will retire when his current term expires at the end of this year. The Hoquiam Democrat has spent 32 years in the state Legislature, having served in the House of Representatives from 1985 to
1992 and the Senate since 1993. He represents the 24th Legislative District, which covers the North Olympic Peninsula and much of Grays Harbor County. Hargrove spent the past four years as the budget lead for the Senate Democrats. “There has not been a more ferocious and effective senator or representative on behalf of the 24th District,” said Phil Kitchel, PABA vice president and former Clallam County commissioner. “We will sorely miss him in the future.” Hargrove reflected on his tenure and the fiscal challenges of ROB OLLIKAINEN/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS the future in an hourlong talk at Retiring state Sen. Jim Hargrove received folding chairs, a the PABA breakfast meeting at bandana and motorcycle sunglasses from members of the Joshua’s Restaurant. Port Angeles Business Association. Hargrove is flanked by TURN TO HARGROVE/A7 PABA members Phil Kitchel and Edna Petersen. NEW 2016 Jeep
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