2010 Legislative Session Report & Politics Primer
Monday, April 12, 2010, 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m. Networking |
Red Lion Hotel at the Park |
$15 per ACEC Washington Member. $25 per non-member.
EVENT INFORMATION
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. ~ Pericles, 446 B.C.
Liability issues, licensing, MTCA tax and the 520 Bridge all had their fifteen minutes of fame in a session otherwise dominated by closing the massive budget deficit. The threat of B&O tax increases on A/E firms in both the Senate and House budget proposal became the "elephant in the living room" in what, up that point, had been a pretty uneventful session.
How did it all turn out? As of this writing, we don't know. Come have breakfast with us on March 23rd, and hopefully Cliff Webster will have it all sorted out by then. Cliff will describe for us what happened, what are the implications, and where do we go from here.
Following the report, Cliff and Bill Garrity will have a conversation about building an effective grassroots program, including answering questions such as:
- Why is it important?
- What are the rules, protocols and processes one needs to know to be effective?
- What are the opportunites for engineers to become citizen "lobbyists?"
- When is a PAC unnecessary?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~ Plato
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