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Calendar of Events
| Date | Time | Place | Description |
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 |
1:30 - 4:30 pm |
New Everett Theatre
2911 Colby Avenue
Everett, WA 98201 |
Universal Healthcare - What Should it Be & How Do We Get It?.
Featuring the following forum of speakers:
John Geyman, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, U.W. School of Medicine.
Grant Hendrickson, Ph.D., former Trustee of Group Health Cooperative;
Don Howard, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman, CellNetix Pathology and Laboratories, Seattle
Kathleen O'Connor, founder and CEO of CodeBlueNow!, a national grass-roots organization that examines health care system issues and solutions
Washington State Senator Rosemary McAuliffe
and sponsored by:The League of Women Voters of Snohomish County, The League of Women Voters of Bellingham/Whatcom County,
AAUW +Everett; Communities of Color Coalition; Health Care for All--Snohomish, Washington State Council of County and City Employees, Council 2; Health Care for All - Washington; The New Everett Theatre; and The League of Women Voters of Seattle. LWV Kitsap and WA State Psychological Assn.
To Carpool to this event please contact Tanya Baumgart @ CoPres1@LWVbellinghamwhatcom.org or 671-5172
Or Directions are as follows: Take I-5 south to Everett Avenue Exit. Follow Everett Ave. west to Colby Ave. Turn left (south) on Colby. Theatre is 2 blocks south on your left.
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
6 - 9pm |
varies |
LWV of Bellingham Whatcom County Board Meeting.
The board of directors meet for discussion of ongoing programs, studies and projects. If you need to contact someone regarding an issue for the board, please call our League phone @ 360-734-2366
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| Saturday, May 17, 2008 |
9:45 -12 noon |
Bellingham Public Library
Downstairs Meeting Room
210 Central Avenue
Bellingham, WA 98225 |
Annual Meeting.
10 AM - 10:50 AM Town Hall Meeting ~ open to public ~ an opportunity to hear from Mayor Dan Pike. Immediately following Mayor Pike's forum,all non-League members will be excused (unless you'd like to join at this time), so that members can conduct the Annual Business Meeting.
11 AM - noon Annual Business Meeting where members have the opportunity to give their directions to the board for the following year, vote on the budget, and program. Only members may vote. BRING YOUR ANNUAL PACKETS!!
12:30 PM Following the meeting members are invited to join us for a No-Host Lunch at Pastazza. We have reserved the separate room and expect to have a delicious lunch with great conversation. If you would like to come, please call 734-2366 and leave your RSVP. (Pastazza would prefer to have a headcount so reserving your spot is very helpful.)
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| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 |
6:30 PM |
Bellingham Senior Activity Center
310 Halleck Street
Bellingham, WA 98225 |
Public Hearing of Proposed Merger & Rates Increase of PSE.
Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission (WUTC) will hold a public hearing to allow public commentary on a proposed merger to transfer ownership of Puget Energy and its subsidiery Puget Sound Energy to an international collection of infrastructure investors. The new ownership will be comprised as follows:
1. Macquarie Infrastructure Partners - 31.8%
2. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board - 28.1%
3. Macquarie Capital Group Ltd. - 15.9%
4. British Columbia Investment Management Corporation - 14.1%
5. Alberta Investment Management - 6.3%
6. Macquarie-FSS Infrastructure Trust - 3.7 percent
Please note that 1. Macquarie Infrastructure Partners originates from an investment bank in Australia, and that the two following Macquarie companies (3 & 6), while located in the US, stem from the same original investment bank in Australia. The new owners of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy add up to 51.4% Australian owned (albeit not technically since two of the companies are located in the US) and 48.5% Canadian owned. This merger puts our local electrical energy supplies into foreign ownership. Is this what we want? The merger was already signed in October and is pending approval by the WUTC. The public is represented by the Public Counsel Section of the Washington Attorney General's Office. You can contact the office at:
Public Counsel
Assistant Attorney General
800 5th Avenue, Suite 2000
Seattle, WA 98104-3188
You may make comment to the UTC by:
1. attend the meeting
2. in writing - UTC, PO Box 47250, Olympia, WA 98504-7250
3. by telephone at: 1-800-562-6150
4. via UTC web form: http://www.utc.wa.gov/comment
5. by email at: comments@utc.wa.gov
6. by fax at: 360-664-4281
Please reference docket number U-072375 (merger) in your correspondence
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