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Here is the Decline to Sign flyer .   There are two to a page to save printing costs.  It's fairly basic but we wanted to hit the biggest charter issues.  Where to take these?  First, consider going local (but there are other venues as well): - farmers market near you - ferries - supermarkets - Target - UW - Red Square (better on weekdays) Sat 3 p.m./Sun 2:00 p.m. US 2012 Olympic Team Trials for Diving - could get to people from all over the state King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way  Friday,  June 22nd - King of the Beach Volleyball sign-ups at Alki in West Seattle , 6 p.m. Sat, June 23rd  -Rock n' Roll Half/Marathon, Seattle Center, 7 am to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 24th -Gay Pride parade 11 am - starts at 4th and Union to Denny Way and 2nd. Plus tons of other events. Beacon Rocks!  Beacon Hill festival from 1-5 p.m. Tuesday, June 26th - June 26th - Foster the People concert at WaMu theater at 8 p.m Where not to g...

The judge in Superior Court heard the challenge to Initiative 1240 yesterday and rejected most of WEA's reasoning (with a few tweaks).    Stand for Children issued a statement saying all the changes from the WEA had been rejected but apparently they don't bother to keep up with what actually happens in court.  They say they will use a combination of volunteer and paid signature gatherers (but there is no legal way to find out how many of each but I suspect an ARMY of paid).  They need about 250,000 signatures to be on the ballot but it would be good to get at least 300,000 for safety's sake. The title now says "Initiative Measure No. 1240 concerns creation of a public charter school system." I totally agree with this as voters need to know this is a system and not just a few schools. The concise description is still over by 3 words but the WEA missed that. Bill Gates has given $200k to the cause and Nick Hanauer has kicked in money as well.  It ...

Join my new Facebook group - Decline to Sign - Charter-Free Washington.   It's pretty simple - when (if) this charter initiative gets out to petitions, just Decline to Sign .  Getting it on the ballot is NOT an invitation to discussion (despite what the Times' says/thinks).  If they want a discussion, the time is NOW , not after it's on the ballot.  Tell your friends, neighbors, family members, co-workers and fellow PTA members, Decline to Sign. The way the timeline works out, the coalition that is pushing this may have between 2 weeks to 10 days to get signatures. I spoke with the Secretary of State's office to make sure I understood the timeline for the pro-charter folks to get this on the ballot. 1) Their initiative is now being reviewed by the Code Reviser's office.  That could be up to a week (although the person I spoke to said the language was already well-written).  May 21-May 25 2) Then it goes back to the pro-charter ...