01/17/2008: "AG McKenna, & Rossi In SJC Saturday"

ig_McKenna_Rossi (37k image) State Attorney General Rob McKenna and Governor Candidate Dino Rossi will be coming to San Juan County this weekend for a number of speaking engagements on Orcas, San Juan and Lopez.

Orcas has the first event on Friday night at the American Legion on Crescent Beach at 5:30 pm. Rob McKenna, who recently defended the people's right to initiative before the state Supreme Court, will be speaking at the Orcas Dinner.

The initiative that Rob defended was the I-960 issue on the fall ballot -not the local Storm Water Initiative. Initiative 960 passed the state, helping to close loopholes to slow the raising of our taxes once again. Contact persons on Orcas are Bob and Terry Cairns at 376-5802

Saturday starts out on Lopez with a luncheon at 12 noon at Woodman Hall. Dino Rossi (photo left) and Doug Roulstone will speak at that event. Darlene Demetrick is the person to call for reservations at 468-2043. Both Lopez and Orcas events are by donation at the door.

On Saturday night there will be a social hour at 5:30 pm and dinner at 6:30 pm, at the Yacht Club on San Juan Island, and is already a “already a packed out event” to hear Dino Rossi Speak. John Towson at (360) 378-3843 may be contacted for further information.

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Doug Roulstone will make an appearance at all three dinners. The events are being sponsored by the San Juan County Republican Party in honor of Abraham Lincoln, and are an annual Lincoln Day Dinner event in San Juan County

The events also kicks off the Party activities for the year, which are many in this presidential election year. The County Party will be holding caucuses on February 9th and the County Convention on March 29th, 2008. These events will result in the election of delegates to the Washington State Republican Party convention later in the year, all culminating with the November elections