Everett Daily Herald, January 11, 2015

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Don Gough criticizes Lynnwood budget decisions and transparency in many, occasionally insulting, memos and notes to city leadership. By Rikki King Herald Writer

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Brice Kilcup, of Sedro-Woolley, celebrates an interception by Richard Sherman in the first quarter of the Seahawks’ playoff victory Saturday over the Carolina Panthers at CenturyLink Field. The Seahawks will host the winner of today’s Dallas-Green Bay matchup at 12:05 p.m. Jan. 18 for the NFC Championship and a berth to the Super Bowl. See Sports for complete coverage of Saturday’s 31-17 victory.

Legislative preview for 2015 2015 session will open Monday with lots of problems on the agenda but not many solutions in the budget. By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer

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OLYMPIA — State lawmakers know the questions they’ll address when the 2015 session begins Monday. Answering them, however, won’t be easy or cheap. Legislators are under pressure to respond to a state Supreme Court mandate on education funding, a voter-approved initiative mandating smaller class sizes and a citizenry agitating for fixes for and expansion of the transportation system. Satisfying those demands could cost billions of dollars the state doesn’t have. So the legislative session’s 105 days — and any extra time — will be largely spent figuring out where that money might come from. A suggestion by Gov. Jay Inslee, that the money come from

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new taxes on carbon emissions and capital gains, will certainly color the conversation among lawmakers who have been anticipating the session’s challenges for months. “It’s a serious mood and a contemplative mood,” Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, said of her colleagues’ attitudes. “I see a great earnestness to tackle these issues in a serious way.” Reaching agreements could prove especially demanding this year because the Legislature is almost evenly split between Democrats (75) and Republicans (72), and each party controls one chamber. Democrats have a 51-47 edge in the House, their smallest

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numeric margin since 2002. In the Senate, Republicans hold 25 seats for their first majority since 2004. They will be joined in their caucus by a renegade centrist Democrat. The near split “forces deliberations and forces conversations that maybe we have not had in the past at this level,” House Minority Leader Dan Kristiansen, R-Snohomish, said Thursday at an event hosted by The Associated Press. “There is going to be forced dialogue. There is going to be forced compromise if we are going to get out of here in 105 days.”

Budget battles The overriding task is writing new operating, capital-construction and transportation budgets for state government for the twoyear period starting July 1. The spotlight will be on the operating budget, which covers the day-to-day costs of state agencies and provides dollars for

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public schools and colleges. That is where new revenue will go as the Legislature seeks to comply with the so-called McCleary state Supreme Court case. Justices ordered the state government to pay the full price of basic education in public schools to comply with the state constitution. Justices in September found lawmakers in contempt for failing to submit a plan as to how they will comply by a 2018 deadline. But the court put off punishing them to see what happens this session. Democrats are talking about adding another $1.3 billion to schools, plus at least $250 million to give teachers a cost-of-living raise, which voters mandated when they passed Initiative 732 in 2000. A budget proposed by Inslee in December outlines a similar approach on McCleary. Republicans say $750 million is the sum needed in the next See PREVIEW, Page A8

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LYNNWOOD — Former Lynnwood Mayor Don Gough lost re-election in 2013, but he didn’t stop paying attention to local government. Instead, he’s spent months writing memos to the new leadership accusing them of running the city into the ground and even likening Don Gough them to monkeys. He sent his first note 10 minutes before his term ended. He’s also behind a lawsuit accusing Lynnwood’s transportation benefit district of breaking public meetings laws. In an interview, Gough said his message has been clear: “You’re

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