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Washington: Peter Goldmark

February 5, 2009 - 08:39 pm
NEWS FEED: News Tribune

Goldmark voids another last-minute deal by Sutherland

Just before he left office, former state Lands Commissioner Doug Sutherland (former Tacoma mayor) signed a settlement and lease agreement with Taylor Shellfish for the harvest of geoducks on state lands.

New Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark says he isn't going to sign it. It's basically a do-over.

Taylor Shellfish is getting fined for harvesting geoducks from state lands without and lease and the company is now getting the lease they should have gotten in the first place, said Goldmark spokesman Aaron Toso.

"The lease and the settlement are separate issues," Toso said "But they were tied together (in Sutherland's deal) and the public didn't have a voice in the lease.

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Tue, 12/09/2008 - 12:50

Goldmark outlines lands commissioner priorities

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Public Lands Commissioner-elect Peter Goldmark issued a statement today declaring the guidelines by which he planned to run his office throughout the next four years.

"There is a nexus where science, sustainability, and economic opportunity meet and that point is where the policies of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources need to be," said Goldmark. "We face a terrible national economy and a difficult state budget, but those challenges will provide opportunities for green jobs and renewable energy on our public lands."

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Fri, 12/05/2008 - 19:31

Goldmark fills transition team

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Commissioner of Public Lands-elect Peter Goldmark (D-Okanogan) has announced his transition team today. It will be made up of seven groups specializing in the issues relevant to Goldmark's office, and will include of a number of elected officials and interest group leaders.

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Wed, 11/26/2008 - 04:16

Toso to join Goldmark's staff

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Aaron Toso, who was Gov. Chris Gregoire’s 2008 campaign spokesperson, has landed with Public Lands Commissioner-elect Peter Goldmark. Toso was on Gregoire's communications staff during her first term as governor, but resigned the post in April in order to work on the campaign.

He will be assisting Goldmark during his transition, which has reportedly been bumpy after incumbent Doug Sutherland refused to acknowledge defeat until days after the race had been called by numerous media outlets.

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Wed, 11/19/2008 - 16:37

Sutherland acknowledges loss to Goldmark

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Doug Sutherland (R-Tacoma), the outgoing public lands commissioner, has finally acknowledged that he has lost his race for a third consecutive term to Democrat Peter Goldmark.

Although Sutherland had an early lead on election night, Goldmark eventually came back to take a slim lead as more and more votes from King County, where Goldmark won with over 60 percent of the vote, were counted.

A number of news sources called the race for Goldmark last week, but Sutherland refused to concede, citing the fact that there were still thousands of votes remaining to be counted.

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Mon, 11/10/2008 - 21:10

Sutherland not giving up lands commissioner race yet

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Despite several news sources having called the lands commissioner race for Peter Goldmark (D-Okanogan), incumbent Doug Sutherland (R-Tacoma) is not ready to concede.

Sutherland is currently trailing Goldmark by just under 20,000 votes with fewer than a half million votes remaining. It is a sizeable advantage for Goldmark, but given the rightward trend of late-breaking votes, Sutherland told The Olympian's Brad Shannon this morning that he refuses to concede just yet.

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Thu, 11/06/2008 - 20:25

Goldmark, Dorn overturn incumbents

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

The Seattle Times has just called the races for lands commissioner and superintendent of public instruction, giving victories to challengers Peter Goldmark (D-Okanogan) and Eatonville's Randy Dorn.

Both races had been incredibly close since election night, but a new batch of ballots from King County pushed them over the top.

Goldmark leads incumbent Doug Sutherland (R-Tacoma) by 2 percent with 68 percent reporting, and Dron leads incumbent Terry Bergeson by 4 points with 62 percent reporting.

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Thu, 11/06/2008 - 20:16

Rep. Reichert up less than 2,000 after first King County ballot drop

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

With the latest batch of ballot results in from King County, one of the state's major races remains too close to call.

Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Auburn) still leads challenger Darcy Burner (D-Carnation) in the 8th Congressional District, but with thousands more ballots added to the fray he has not been able to increase his meager lead. With 63 percent reporting, Reichert leads by fewer than 2,000 votes out of more than 200,000 cast.

King County will do one more ballot drop tonight, as will Pierce County.

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 13:43

Politicker pundits: see what prominent state politicos have predicted

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Everyone is a pundit these days, telling anyone who will listen who they think will win the governor’s races, the 8th Congressional District race, the presidency and their own local elections. So PolitickerWA.com decided to help fan the flames of the state of punditry by giving some prominent political people a venue in which to share their prediction skills.

PolitickerWA.com received predictions on a handful of important races across the state from a number of elected officials, staffers, bloggers and academics. See what they had to say below.

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Sun, 11/02/2008 - 16:02

Sutherland feeling good about re-election chances

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

LONGVIEW -- Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands Doug Sutherland (R-Tacoma) took part in Dino Rossi’s “Road to Victory Tour” on Saturday to tell Cowlitz County Republicans about the importance of his re-election this fall.

Afterward, PolitickerWA.com spoke with Sutherland, who said he felt “pretty good” about his electoral chances. The latest SurveyUSA poll showed Sutherland leading his opponent Peter Gold mark (D-Okanogan) by two points, 45-43.

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