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	<title>The North Coast News &#187; 2009 &#187; November &#187; 04</title>
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		<title>Fun break: Caption This Photo contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From our man Gary Iversen (&#8220;The Ansel Adams of Duck Lake,&#8221; as I like to call him). Note from photographer: &#8220;yes, he can get out.&#8221;

	
	iversen cage squirrel web

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		<title>RIG the Paper tomorrow</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers Input Group (&#8220;R.I.G. the Papper&#8220;), 10 a.m., at the Library. Agenda: the recent votes, fix-the-budget suggestions, EMS funding alternatives . . . and a special guest star.
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		<title>More bad news</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Art Wuerth, the Real Estate Excise Tax (REET) will be depleted by mid 2012.
Funding for the $4.7 million fire station is being paid by REET.
&#8220;Based on 2008 &#38; 2009 levels of REET distributions, REET insufficient to cover future debt service.&#8221; The new fire station is being funded by a 25-year loan.
&#8220;It seemed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worst case scenario</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was an all-day &#8220;budget study session&#8221; on Wednesday, hours after preliminary data showing the EMS levy/&#8221;lid lift&#8221; was decisively defeated. Previously, in making its preliminary 2010 budget, the City of Ocean Shores assumed the levy would pass. It almost certainly will fail.
At Wednesday&#8217;s budget meeting, after department heads gave overviews, finance director Art Wuerth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enjoy the day, tomorrow will be rough</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weather.com forecast for our area tomorrow: Windy with rain early&#8230;then remaining cloudy with thundershowers in the afternoon. High around 55F. Winds S at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90%. 1 to 2 inches of rain expected. Winds could occasionally gust over 50 mph. 
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		<title>Budget Study Session</title>
		<link>http://www.northcoastnews.com/2009/11/04/budget-study-session-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not present, as the all-day study session begins at the Convention Center: councilmen Dave Creighton, Nick Johnson and Mike Patrick. (Jackie Farra is also not present; council member-to-be John Lynn just walked in the room. Update: Farra just arrived.) Mayor Dean Bunkers&#8216; introduction went over the city&#8217;s organizational chart, noting there are now 82 full-time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al Lizakowski&#8217;s reaction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comments from city officials will be coming later today, will be at the all-day budget &#8220;study session.&#8221; This is from Lizakowski, the loud voice of &#8220;No on Prop 1&#8243;
&#8220;My reaction is that the Ocean Shores voters have sent the message to the city that they should seek new sources of revenue with the resources they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And now what?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assuming the &#8220;lid lift&#8221; is rejected, what are some options? Here are a few:

A) Panic, lay off a batch of paramedics and say &#8220;well, that&#8217;s what people want&#8221;
B) Focus energy to wish ill and injury on those who voted against Prop 1
C) Try to improve ambulance collections, and, realizing collections almost always take time, look [...]]]></description>
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