This is an archive of old Quaker Voice posts.
Specific bills to implement the priorities are indicated if available. Criminal Justice Restorative Justice (HB 1775): Support increased use of restorative justice programs as options for diversion of juvenile offenders Maintain and expand earned early release (SB 5866) and parole (HB 2521) Retain funding for alcohol and drug dependency treatment…
Safe and Just Alternatives, (a campaign of the Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and the ACLU) is organizing a Lobby Day on January 25, the same day there is a hearing on a bill to end the death penalty in Washington State. 9 am: Gather at St. John’s Episcopal Church, …
We the undersigned citizens of Port Townsend and Jefferson County petition you to protect our right to know about safety risks associated with the West Coast’s major weapons transfer depot NavMag Indian Island by specifically objecting to the National Defense Authorization Act Section 1014: Treatment under Freedom of Information Act…
Port Townsend residents and other concerned citizens have been attempting to obtain documents from the Navy regarding safety risks associated with the weapons transfer depot at Indian Island. Recently, they won a Supreme Court decision but the Navy has inserted into the Defense Authorization Act language that would nullify citizen…
The following resolution calling for cuts in military spending and specifically opposing the Bangor wharf expansion was composed and promoted by Port Townsend Friends. They brought it to the Jefferson County Democrats and it was adopted on June 28, 2011. CUT MILITARY SPENDING: DO NOT FUND THE EXPANSION OF THE EXPLOSIVES…
To the President and Our Members of Congress: In the face of record budget deficits and debt, and with so many urgent demands placed on that overstrained budget, we call upon you to find strategic and sensible ways to make deep cuts in Pentagon spending. The time has come…
The mission of the Friends Committee on Washington Public Policy is to express Quaker testimony and values in Washington State public affairs. Most frequently, this has meant that FCWPP has lobbied in Olympia for state legislation related to those concerns. But there are times when it is necessary to step…
The mission of the Friends Committee on Washington Public Policy is to express Quaker testimony and values in Washington State public affairs. Most frequently, this has meant that FCWPP has lobbied in Olympia for state legislation related to those concerns. But there are times when it is necessary to step…
Jefferson County Democrats on Tuesday night June 28, 2011) adopted the attached resolution calling for cuts in military spending and specifically opposing the Bangor wharf expansion. CUT MILITARY SPENDING: DO NOT FUND THE EXPANSION OF THE EXPLOSIVES HANDLING WHARF AT NAVAL BASE KITSAP/BANGOR WHEREAS, unprecedented budget deficits and national debt…
FCWPP Alert: Governor Gregoire is hesitating to sign the bill to regulate medical marijuana (SB 5073), which has passed both the House and the Senate, objecting that state employees might be prosecuted by the federal government for implementing the law.Can you let the Governor know that you support a regulatory…