Viva 4Culture!

What a night for advocates! We hope you were able to join us on Tuesday night at the Paramount Theatre for a terrific line-up of performances and accolades to and from political leaders we've come to know (and love)! If you want to live it all over or couldn't attend, check out some of great stories here and here about Party Like It's 5834.

Executive Dow Constantine, Senator White, Senator Murray, Representative Hunter, Representative Chopp, former Representative Louise Miller, and Councilmember Phillips were all there to soak up the love from the arts and heritage communities for helping pass our beloved ESSB 5834. 

The best part for us advocates was seeing and hearing nearly 1000 people CLAP, SHOUT and YELL thanks to YOU! Advocate4Culture was a force in this fight. Our voice was as loud as those West African drums that made our hearts pound. 

Individually may not have been on stage, but trust us advocates, you matter and you will be re-elected. Viva 4Culture!

YOU SAVED 4CULTURE!

Last night, at the 11th hour of the Special Session, ESSB 5834 passed the House. This bill maintains lodging tax revenues for 4Culture. Now the bill goes to Governor Gregoire for her signature.
THANK YOU. Coming soon will be details of a party to celebrate this win for our whole community. Look out for your invitation.
 

Please take a moment to thank all the senators and representatives (Democrats and Republicans) who voted "yea" at the critical moment. Copy and paste the following into your BCC field and send a quick note of thanks now. The more personal the better. 

glenn.anderson@leg.wa.gov, sherry.appleton@leg.wa.gov,mike.armstrong@leg.wa.gov, katrina.asay@leg.wa.gov, andy.billig@leg.wa.gov,reuven.carlyle@leg.wa.gov, bruce.chandler@leg.wa.gov, frank.chopp@leg.wa.gov,judy.clibborn@leg.wa.gov, eileen.cody@leg.wa.gov, j.darneille@leg.wa.gov,marylou.dickerson@leg.wa.gov, hans.dunshee@leg.wa.gov, deborah.eddy@leg.wa.gov,fred.finn@leg.wa.gov, joe.fitzgibbon@leg.wa.gov, david.frockt@leg.wa.gov,roger.goodman@leg.wa.gov, tami.green@leg.wa.gov, kathy.haigh@leg.wa.gov,larry.haler@leg.wa.gov, bob.hasegawa@leg.wa.gov, mike.hope@leg.wa.gov,zack.hudgins@leg.wa.gov, sam.hunt@leg.wa.gov, ross.hunter@leg.wa.gov,laurie.jinkins@leg.wa.gov, norm.johnson@leg.wa.gov, ruth.kagi@leg.wa.gov,phyllis.kenney@leg.wa.gov, steve.kirby@leg.wa.gov, connie.ladenburg@leg.wa.gov,marko.liias@leg.wa.gov, kristine.lytton@leg.wa.gov, marcie.maxwell@leg.wa.gov,john.mccoy@leg.wa.gov, mark.miloscia@leg.wa.gov, jim.moeller@leg.wa.gov,jeff.morris@leg.wa.gov, luis.moscoso@leg.wa.gov, tina.orwall@leg.wa.gov,jamie.pedersen@leg.wa.gov, eric.pettigrew@leg.wa.gov, chris.reykdal@leg.wa.gov,maryhelen.roberts@leg.wa.gov, christine.rolfes@leg.wa.gov, charles.ross@leg.wa.gov,cindy.ryu@leg.wa.gov, sharontomiko.santos@leg.wa.gov, larry.seaquist@leg.wa.gov,mike.sells@leg.wa.gov, larry.springer@leg.wa.gov, derek.stanford@leg.wa.gov,pat.sullivan@leg.wa.gov, dean.takko@leg.wa.gov, steve.tharinger@leg.wa.gov,dave.upthegrove@leg.wa.gov, kevin.vandewege@leg.wa.gov,maureen.walsh@leg.wa.gov, judy.warnick@leg.wa.gov, jt.wilcox@leg.wa.gov,hans.zeiger@leg.wa.gov, randi.becker@leg.wa.gov, lisa.brown@leg.wa.gov,maralyn.chase@leg.wa.gov, steve.conway@leg.wa.gov, jerome.delvin@leg.wa.gov,tracey.eide@leg.wa.gov, joe.fain@leg.wa.gov, karen.fraser@leg.wa.gov,jim.hargrove@leg.wa.gov, nick.harper@leg.wa.gov, brian.hatfield@leg.wa.gov,marymargaret.haugen@leg.wa.gov, mike.hewitt@leg.wa.gov, andy.hill@leg.wa.gov,steve.hobbs@leg.wa.gov, jim.kastama@leg.wa.gov, karen.keiser@leg.wa.gov,derek.kilmer@leg.wa.gov, curtis.king@leg.wa.gov, adam.kline@leg.wa.gov,jeanne.kohl-welles@leg.wa.gov, steve.litzow@leg.wa.gov,rosemary.mcauliffe@leg.wa.gov, bob.morton@leg.wa.gov,edward.murray@leg.wa.gov, linda.parlette@leg.wa.gov, kevin.ranker@leg.wa.gov,debbie.regala@leg.wa.gov, phil.rockefeller@leg.wa.gov, mark.schoesler@leg.wa.gov,dan.swecker@leg.wa.gov, scott.white@leg.wa.gov, joseph.zarelli@leg.wa.gov 

 

Thank you again for all your work. We made this happen together.