Larry Seaquist In the Press

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In the News

Cut the Ferries Desk Staff By Half
Kitsap Sun | LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Larry Seaquist | 07/19/2008
We need to chop the ferry system headquarters staff in half. The Legislature's study of the ferry system found that about 320 people drive desks in downtown Seattle — 20 percent of the total staff.

City trying to catch up on decade of building needs
The Peninsula Gateway | Chuck Hunter | 06/30/2008
Larry Seaquist, D-Gig Harbor, got the city a $1 million state capital earmark for an urgent sewer project.

Kids — young and old — experience sea life at minus tide
The Peninsula Gateway | Hugh McMillan | 06/25/2008
Larry Seaquist, D-Gig Harbor, joined kids and families to learn about sea life on a Key Peninsula beach.

Familiar Destroyer Will Be Sunk in Naval Exercises
Kitsap Sun | Ed Friedrich | 06/25/2008
Mothballed Navy destroyer is towed away. Larry Seaquist, D-Gig Harbor, served as the destroyer's second commanding officer, from 1981 to 1983.

Festival Lines Up Full Slate of Entertainment and Information
Kitsap Sun | Christopher Dunagan | 06/21/2008
An environment futures project led by Larry Seaquist, D-Gig Harbor prompted Kitsap County Commissioner to launch the first Great Peninsula Future Festival.

State Legislators Visiting UW Campus
UW Capitol Upday | Randy Hodgins | 06/20/2008
Larry Seaquist (D-Gig Harbor) paid a visit to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation IHME) yesterday to learn more about their work. Rep. Seaquist was a supporter of the UW’s 2008 supplemental budget request to provide…

Bremerton Schools: Mandates, Money Go Hand in Hand
Kitsap Sun | Rachel Pritchett | 06/03/2008
Representatives Larry Seaquist, Christine RolfesKathy Haigh and Pat Lantz; and state Sen. Derek Kilmer met with Bremerton School Superintendent Bette Hyde and the Bremerton School Board to review school funding.

Energy and growth planning keep officials busy Wednesday
Kitsap Sun | Chris Dunagon | 05/01/2008
Larry Seaquist, D-Gig Harbor, organized a day-long Energy Innovations Summit at the Bremerton Convention Center.

Seaquist Vision for Ferries Exceeds Minor Changes
Kitsap Sun | Ed Friedrich | 04/08/2008
Larry Seaquist said Tuesday. The Gig Harbor Democrat, a member of a Joint Transportation Committee policy group on ferries, weighed in after the group heard from new ferry director Moseley.

OC to Offer ‘Green Collar' Job Training for New Vets
Kitsap Sun | Andrew Binion | 04/03/2008
Larry Seaquist, D-Gig Harbor, who attended the meeting was credited with ensuring the money was included in the state's supplemental budget.

For Rumsfeld, Many Roadblocks6/30/2008
Washington Post | Thomas E. Ricks | 08/07/2001
Larry identifies the problem of the incompetence of the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld team very early in the new Bush administration – before 9/11: I think it is pretty bad," said Larry Seaquist, who worked in the Cheney-era Pentagon. Seaquist said that senior career officials at the Pentagon, who had expected to work with professionals, "now fear they're shackled to incompetence." A surprising number of experts say military transformation …

FOR RONALD REAGAN, THE CEREMONIES STIR PRIDE AND PATRIOTISM
The New York Times | Bernard Weinraub | 07/05/1986
President Reagan congratulates Battleship IOWA Captain Larry Seaquist after sailing through New York harbor aboard the ship during the International Naval Salute watched by hundreds of millions around the world.

What have they done for us lately?
North Kitsap Herald | |
Larry Seaquist (D-Gig Harbor). "We need to think about new routes, and new ways to move people around. And King County Metro needs to integrate itself better with ferry schedules.

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