Olympia Rep. Sam Hunt said he doesn’t think elected officials will be able to stop the venue change for the Governor’s Inaugural Ball.
The Jan. 16 ball is being held this year at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey instead of its traditional home at the state Capitol, a move many legislators oppose. Hunt said he and Secretary of State Sam Reed met with Dan Neuhauser, chairman of the committee organizing the ball, to urge reconsideration but was told a contract had been signed with St. Martin’s and invitations printed, and that the Capitol posed too many logistical problems. ”They basically blew us off,” Hunt said.
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2012/11/15/protests-not-stopping-move-of-governors-inaugural-ball-to-lacey/
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