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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:pswegle@gmail.com">Paul S</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>Date:</B></I> 3/20/2019 1:45:49 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:undisclosed-recipients:,">undisclosed-recipients:,</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>Subject:</B></I> Update re Yesterday's Testimony re ESHB 1788 to repeal the Bar Act</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>These are my own views.</B><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>Feel free to share this email. </B></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>If you wish to get on my email list, let me know at <A href="mailto:pswegle@gmail.com">pswegle@gmail.com</A>.</B></DIV>
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<DIV>Hello fellow WSBA Members,<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>I, two other WSBA Governors (Kyle Sciuchetti and Alec Stephens), and President Elect Rajeev Majumdar testified yesterday before the Washington Senate Law and Justice Committee. </DIV>
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<DIV>Here's a link to the video - <A href="https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2019031204">Testimony Video</A> <B>Our testimony begins at 1:22:19</B><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>The testimony of <B>Rick Bartholomew</B> (<B>1:42:30) </B>and <B>Jean Cotton</B> (<B>1:49:50</B>) is also worth watching. Both favorably discussed the "reform" movement within the WSBA in an attempt to win over legislators still angry over pre-reform conduct by the WSBA. </DIV>
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<DIV>In summary, the current version of ESHB 1788 is strongly supported by Mr. Pedersen, who is extremely influential within the Senate. </DIV>
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<DIV>As you can see from the video, he seemed unmoved by our testimony. </DIV>
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<DIV>I have sent Chair Pedersen and the Committee <U>the attached follow-up testimony</U> to rebut two statements he made about the legislation - i.e., (i) that ESHB 1788 doesn't create any more of a <I>state agency</I> than what is in place now and (ii) that it doesn't terminate the legal existence of the WSBA. </DIV>
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<DIV>In meetings with individual senators yesterday, we learned that the success of the legislation to date has largely been due to a strong dislike for the WSBA by many legislators who feel the WSBA has been aloof, arrogant, Seattle-centric, overly political, and dismissive of the rights of the Members. We also heard numerous accusations that the WSBA is insensitive to the impact of high dues on its Members. <BR></DIV>
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<DIV>In short they sounded a lot like WSBA "reformers," except that they were wholly unaware of our reform efforts. There was palpable anger and a strong desire for revenge (one law maker used that term) because of the WSBA's wrongful and anti-democratic interference with the dues rollback petition in January of 2017. </DIV>
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<DIV>Even though we tried to tell legislators privately that reformers now hold a majority on the Board of Governors, we were told it would be hard to reverse the reputation damage that has been done by years of heavy-handed, aloof and highly political conduct. </DIV>
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<DIV>Needless to say, we were somewhat disappointed. </DIV>
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<DIV>We did, however, receive some words of support and some suggestions for continuing the legislative fight, which we intend to do. I won't mention those suggestions here, because there are still some folks in power who would like to see this legislation go through and we know they are working against us to support it - perhaps for positions in the newly constituted entity or for other political favors. And certainly to get rid of the Board of Governors and any form of Member representation.... </DIV>
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<DIV>Please help us fill legislators' inboxes with polite, thoughtful statements in opposition to ESHB 1788. </DIV>
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<DIV>A good, simple message would be:</DIV>
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<DIV><I>"Repealing the Bar Act is premature, unwarranted and unhelpful. Let the Structure Committee do its work to see what, if any, legislation would be useful to address pending constitutional challenges and other concerns. There are far too many unintended consequences and unknowns with ESHB 1788 that could be difficult or impossible to fix later."</I></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Here is a link to <A href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1788&Year=2019&Initiative=false">ESHB 1788</A> with a handy "Comment on the bill" link. </DIV>
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<DIV>It is still helpful to send comments to members of the House, since they will need to review and approve any amendments approved by the Senate. </DIV>
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<DIV>Here is a <A href="http://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/LAW/Pages/MembersStaff.aspx">link to the Senate Law and Justice Committee</A>, with contact info for all the members. </DIV>
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<DIV>And for easy reference, below are the email addresses for the Senate Law and Justice Committee members, whom you can address as: </DIV>
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<DIV>"Dear Chair Pedersen and Members of the Law and Justice Committee,"</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="mailto:jamie.pedersen@leg.wa.gov">jamie.pedersen@leg.wa.gov</A>,</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:manka.dhingra@leg.wa.gov">manka.dhingra@leg.wa.gov</A>,</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:mike.padden@leg.wa.gov">mike.padden@leg.wa.gov</A>,</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:jeff.holy@leg.wa.gov">jeff.holy@leg.wa.gov</A>,</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:Patty.Kuderer@leg.wa.gov">Patty.Kuderer@leg.wa.gov</A>,</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:jesse.salomon@leg.wa.gov">jesse.salomon@leg.wa.gov</A>,</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:Lynda.Wilson@leg.wa.gov">Lynda.Wilson@leg.wa.gov</A></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Here is a <A href="http://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Senators/Pages/default.aspx">LINK</A> where you can find contact info for your Senator and for all of the other Senators (if in doubt, see the email address protocol used in the above email addresses). </DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you for your support and assistance. Let's keep working together to save and to improve the WSBA. </DIV>
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<DIV>Sincerely, </DIV>
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<DIV>Paul S. </DIV>
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