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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks, Chris. You saved lots of folks the two hour wait to hear such.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Roger Hawkes, WSBA # 5173<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hawkes Law Firm, P.S. and Sky Valley Lawyers, PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Office: 19944 Ballinger Way NE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> Shoreline, WA 98155<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> 423 Main, Sultan, WA 98294<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> Voice: 206 367 5000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> Fax: 206 367 4005<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris B<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 16, 2020 1:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Government Orders re: Closures of Businesses<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m sure all of you list-serv-ites are inundated with calls from clients asking for specific guidance on the closures of restaurants and public gathering places.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yet when I look on the web, all I saw was press releases and news stories, not the actual government action (with citation to statutes and WACs). This morning, I contacted Dow Constantine’s office and he shared with me the official King
County Health Department order (attached for your reference and benefit).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FYI, I spent almost two hours on hold with Governor Inslee’s office and was eventually told once someone picked up that (at least as of 12:30 PM) he hadn’t yet signed any official order, but that he would be doing so later today.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here you go, for King County at least.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chris Benis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Hecker, Wakefield & Feilberg, P.S.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">321 First Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">206.447-1900 office – 206.447.9075 fax – www. heckerwakefield.com
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