Government doesn't make it easy to pay the twice-a-year bill if you have paid off your mortgage or opt out of packing your taxes into the monthly mortgage payment. While lawmakers and tax officials work to make the system friendlier to multiple small payments, here are some options.
Last week, cars and passengers disembarking the San Juan Islands route at Anacortes were met by feds who inquired about everyone's citizenship. Normally, no big deal. But this checkpoint was for a boat that had not been to Canada. The government isn't saying much about it, but islanders are buzzing.
A new Washington Poll [http://www.washingtonpoll.org/results.html] shows that if the presidential election were held today, Arizona Sen. John McCain would barely edge New York Sen. Hillary Clinton but lose badly to Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in Washington state. The survey of 300 registered state v
And CenturyLink, the state's largest provider of good old hardwired phone service, is happy as can be.
