{"id":2238202,"date":"2024-05-06T09:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T13:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spokane-county-treasurer-to-host-gop-powerhouse-event\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T09:39:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T13:39:46","slug":"spokane-county-treasurer-to-host-gop-powerhouse-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spokane-county-treasurer-to-host-gop-powerhouse-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Spokane County Treasurer to Host Republican Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspokane-county-treasurer-to-host-gop-powerhouse-event%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2238202&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Congressional candidate\u200b Michael Baumgartner is set\u200b to host Baumtoberfest, a\u2062 campaign \u200bevent at Spokane\u2019s German Hall on June 5. The gathering\u2062 will feature \u200cnotable figures like Kjerstin Bell, Nadine Woodward, Dino Rossi, Brian Heywood, and Melissa Williams. This event \u200dmarks\u2063 a strategic\u200b stop on Baumgartner&#8217;s campaign \u200btrail for the \u200d5th Congressional District \u200bseat. Additionally, Baumgartner&#8217;s event follows Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown&#8217;s recent address, where he responded to her tax \u2062proposal concerns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Congressional candidate Michael Baumgartner is hosting a campaign event next month among some of the more powerful political figures in eastern Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Baumtoberfest is set for June 5 at 5:30 p.m. in Spokane\u2019s German Hall on 25 W. 3rd Ave. Joining Baumgartner are Kjerstin Bell, former Fox 28 news anchor; Nadine Woodward, former mayor of Spokane; Dino Rossi, former state senator; Brian Heywood, founder of Let\u2019s Go Washington; and Melissa Williams, founder and CEO of Star Financial.<\/p>\n<p>The event is one of many stops along Baumgartner\u2019s campaign trail for the 5th Congressional District seat held by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who, after having the seat since 2005, announced she would not run for re-election.<\/p>\n<p>Baumgartner announced his Republican powerhouse event just days after Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown\u2019s inaugural State of the City address. Following her remarks on Tuesday, Baumgartner released a statement in response to the new mayor\u2019s controversial tax proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter hearing Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown call for massive property tax increases just months into her new position, I had a message for her: Seniors can\u2019t afford it,\u201d he said in the release.<\/p>\n<p>Brown took over office from Woodward in January following a contentious campaign. During Monday\u2019s regular meeting, Spokane City Council President Betsy Wilkerson said that the public safety levy was likely inevitable with the city\u2019s growing deficit even if Brown had not taken over.<\/p>\n<p>Baumgartner, currently treasurer of Spokane County, said it\u2019s not his job to assess property values or set taxes; however, seniors voice their struggles daily, noting the difficulty of living on a fixed income while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/property-taxes-climb-3-6-percent-across-u-s-to-339-8-billion\/\" title=\"Property Taxes Climb 3.6 Percent Across U.S. to 9.8 Billion\">property taxes continue<\/a> to rise.<\/p>\n<p>He called on Brown to take a different approach, bringing in other local governments to combat crime and homelessness \u201cbecause a giant property tax increase to pump more money into a broken system isn\u2019t a real solution,\u201d Baumgartner said.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican has raised more than any other candidate in the district, totaling more than $400,000. Democrat Carmela Conroy has raised the second most out of any candidate at around $150,000. However, Baumgartner has the most cash on hand, with more than $360,000 still available.<\/p>\n<p>Heywood, a hedge fund executive and the face of Let\u2019s Go Washington, funded six initiatives this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ron-desantis-flies-planes-full-of-illegal-immigrants-to-marthas-vineyard-report-says\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Ron DeSantis Flies Planes Full Of Illegal Immigrants To Martha\u2019s Vineyard, Report Says\">past legislative session<\/a>. While three passed the Legislature, voters will decide on the others this November.<\/p>\n<p>Initiatives 2111, 2113 and 2081, prohibiting the imposition or collection of income taxes, lowering the threshold for police to engage in a vehicular pursuit and establishing a parents\u2019 bill of rights related to their children\u2019s public school education, respectively, passed the Legislature this session and go into effect in June.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Initiatives 2117, 2109 and 2124 would repeal the state\u2019s Climate Commitment Act, repeal the capital gains tax and allow people to opt out of the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/battle-begins-over-three-revenue-cutting-initiatives-on-the-ballot-this-november\/\" title=\"Three revenue-cutting initiatives on the November ballot spark battle\">long-term care program<\/a>, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Baumgartner also hosts meet-and-greet events on May 9 and 10 in Clarkston and Pullman, leading up to Baumtoberfest.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican congressional candidate Michael Baumgartner will host Baumtoberfest on June 5 at Spokane\u2019s German Hall. The event will gather influential figures like former news anchor Kjerstin Bell and Nadine. Mark your calendars for this political gathering at 5:30 p.m. on 25 W. 3rd Ave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2238203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iStock-1417949846.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2238202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iStock-1417949846.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2238202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2238203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2238202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2238202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2238202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}