Monthly Archives: March 2007

Kittitas County is looking for a little economic development help from the state legislature this year. Specifically, they want $3.8 million to start a horse park in Cle Elum. You can read about it here. To quote Sen. Holmquist, ” … Continue reading →

Whoo, boy! You should see the rhetoric fly in this press release about the budget that passed out of the House. See it here: http://www.houserepublicans.wa.gov/hankins/newsroom/070326.htm If they think that budget is irresponsible, I wonder what they think of the President. … Continue reading →

We will continue to hear from Republicans that we need to support our troops. Of course we do. We will also hear that we want the Middle East to be stable. That’s right. What we don’t hear from Republicans is … Continue reading →

Hello everybody.  Big Bill here.  I just wanted to update you on the Emploee Free Choice Act.  I wrote about its passage in the US House of Representatives a few weeks ago.  The US Senate is finally starting hearings.  Although … Continue reading →

The Seattle P-I did a good story today on the effect of a poison known as “PBDE’s” on our health and the environment. The Washington State Council Of Firefighters and the Washington Association of Fire Chiefs are supporting banning these … Continue reading →

While the President has put the country billions and billions of dollars in debt, the democrats in Washington have consistently balanced the budget and even put money aside in a rainy day fund. They even balanced the budget during tough … Continue reading →

As expected, the six Republican representatives from Central Washington’s 13th, 14th and 15th Legislative Districts voted no yesterday when the House passed its $33.4 billion two-year, state operating budget by party line 62-35. That’s the money that pays for the … Continue reading →

McCranium in the Tri-Cities has the whole scoop. The Son-In-Law even makes some cryptic comments in the comments section of the McCranium post!

Carmen Streiff, a longtime party activist who resides in Terrace Heights, a Yakima suburb, is the new chair of the 13th Democratic Legislative District- that is comprised mainly of Grant and Kittitas counties plus a portion of Yakima County. Streiff, … Continue reading →