Monthly Archives: April 2007

Alberto Gonzales testified today in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He protested mightily that the firing of US Attorney’s had nothing to do with politics. You can see some of the more heated exchanges between Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) … Continue reading →

In 1998, there were no Democrats on the eastside of Lake Washington. Redmond, Kirkland, Bellevue and Mercer Island were all represented by Republicans. But, thousands of high-tech workers moved to work at companies like Microsoft in the mid-1990s changing the … Continue reading →

A number of our legislative representatives (Warnick, Hinkle, Armstrong, Condotta and Hankins) have signed on to a letter urging Burlington Northern to provide rail service from Quincy, WA to the Puget Sound area. They are frustrated because the legislature put … Continue reading →

Immigration – It’s much more than a Mexican issue – or is it? Immigration is once more percolating to the top of the political talk in the country and most certainly locally, where, of course, racism never enters into the … Continue reading →

Despite Sen. Janea Holmquist’s best efforts, the legislature will send a referendum to voters to make it easier for local school districts to get the support they need. If you haven’t been following this, Sen. Janea Holmquist thinks Olympia should … Continue reading →

Kelly Wright, a democratic activist from Snohomish County, took me to task for my post supporting a caucus system for picking a presidentail nominee…You can read his comments in italics and my response in bold. You can call Feb 5 … Continue reading →

The State House spent over 3 hours debating a bill about medically-accurate sex education. The Republicans spent more time on medically accurate sex education than the operating budget, the capital budget and the transportation budget combined. If you were wondering why … Continue reading →

Re: Yesterday’s article in the Yakima Herald-Republic.  Now there are four right-wing, anti-tax, anti-tribal rights, and anti-undocumented immigrant groups coming together to gather signatures for Initiative 966.  Of course, being Republican has nothing to do with this.  Of course, this … Continue reading →

If you go to Doc’s homepage, you will see something that we have all become so familiar with in Central Washington. It is the pathetic whining of someone who doesn’t have it in them to work across partisan lines to … Continue reading →

The Yakima Democrats put on a great event last night honoring one of our greatest Presidents. It looked like there were over 100 people there and one of the attendees said it was the biggest dinner ever! Democratic Party Chair … Continue reading →