Monthly Archives: August 2007

There’s still a few more absentee ballots out there but the candidates for Ellensburg City Council who were endorsed by the Kittitas County Democrats did very well in yesterday’s primary. Here’s an excerpt from the Ellensburg Daily Record on yesterday’s … Continue reading →

From The Tri City Herald: ” Old Porch Dog to howl no more? “

…but I’m 100% behind the teachers in the Moses Lake School District who are fighting for maller classroom sizes, special-education class-size limits, assistance in overcrowded classrooms and a salary increase. According to the Columbia Basin Herald, the teachers from the … Continue reading →

The AP reports that turnout for tomorrow’s primary should be around 33% statewide.

Chris Mulick from the Tri City Herald did a blog post about Sen. Jim Clement’s support from the “left”. He mentioned one of our post from a Yakima Democrat who posted that we should support Jim Clements. I thought it … Continue reading →

The Attorney General’s office and Washington CTED have put together a report on gas prices in Washington. Here’s the average price of gas by county in 2007: Here’s the report.

According to today’s Yakima Herald: “The Board of Yakima County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a ballot question that will ask whether people support the increase as a way to fund road improvements. The nonbinding “advisory” vote on Nov. 6 won’t … Continue reading →

Survey USA, a national polling company, does a monthly survey of Governor favorability ratings in all 50 states. They ran their survey in Washington State on July 19th. Governor Gregoire has a 54% approval rating. However in eastern washington, the … Continue reading →

In case y’all missed this…. It’s a devastating blow by blow account of the errors, midjudgments and idiocy of George Bush’s inept handling of Afghanistan.

I watched the discussion yesterday on Meet The Press between Harold Ford, Jr. (the head of the “centrist” DLC) and Markos Moulitsas, the founder of the Daily Kos. It was supposed to be a riveting discussion about the future of … Continue reading →