Monthly Archives: October 2007

I predict by many, many more votes this time. Dino Rossi has decided to rechallenge our Governor and will make an announcement in Spokane on Thursday.

I’m very proud of our local Kittitas County Democrats for getting out on a slightly rainy, chilly day yesterday and supporting our candidates and campaigns. We had 14 people out in Ellensburg and got out about 1,000 pieces of literature … Continue reading →

We spend months electing people. We have them sit through hours and hours of hearings listening to testimony. We have them argue and debate with other elected officials. Then, if Tim Eyman had his way, voters would then make all … Continue reading →

There’s a new group out there called Fuse. It’s modeled after Moveon.org but it’s focused on local issues that affect people here in Washington State. Their first campaign is working to stop a coal plant on the Columbia River (I’m … Continue reading →

First, we put Bill Hinkle in the club for attacking a state program that gets more health care for kids. Then, we had to put Janea Holmquist in the club for writing the voter statement attacking an initiative that makes … Continue reading →

Jim McCabe, who runs the blog “McCranium” has decided to run for Richland City Council. We have linked to many of his posts and it’s good to see him run. Here’s more about his campaign.

I got the flu. The only thing that would make it worse is if I was a poor kid and I didn’t have health insurance and the “Doc” didn’t care.

The GOP is trying to say that Gregoire is campaigning on state resources. From today’s Yakima Herald: Local Republicans share those concerns, said Yakima County Republican Party Chairman Jim Keightley — particularly because Democrats have so vocally criticized potential 2008 … Continue reading →

On Sunday, the Tri-City Herald published an op-ed from Doc Hastings where he talked about his vote against SCHIP (the children’s health insurance program. You can read it here. Here’s how Doc starts the editorial: “A promise was made 10 … Continue reading →

The Yakima School Board decided yesterday to put a four year levy on the ballot early next year. They know they are playing with fire by putting a levy on the ballot before they know whether the “Simple Majority” initiative … Continue reading →