Monthly Archives: January 2008

Today, Christine Gregoire will be giving her state of the state address. You can watch the speech live on the Internet, starting at 5:00pm at http://tvw.org/media/liveevents.cfm. At 6:00 p.m., Dino Rossi will be giving his alternative state of the state … Continue reading →

If you haven’t seen the “gun” banners in downtown Yakima, here’s what they look like:

Yakima City Council-member Bill Lover says in a letter to the editor of Saturday’s Yakima Herald that he likes the banners on west Yakima Avenue. These are the banners that look like you’re in the neighborhood of a gun show! … Continue reading →

The Seattle Times has a preview of the upcoming session today talking about the Governor’s agenda including ensuring more money in the rainy day fund; cracking down on sex offenders and drunk drivers; and lowering property taxes. This sounds like … Continue reading →

4th CD Democratic Candidate George Fearing raised $60,000 during the last quarter of 2007.

The January 8, 2008 much anticipated city council meeting got off to a great start and sailed thru a mostly consent agenda and a half dozen citizen comments on a variety of subjects. Candi Turner’s comment that she will be … Continue reading →

Barack Obama looks like he is seven points ahead of Hilary Clinton going into tonight’s New Hampshire Primary. If he wins New Hampshire, South Carolina, Michigan and Nevada, it is hard to imagine Hilary Clinton staying in the race. It … Continue reading →

Former Governor Booth Gardner will file his “Death with Dignity” intiative on Wednesday of this week. According to the “It’s My Decision” website, the intiative does this: This initiative would allow mentally competent, terminally ill adults in Washington State diagnosed … Continue reading →

OK…so I’m saying something nice about a Republican. It’s so rare that our GOP legislators from Central Wa. do anything at all that I thought I would point out the exception that proves the rule. Rep. Larry Haler is sponsoring … Continue reading →

According to the Associated Press: “Projections showed a turnout of 220,588 for Democrats, compared to 124,000 who participated in 2004. Most projections had estimated turnout would be about 150,000. Turnout was also up on the Republican side, where projections showed … Continue reading →