Monthly Archives: May 2008

Jack Nickolson’s line from the great movie “A Few Good Men” comes to mind when listening to the spin on President Bush’s former Press Secretary, Scott McClellan’s revelations in his new book, “What Happened inside the White House”. Even local … Continue reading →

Yes folks, there is a power play going on between the Commissioners (who only need two votes) and the Library. The 2 new Library Board members, Jerry Maggard and Jim Barnhill were both appointed by the Commishes and have already … Continue reading →

Mike Leita and Rand Elliott fell all over themselves scrambling to sign Eyman’s latest iniative to micro manage state government. Iniative 985 actually has some good things in it that need not be done through the iniative process. But if … Continue reading →

It looks like we’ve got a great Democratic candidate in the open seat in the 14th Legislative District. Yakima School Board President Vickie Ybarra has announced she will file next week. Here’s her background (from the Yakima School District website): … Continue reading →

Take less than 2 minutes of your Memorial Day to watch this youtube video.

Two Yakima County Commissioners Ron Gamache and Rand Elliott voted to exclude Hop warehouses and processing facilities from the International Building Code and International Fire Code requirement of a sprinkler system. Mike Leita was absent (illness). As the story in … Continue reading →

The law is clear. Non-profit groups can’t participate in candidate campaigns. But this week, Dino Rossi was passing out campaign envelopes at a meeting of the Christian Businessmen’s connection. This is a 501 (c) 3, according to federal tax records. … Continue reading →

PolitickerWA, the statewide political digest has a commentary from Wally Edge asking for more information from Hastings about what he knew and when he knew it in the Fossella scandal.

According to the Yakima Herald: “A ballroom of sheriffs and police chiefs stood and applauded Gov. Chris Gregoire on Wednesday night, and she gave the love right back in a thankful speech about partnerships between police and lawmakers.” And a … Continue reading →

McCranium reports on calls for an examination of taxpayer dollars paying for a European junket in 2003. The junket came to light because of a romantic tryst between Rep. Vito Fossella from New York and official escort for the trip, … Continue reading →