Monthly Archives: July 2008

Yakima City Council’s 5-2 decision to thwart the EMS Levy will cause a domino effect on other tax issues. Namely, the dream of a publicly supported Aquatic Center. How can this council lead us to a ballot measure on aquatics … Continue reading →

PolitickerWA is pointing to a $20K check from the House Democratic Campaign Committee to Carol Moser, the democratic candidate in the 8th LD (Tri-Cities). It’s nice to see that westside democrats are taking this race seriously

The League of Women Voters and KIMA-TV sponsored a candidate forum Monday night (July 28).  If this forum is any indication I would say this race is between Vickie Ybarra, Bob McLaughlin, Al Schweppe and Norm Johnson. Supporters of each … Continue reading →

Two former Supreme Court Justices (Faith Ireland and Robert Utter) have said they will sue if the government doesn’t step in to investigate the Building Industry Association of Washington. From the Seattle Times: ” In a letter today to Attorney … Continue reading →

Dino Rossi threw out the first pitch yesterday at the Yakima Bears game. Hmm….. You would think that Rossi wouldn’t want to remind people of his misuse of the Everett Aquasox mailing list fiasco. Rossi used the Aquasox mailing list … Continue reading →

The Yakima Herald recaps the debate for the open house seat in the 14th Legislative District. It was all the usual boilerplate stuff until Scott Hess decided to go after the “more experienced” Republican candidates. Here’s the excerpt: Asked how … Continue reading →

The Tri-City Herald does a story on George Fearing making the rounds throughout the district. This time, he was speaking in at Pasco’s Retirement Inn. From the article: “This election is about having someone who will serve what our nation … Continue reading →

My last blog assumed the Fire Department EMS levy proposal was going to be taken up at the Council’s August 5, 2008 regular meeting. Wrong! The council voted to sweep it under the rug with a 5-2 vote. Mayor Dave … Continue reading →

We’ll know August 5, 2008 when the council has its next regular meeting. There was a hearing held Tuesday, July 22nd and the Fire Chief made his case for having the voters decide in the November election whether to approve … Continue reading →

The Yakima Herald Editorial Board argues today that Secretary Of State Sam Reed should throw out Initiative 1029. Initiative 1029 is a measure to increase training in long term care. It was submitted with 315,000 signatures. The Herald argues that  … Continue reading →