Monthly Archives: December 2008

The auto bailout in the Senate failed tonight when, stunningly, republicans demanded deep pay cuts for autoworkers. While banks involved in the $700 billion dollar bailout are failing to lend and CEO pay remains exorbitantly high, republicans rallied around the … Continue reading →

Former council members Paul George and Susan Whitman presented a statement at the citizen input portion of the Dec. 9th Yakima City Council meeting. Their joint statement was read by Paul George (also a former Mayor) and demanded that Councilmember … Continue reading →

For those with Charter Cable and an interest in subjects and ideas that appear on this blog, you can tune in to channel 21 at 4 PM Sunday, Dec 7 for the 13th show that Jim Winkenwerder and myself have … Continue reading →

Good news! It appears that we can see past city council meetings by going to the city of Yakima website, click on Government tab, then, council meetings and agendas. I’ve linked the Dec 2 meeting-Part 2. This is the meeting … Continue reading →

After an executive session that should never have happened and after finally agreeing on some sort of process to select a replacement for outgoing council member Norm Johnson from among 28 applicants, Micah Cawley made a motion to remove 2 … Continue reading →