Monthly Archives: February 2009

The Yakima Herald posts a story about the Washington Department Of Fish and Wildlife cutting 22 jobs in the four county Yakima region. It looks like Central Washington Republicans are going to get what they always dreamed about. Massive layoffs … Continue reading →

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I was just reading on the net that 19 Republican governors are not only supporting but urging passage of the economic stimulus package. Now this seems interesting when held up against no Repubican support in the Congress and only  three Republicans … Continue reading →

Political Wire has an ominous post about a moment on September 18th, 2008 where our whole financial system almost collapsed: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/02/10/how_close_we_came_to_total_meltdown.html

Washington State Senate Democrats have released a list of government reforms that’s impressive in it’s scope. Here’s the list of bills: To give teachers more time to teach and less time filling out paperwork, we want to eliminate some of … Continue reading →

The big story in today’s Yakima Herald confronts the Yakima School District’s building needs. It will be interesting to watch how the anti everything crowd gears up to fight a probable school bond issue. Will they fog the issue ala … Continue reading →

Remember when Washington State passed Inititiative 937? The initiative proposes to require large utilities to obtain 15% of their electricity from new renewable resources such as solar and wind by 2020 and undertake cost-effective energy conservation.[1] The initiative passed with … Continue reading →

In early session action today, House Democrats brought a bill to the Floor to “cushion the crash” of a stagnant economy. The bill increases unemployment-program benefits by $45 a week for workers in the program. Eligibility for retraining help is … Continue reading →

When we were growing up, many of us joined the Boy Scouts (or some variation of the BSA- Cub Scouts, Webelos, etc.), to learn more about nature, the outdoors, wildlife. One of the very basic tenets of scouting was that … Continue reading →

Click here for Yakima herald article in today’s paper