Monthly Archives: May 2009

Imagine you were on the board of a company. There were some people in charge but clearly some other members of the board thought they should be in charge. They had their own projects that they felt could use more … Continue reading →

According to the AP, the Department of Ecology says they won’t be picking up trash on our highways as much as past years. Why? You guessed it. State budget cuts. Read it here.

And now the plot thickens. Bruce Smith, and his 4 Yakima City Council puppets, have failed the people of Yakima miserably with their behind the scenes effort for control. It would be one thing if they were actually working on … Continue reading →

The recent power play by Mom, (Kathy Coffey) and the three amigos, (Rick Ensey, Bill Lover, Micah Cawley) and orchestrated by the ‘worst person in the Yakima Valley’ (Bruce Smith) has run aground and now the effort has turned to … Continue reading →

Seems like it’s been a month that our progressive blog, The Other Side Online has been down. After several days of withdrawal pains it feels great to be up and running again, even in skeletal mode. So where do we … Continue reading →

OK, sorry for the site going down. Our database crashed and no one could post anything. We couldn’t get the blog working without starting the thing from scratch. We will get everything back in order over the next week or … Continue reading →

I will never get it. Never. Each year, Republicans from Central Washington say they are going to watch our pocketbooks. The legislature (according to them) is fleecing us. Then, they start fleecing us. It’s not that I think the projects … Continue reading →

Four Yakima City Council members were in court today for a hearing concerning their violation of the open meetings act (OMA). And before we get into the minutia of this case it’s important to realize that the “three Amigos and … Continue reading →

Leah Ward at the Yakima Herald points out that Latinos are increasing their numbers in Yakima County. From the article:  New U.S. Census Bureau estimates put Yakima County’s Latino population last year at 41.4 percent, up from 35.9 percent in … Continue reading →

  Many of us sit and ponder the leadership, or most accurately, the very lack therein, of today’s Republican Party. I mean, where in the hell are they going? Steele apologizes to Limbaugh, while Limbaugh sucks up to Palin, as … Continue reading →