Monthly Archives: June 2009

Hell no! Bill Lover, Rick Ensey, Micah Cawley and Kathy Coffey should all pay $625 each for their roles in their behind the scenes caper. And if Bruce Smith had a smidgen of honesty, he’d offer to chip in and … Continue reading →

Ethics seem to be a topical conversation piece nowadays. Here’s an example of how agenda driven people get off track and then pretend to ‘serve the public’. Saturday, April 4, 2009  at the Yakima City Council retreat at the Harmon … Continue reading →

Today’s Yakima Herald reports that Sonia Rodriguez will introduce a binding code of ethics at the next council meeting July 7th. Bravo!! This is timely and sorely needed. Besides the recent Open meetings Act fiasco that Rick Ensey, Kathy Coffey, … Continue reading →

They did it again! While Mark Sanford (REPUBLICAN!) did his press conference talking about his extramarital affair, FOX News (had a “D” next to his name on the screen!)

Talk about timeliness. According to the Yakima Herald: This evening, Yakima residents and others in Central Washington can attend a free public forum at Yakima’s downtown library on the importance of open government and the citizen vigilance needed to maintain … Continue reading →

The other day my wife and I embarked on an effort to organize our office. This involved cleaning out file cabinets and installing new and bigger lateral file cabinets. While transferring stuff and piling other stuff into a recycle box … Continue reading →

The Governor put this out yesterday… June 18, 2009 TO: Statewide Elected Officials Agency Directors Presidents of Higher Education Institutions State Boards and Commissions FROM: Christine O. Gregoire, Governor SUBJECT: Additional Budget Savings On June 18th, the Washington State Economic … Continue reading →

It’s very simple. KIT radio is in danger of violating federal law. That’s pretty serious. The answer. Dave Ettl should stay off the air while he’s running. The Yakima Herald has the story.

Saturday, June 20th is the first 2009 ‘Cruise the Ave” event to usher in the summer season. This has turned into an annual event and was approved on the consent agenda back in April by the Yakima City Council. The … Continue reading →

Let the sham begin! Both of these organizations are strong allys of Yakima Business Times publisher, Bruce Smith (B.S.) and both have Republican Party officials and Precinct Committee Officers “helping” decide whom to endorse and donate money too. After their … Continue reading →