Monthly Archives: July 2009

Yakima mayor, Dave Edler spoke out against partisan politics in the non-partisan city council races. The mayor is disgusted with the leadership of the Republican Party and the Bruce Smith followers for their misguided and distorted power brand of politics. … Continue reading →

Moses Lake is trying to figure out how to deal with all the yardsigns. Every year about this time, we see political yardsigns on medians, on barns, and up on top of fenceposts. Well, the Moses Lake City Council is … Continue reading →

The Yakima Herald reports that the Yakima City Council will be adopting a new ethics code. It’s interesting to see who doesn’t see a need for it.

David Lester has a must-read piece in the Yakima Herald today about the balance between wind and hydro power to meet our region’s power needs. The Bonneville Power Administration is under the gun to keep water flowing through the dams … Continue reading →

Today the Yakima City Council adopted a so called “Priorities of Government” style of budgeting complete with staff recommendations on using 1.5 million dollars of reserves to help the budget shortfall. It took the skill of a real genius to … Continue reading →

It’s “D-Day For Freedom”. Or how about “Obama’s Waterloo moment”. The rhetoric is getting thick from obstructionist Republicans who can’t stand the idea of insurance companies getting rich while millions of people have no access to affordable health care. From … Continue reading →

Our 29th show features an in depth interview with Washington State Insurance Commissioner, Mike Kreidler. It will air Sunday, July 19 at 4 PM on Charter Cable Channel 21 (The community access channel). It will then be replayed at 7 … Continue reading →

Yakima Mayor Dave Edler wholeheartedly endorsed Sonia Rodriguez suggestion of a code of ethics for the Yakima City council in a speech to the Chamber of Commerce the other day. Later, Edler pointed out that he was flat lied to … Continue reading →

The other day I was driving by Bruce Smith’s place on South 3rd St. His building has no signage and his windows are bare. In one of the windows a large campaign sign or signs (probably 4′x8′) were leaning against … Continue reading →

In this episode we see Bruce Smith and Kathy Coffey setting up one of their coffee shop rendezvous. Bruce also invites Kathy to “the poker game”. From: Bruce Smith (bsmith@yvpub.com) Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 11:36 AM To: Coffey, Kathy … Continue reading →