Author Archives: big.bill

Don’t forget Tuesday morning gathering in Yakima’s downtown Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel to celebrate the inauguration of president-elect Barack Obama. Here’s the schedule: 7:30 a.m., opening of the breakfast buffet; 9 a.m., swearing-in ceremony; 9:15 a.m., or so, Obama’s inaugural … Continue reading →

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It was interesting reading the article in the Yakima Herald-Republic about the Republicans backing Rick Ensey for the Yakima city council.  Are the Republicans getting scared?  We all know that most of the locally elected city council members in the … Continue reading →

Concerned Senior beat me to the punch.  I planned on writing a blog about Sicko after I saw it this past Saturday.  Michael Moore did it again–his expose of how screwed up our medical system is in this movie hits … Continue reading →

Today the Senate took up the Employee Free Choice Act, which I wrote about in an earlier posting.  The Senate Bill is S. 1041.  So far only 51 Senators voted for giving workers more rights to organize in the workplace; … Continue reading →

There has been much in the news lately about the immigration bill in Congress, and what this country will do with the 12 million undocumented immigrants now living and working here. Let’s remember that not all of the undocumented snuck … Continue reading →

Re: Yesterday’s article in the Yakima Herald-Republic.  Now there are four right-wing, anti-tax, anti-tribal rights, and anti-undocumented immigrant groups coming together to gather signatures for Initiative 966.  Of course, being Republican has nothing to do with this.  Of course, this … Continue reading →

Hello everybody.  Big Bill here.  I just wanted to update you on the Emploee Free Choice Act.  I wrote about its passage in the US House of Representatives a few weeks ago.  The US Senate is finally starting hearings.  Although … Continue reading →

Just a thought about the recent school bond failures in Yakima & Sunnyside: why are so many valley residents opposed to having nice school accomodations for our children? I know that most of the middle-class is overtaxed, or feels overtaxed, … Continue reading →

The agricultural industry in the state of Colorado is attempting something new–hiring convicts for 60 cents a day to harvest their crops. Yes, 60 cents a day–with potential small bonuses. Here’s the story in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-inmates1mar01,1,1597348.story?ctrack=1&cset=true Since … Continue reading →