Author Archives: tincan.man

Representative Jay Inslee (who represented the 4th Congressional District from 1992-1994) has a new blog on stopping global warming, breaking our oil addiction, and creating clean energy jobs. You can get to it by clicking here: http://www.apollosfire.net/blog

Recently the House passed SHB 1337: Requires health insurers to cover costs of colorectal cancer screenings. It passed the House by a whopping 83-13 vote. Our 14th Rep, Charles Ross and 15th reps Bruce Chandler, and Dan Newhouse chipped in … Continue reading →

Follow this link for Jay’s speech on Friday, Feb 16, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/?v=o-CUQVR-GMI Doc Hastings voted against the resolution and skipped his opportunity to have 5 minutes of floor time to explain his position. Doc’s silence was deafening at a time … Continue reading →

I wonder if the cost of bad decisions by our County Commissioners is being accounted for or if it’s being treated like the costs of the Iraq war. The jail is finally opening, after other cities cancelled their contracts because … Continue reading →

I remember reading something about Secretary of State Sam Reed commenting that our voter laws should be more like Oregon’s regarding voting rights of convicted criminals who have served their time. Oregon simply states that if you are out of … Continue reading →

At some point we need to heed the words of Molly Ivins, who recently lost her battle with cancer. She’s calling from the grave and urging “we the people” to stop the insanity of this war in Iraq. We need … Continue reading →

Recently the Yakima Herald has come out with news articles about how our elected officials aren’t reflecting the population and singling out Sunnyside as an example with more than a 70% Hispanic population and only one of seven Sunnyside city … Continue reading →