June 29, 2009
ESSB 5808 takes your right to vote - Referendum 72 Gets It Back
Statewide News
by 6p011570992f4f970c, 11:50 PM

On April 13, 2009 SB 5808 was filed into law to address the annexation of fire districts into cities and towns.

The law was presented as a way to help fire district employees retain benefit packages but it had other harmful effects to taxpayers of that area.

This law creates a new right for cities and towns to expand their boundaries without any input or vote from the residents that will be affected by this change.


Signing Referendum 72 will bring the vote to the people!

Do you want...Read the rest >>

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June 27, 2009
Tacoma PD: the perversion of charity.
In Other News
by 6p01053690976c970c, 07:39 PM

The Tacoma News Tribune ran this story this past week. Tacoma PD chief Don Ramsdell says that they 'made a mistake' by paying officers for a 10 hour shift to play in a basketball game for charity. They also were paid to practice for the game. Not only did they get paid while not doing police work, the game did not last 10 hours, and other officers had to be paid overtime to cover the missed shifts. Meanwhile, Tacoma residents are struggling. The TNT reported in April that 1400 people applied to fill a single job reading meters that...Read the rest >>

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A different kind of blog
National News
by 6p0115707c4151970c, 10:42 AM

I've been doing this for ten years in the form of a weekly email to a list of friends. I'm trying it as a blog.

http://oereview.blogspot.com/

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REICHERT COMMITS POLITICAL SUICIDE!
Statewide News
by LeCerveau, 08:16 AM

Dave, I want you to know we are going to miss you! I have always enjoyed your sparkling image along with your quick repartee and your bright optimism.

What I have not enjoyed is your self destruction. Your idiotic vote on Cap and Trade yesterday doomed you: http://www.redcounty.com/house-passes-cap-and-tax-with-help-8-republicans

My recommendation: Update your resume or change political parties and become a Democrat!

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June 26, 2009
Wanted: A "YES" Chorus
In Other News
by RagnarDanneskold, 11:26 PM

This infuriates me, especially in light of my oft told story about Patty Murray purposefully and willfully ignoring the will of her constituents and then bragging about it by calling them stupid.

Dear Friend,
I don't need to tell you that our health care system is in crisis. You see it first hand in your pay checks, your premiums, your business costs and your ability to access the care you need when you need it.

And I am working in Congress to try and do something about it.

As a member of the Senate Health Education Labor...Read the rest >>

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Fascist policies for indefinite detainment of terror suspects...
National News
by 6p010536f20fe0970c, 03:46 PM

...coming from the Obama Administration!

The Washington Post reports as follows:

The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close Guantanamo, has drafted an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely, according to three senior government officials with knowledge of White House deliberations.

Such an order would embrace claims by former president George W. Bush that certain people can be detained without trial for long periods under the laws of war. Obama advisers are concerned that bypassing Congress could place the president on weaker footing before the courts and...Read the rest >>

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PSRC Vision 2040: A Long-Term Plan (To Inconvenience You)
Transportation News
by 6p01157168a468970b, 02:59 PM

It took the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) 2 or more years to come up with their latest scheme to suppress auto transportation, single family homes, and suburban life, and to promote fetishism of extortionately expensive rail, environmental fads, and dense, mixed-use, multifamily urban life. Right now your lifestyle is optional to a degree--theirs won't be, now or in the future. They're giving you a month and a half to comment, of which you have 2 weeks left (until July 13).

Instead of giving you what you want, their goal has been very specifically to create congestion...Read the rest >>

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June 25, 2009
A couple more political cartoons
National News
by chotii, 07:34 PM

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All cartoons copyright A. Beegle 2009

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