Month: September 2006

Looks like all the patriot gestures Lois will be making will be at home in Kitsap County, not in Olympia. As much as I would like to have seen anti-Islamist Lois McMahan facing off against Derek Kilmer again, it is pretty sweet to see her lose in her own party’s primary. Jim Hines, though, will…

I know it is still pretty early, but with King County still yet to report, I feel pretty safe saying that all three sitting Supreme Court Justices and both targeted Appeals Court judges (Mary Becker and Joel Penoyar) are going to win. What does spending millions, $1.5 million on one alone, get you? Nothing so…

One of the things that I find sad is the holier than though grandstanding by Democrats and Republicans over the fate of our primary. Yes, the open primary is probably here to stay, for a bit. The blanket primary and the Top Two were always unconstitutional and the parties have every right to organize their…

Ever since Sinced Sliced Bread, I’m surprised that more projects to collect “good ideas,” especially for laws, haven’t cropped up. If you were a organization like People for Puget Sound or… geese what’s another one… well, another single issue organization, it would be cool to send out a letter to all your check writers and…

Jon DeVore points out inaccurate and illegal robocalls are going out against Appeals Court Judge Penoyar, who deserves reelection. Especially over a partisan hack who has no experience as a judge.

From the TNT this morning: A random test shows 85 percent of the Pierce County primary election ballots are being marked properly and will be counted for partisan races, Auditor Pat McCarthy said Tuesday. The checks of 200 randomly selected ballots – made Monday at the request of state elections officials – showed 169 voters…

I hope they run some ads in Washington. Civility be damned, we got some taxes to cut! Stupid latte drinkers…

The pick a party primary has turned 2o percent of Snohomish County voters into either sloppy or pissed off people: Failure to complete the ballots properly likely reflects two problems, Diepenbrock said. “Partly, people aren’t reading the directions, and, two, they don’t want to pick a party,” she said. State law requires voters in the…

Matt Rosenberg is correct in his assessment of politics (in relation to a wiki-politics site like moreperfect.org): “people need a little bit of blood and guts to really become engaged in politics,” he said. “Politics is a contact sport.” What he is wrong about is that he seems to assume that it is supposed to…