Here’s an entire post from Nafzblog that had been taken down (could be up again by now, who the heck knows?): Legislatures and congresses are full of conspiracies. Democrats conspire to raise taxes. Republicans conspire to cut social programs. Committee chairs conspire to take credit for things committee members do and conspire to kill their…
Month: February 2009
FOCA strawman vs. Bread of the World afterthought
Three weeks or so after the FOCA-mania at St. Mikes (with no bill actually having been introduced to congress), I finally see the double standard for political issues at church. Inside the bulletin, there is a notice for a letter writing campaign from “Bread of the World.” Granted, it was a full page notice with…
Rich Nafziger pulls his blog down again (gaaaaa! And, puts it back up again))
UPDATE (like literally moments later): No sooner did I write this that he’s up with two new posts. His old archive is still gone though. See below to find that. Last week, Rich Nafziger (local blogger and senate dem chief of staff at the Big-Greek-Building) wrote a funny blog about the governor (“Hoover Award” Ha!)….
Nafziger pulls down Gregoire’s Hoover award
It was a pretty funny post while it lasted, but Rich Nafziger (day job: state senate Democratic chief-o’-staff) took down his post awarding Gov. Chris Gregoire a “Hoover.” It happened soon after the Spokesman Review’s political reporter noted it on his blog. I guess it makes sense you can have a big shot Dem staffer…
Lisa Hayes, bad speller
It is Bob Macleod not Bob however you feel like spelling it (from her press release, via here): Lisa Hayes is supported by a broad group of citizens including Neil McClanahan, Dean Foster, Dylan Carlson, Bob McCleod, Brad Tower, Susan Bogni, Carmen Hoover, Selena Kilmoyer, and many more. Which, is I know, a little dumb…
New kind of dialogue with state government
I’m shaking off the tragic metonymy in his title, but Rich Nafziger makes an interesting point here. Despite the Washington State legislature (not “Olympia” sucka) having one of the most open systems in terms of who gets to talk during a committee meeting (first come, first serve) the system still isn’t perfect: The fact of…
The 5 sad things about the Olympia Bulletin
1. He’s paying attention to the right things, but the way he writes about them (not backup to his statements, writing the same post day after day just changing names) makes him look silly. I think the Transportation Benefit District is downright important, especially as it concerns the balance between impact fees and fees to…
Yes, Karen Valenzuela’s appointment by the governor was totally legal
Twitter 1,constitutional reference book authors/attorney general’s office/county prosecutor 0 Thanks to this, I can safely say that the intent of Amendment 52 (through Senate Joint Resolution 24) to our state’s constitution absolutely gives the governor the authority to appoint a new county commissioner, if the a new one can’t be chosen through the local level….