PubliCola
- PubliCola Adds Life. Week #5[Feb 20, 16:43 PT] Hey PubliCola staffers, It’s been another busy week. I’m buying. [Image] YES/NO MONDAY KC Council Member Dow Constantine jumps into the race for KC Executive.Greg Smith doesn’t jump into the race for mayor. TechNerd on Kindle 2.0. ...cont'd.
Seattlest
- The Cowardly Lions in Olympia[Feb 20, 15:30 PT] The news today that the state budget crisis is worse than originally projected is like one of those expensive studies you read about that finds a wholly predictable result, such as that pretty people get helped more when they fall down or that women ...cont'd.
OlyBlog
- Sermonti announces candidacy for Olympia council[Feb 20, 11:57 PT] [via email] For release: February 20, 2009 [Image] OLYMPIA ' Olympia resident Tony Sermonti announced his candidacy for the Olympia City Council's position seven today. 'For too long, many issues in Olympia have been framed as one way or the other ' ...cont'd.
HorsesAss.org
- Hike tuition to save higher ed[Feb 20, 11:02 PT] In the best of all possible worlds, state taxpayers would invest lavishly in expanding access to quality higher education in Washington state. But this isn’t the best of all possible worlds, and with an $8 billion revenue shortfall looming, ...cont'd.
Seattlest
 Morning News Checklist[Feb 20, 09:10 PT] First, check your smoke detector. The Bellevue woman who died in last night's fire had her smoke detector battery in backwards. Next, check with your supervisor: Boeing workers get their pink slips today. That's another 1,100 people who won't be ...cont'd.
WashBlog
- More Taxes Please...[Feb 20, 08:25 PT] Governor Gregoire, Something has to give. During the [2008 gubernatorial] campaign you made two pledges. You said you would not raise taxes and you said you would not support a state income tax. Unless you intend to follow down the path of Gary ...cont'd.
HorsesAss.org
- Decimation[Feb 19, 13:40 PT] dec...i...mate [ des -uh -meyt ] -verb (used with object), -mat...ed, -mat...ing. 1. to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague. 2. to select by lot and kill every tenth person of. 3. Obsolete. to take a ...cont'd.
blatherWatch
- Talk radio flexes its muscles in california[Feb 19, 00:27 PT] [Image] Think Dori Monson... except with power. What if he could actually hold politicians accountable for everything he pops his buttons about every day on the radio? What if he was more than just an afternoon breeze? John and Ken right-wing ...cont'd.
5/17
- HB 1758, Running Start, and the death of high school[Feb 16, 09:47 PT] A while ago, Running Start was in danger of stumbling before the finish line. The current budget mess seemed to present an opportunity to sideline the program, or at least scale it back, but lawmakers seem intent on further strengthening it. HB ...cont'd.
Seattle Examiner
- The goose and the gander[Feb 13, 12:17 PT] During the recent gubernatorial contest here in Washington State I was keenly aware that our state was heading into rough economic times. After all, that was the daily message of the Rossi campaign. As readers here know, I was a staunch supporter of ...cont'd.
Eye on Olympia
- MAC attack turned partly back...[Feb 12, 19:22 PT] This one's of interest mainly to readers in Spokane. From tomorrow's paper: OLYMPIA _ A controversial proposal to merge the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture with its Western Washington counterpart appears to be dead. One of the state's most ...cont'd.
Politics Northwest
- An end to DSHS?[Feb 12, 12:07 PT] Wenatchee lawmaker Mike Armstrong has introduced a measure that would eliminate the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) and break it apart into four smaller agencies. Armstrong, a Republican, says the state pays $10 billion a year to run ...cont'd.
Politics Northwest
- Tunnel plan burrows through state Senate[Feb 10, 20:29 PT] Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island and chairwoman of the Transportation Committee, predicted tonight that a bill to fund a proposed $1.9 billion, deep-bored Seattle tunnel will pass the Senate. "There's a lot of support," she said, after a ...cont'd.
NPI Advocate
- Stimulus package - Washington and Oregon summary[Feb 10, 19:07 PT] As Andrew noted, earlier today the U.S. Senate passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The bill now goes to conference committee to iron out the differences between the versions passed by the House and Senate. But what's in it for ...cont'd.
The Daily Weekly
- Chandeliers in Your Light Rail Station[Feb 20, 14:59 PT] It's not quite Grand Central Station, but Sound Transit's "Photo of the Week" provides a glimpse at some of the aesthetic flourishes being added to the Mt. Baker light rail station. The holes in the... Continue reading "Chandeliers in Your Light ...cont'd.
Seattle Transit Blog
- CORRECTION: Sodo Reroutes[Feb 20, 12:51 PT] On Wednesday I reported that southbound routes that use the busway were going to be re-routed beginning Monday. It turns out that isn’t accurate; perhaps Metro was able to push back based on the extremely short time available to notify people. ...cont'd.
Seattle Transit Blog
- Streetcar Timing Update[Feb 20, 12:08 PT] [Image] Wildcat Dunny (Flickr) After my post complaining about signal timing across Mercer for the South Lake Union Streetcar, I received a reply from Ethan Melone, SDOT Rail Transit Manager. As reported, SDOT is going to stop the signal ...cont'd.
PubliCola
- Dear Bellingham,[Feb 19, 15:11 PT] [Image] I wonder if the voters of Bellingham know that their Republican state representative, Rep. Doug Ericksen (R-42, Ferndale, Bellingham), is prone to lapsing into demagogue-level rhetoric down in Olympia. At a hearing yesterday (about the ...cont'd.
Seattle Transit Blog
- PBS NOW on Mass Transit Cutbacks[Feb 19, 14:30 PT] This PBS Now episode discusses the service cut backs transit agencies are making, and seems really appropriate in light of Metro’s possible cut backs. [Embedded Object] If you listened to Ron Sims on KUOW this morning, he said that if Metro ...cont'd.
born live love die
- W(h)ither media[Feb 19, 07:59 PT] David Horsey, a goshdarn good cartoonist, writes about the role of media. The question we all now face is this: who will be the truth tellers in the future? Can the republic be protected by a cacophony of independent bloggers? Will online ...cont'd.
Seattlest
- Seattlest Pix: 09Feb19[Feb 19, 06:00 PT] "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Chris B in SEA, from the Seattlest Flickr Pool [Image] [Image] [Image] [Image] [Image] [Image] [Image]
Seattlest
- Buses, Base Security, and Baby Orcas Top the News[Feb 18, 09:15 PT] A $100m shortfall in sales tax may cause Metro to cut service by 20 percent. Metro General Manager Kevin Desmond--who obviously just saw The Wrestler--called it "a body blow." Why linger at Forever 21 when it's not all that hard to get into Ft. ...cont'd.
The SuperSpade
- Vigilante or Snitch?[Feb 17, 21:18 PT] [Image] Carpool Lane Sign It’s 1245 on Saturday afternoon. My fiancee and I are driving on I-405 in suburban Seattle, on our way home after my physical therapy, conversing like usual. Then… BAM! A police office rolls by in the carpool ...cont'd.
Boise Guardian
- Taxpayers Fund COMPASS Legislative Party[Feb 17, 14:35 PT] The GUARDIAN has obtained more information about the taxpayer funded party set for Thursday evening to curry favor with legislators to advance their "agenda" in the Idaho Legislature. While the invitation sent to COMPASS members said 'We will have ...cont'd.
Boise Guardian
- COMPASS To Provide 'Hosted Bar' to Legislators[Feb 16, 15:23 PT] [Image] COMPASS, the Community Planning Association funded by local city and county governments throughout Ada and Canyon Counties has scheduled a 2009 Legislative Reception Thursday to include free booze. Each city and county pays dues to COMPASS ...cont'd.
Boise Guardian
Merchants Not Onboard 10th Street Bus Hub[Feb 16, 12:40 PT] [Image] THE CURRENTLY APPARENT 10th STREET TRANSIT LAYOUT PLAN Despite official claims to the contrary, based on what we have seen and heard about a transit mall on Boise’s 10th Street, it looks pretty much like a done deal. The goal is to get ...cont'd.
Boise Guardian
ACHD Chair Snubs Citizens, Denies Comments[Feb 12, 20:44 PT] Ada County Highway District Chairman Carol McKee went back on her word Thursday and snubbed at least two citizens who wished to share their thoughts about a proposed street closure relating to a "multimodal transportation center downtown." When ...cont'd.
The Daily Score
Easing off the Gas[Feb 11, 14:08 PT] Forty-four years ago: Arlo Guthrie was arrested for littering, Elvis and the Beatles met for the first and only time, Sonny & Cher scored their first hit single with "I Got You Babe," and American car culture was still on the rise. Cars were ...cont'd.
The Daily Score
- How Transit-Oriented Development Works[Feb 10, 12:27 PT] [Image] The Seattle blogosphere is in a lather over this recent entry at the Rainier Valley Post by Carolee Colter and John V. Fox, arguing against a bill that would encourage compact development along the new light rail line. Several readers have ...cont'd.
The Stranger Blog
- This Weekend at the Movies[Feb 20, 14:54 PT] Look at the goddang weather, people!!! The SKY has turned BLUE. Go outside! Then, when it gets dark, you can go inside. And watch movies. Like these ones. Opening today: [Image] I like the Turkish family drama Three Monkeys. But it is not a lot of ...cont'd.
OlyBlog
- Tease & Twirl Classes With Miss Indigo Blue[Feb 20, 08:10 PT] Start: Feb 22 2009 - 5:00am their text, not mine: We are so excited to confirm that by popular demand, Seattle's Academy of Burlesque is coming to Olympia! Get a taste of the Tease and a try at the Twirl on February 22! And finally, the famed ...cont'd.
Seattlest
- Ken Griffey, Jr., Is Seattle's Again[Feb 19, 09:05 PT] [Image] A generation ago, Seattle's most famous person was a fictional clown who lived in the city dump. Then, in the early '90s, Seattle spawned a duo of mega -celebrities--Kurt Cobain and Ken Griffey, Jr.--who upgraded our national image from ...cont'd.
OlsonOnline
- And speaking of school closures...[Feb 14, 15:08 PT] (Story UPDATED below)To many Portland school activists, this story from Seattle should sound familiar:--Seattle Public Schools superintendent proposes school closures.--Seattle School Board approves school closure proposal.--Seattle community ...cont'd.
OlsonOnline
Is PPS covering up plans for school closures?[Feb 13, 12:54 PT] (Guest post by Lynn Schore and Steve Linder)The Portland Public Schools board and district administrators appear to have deliberately concealed possible plans to close several schools in order to avoid "a big backlash" and to ensure support for ...cont'd.
5/17
replace the WASL... with what, exactly?[Feb 10, 17:40 PT] Randy Dorn has already started the chainsaw of WASL reform. That tree's headed for the lumber yard. Gerald Bracey on the plan:Dorn wants to replace the WASL with shorter, multiple-choice tests. Bad idea. And he wants the tests to be more ...cont'd.
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Ridenbaugh Press
- Cut off before the first step[Feb 20, 15:59 PT] Nicole LeFavour There isn’t a formal bill text to link to here, because in Idaho until bills are formally "introduced" they are considered the personal property of the sponsor, not public record. (Try wrapping your mind around that one.) So we ...cont'd.
43rd State Blues
- Red Idaho not too Great to Hate[Feb 20, 15:00 PT] Last year's BSU Public Policy Survey showed that 64 percent of Idahoans believe it should be illegal to fire someone because they are or are perceived to be gay. Nevertheless an Idaho Senate Affairs Committee voted to refuse to even print proposed ...cont'd.
43rd State Blues
- Inviting the Ridicule[Feb 20, 10:46 PT] Some legislators are just asking for it. Idaho Representative P.Hart from his everlovin' Athol again introduced legislation to allow Judges to expunge criminal records for anyone who asks arguing its just too much trouble to keep track of them. He ...cont'd.
Boise Guardian
- Regulatory Agency Demands High Tech Meters[Feb 18, 16:38 PT] [Image] METER READERS SOON TO BE SHORT CIRCUITED Cheap thrills peeking at topless babes in the back yard, garden gates left open, and dog bites will soon be things of the past for Idaho Power meter readers. In fact, meter readers themselves will be ...cont'd.
The MountainGoat Report
- Furnishings Anyone?[Feb 10, 15:35 PT] Best quote of the day from the Twin Falls Times-News editorial board regarding confirmation of gubernatorial nominees: Senators are not potted plants. We send them to Boise to exercise due diligence over the people brought in to run state ...cont'd.
The Political Game
- Influence and the ISP[Feb 10, 08:22 PT] From time to time I find myself contemplating the general scope and influence of "Zeb at the Ranch" and ultimately resort to continuing my own reporting on what is being said by Zeb Bell and his listeners, if not for the sheer idiocy, for a better ...cont'd.
Ft. Boise
- Standing for principle[Dateline Unknown] The Idaho Senate State Affairs committee quietly refused to even print a Bill to extend the Idaho Human Rights Act's a nti-discrimination provisions to cover sexual orientation and gender identity. (Idaho's so-called "Human Rights Commission" didn't ...cont'd.
Ft. Boise
- Big stack of lies[Dateline Unknown] [Image] It's time for the Friday night news, and one of our staples during the legislative session is Idaho Reports. This week's included the video bite of Jim Risch's little theater stunt for his former fellows, showing off the the "1,000 page ...cont'd.
Ft. Boise
- Personal incredulity strikes again[Dateline Unknown] Jim Risch talking to the Statesman editorial board, as quoted by Kevin Richert, and speaking in our folksy Idaho way, with authority about the rest of the human race: "There's no human being that's read that bill." Makes me think of some of the ...cont'd.
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blatherWatch
- FULL TEXT: al franken interview/mark green[Feb 20, 18:12 PT] FEBRUARY 20, 2009 GREEN: Ok, can you now finally admit that you miss your 12-3 pm Air America timeslot and regret leaving for a senate bid? FRANKEN : Well, no I don't. I'm really looking forward to getting into the Senate, and ...cont'd.
Washington Outsiders
- A Lesson About Bipartisanship[Feb 20, 13:20 PT] 'To Congressional Republicans, bipartisanship is just an opportunity to screw things up and then blame it on Democrats...with Maron and Seder is LIVE weekdays, 3-4pm from the Air America Break Room. Another episode of Remedial theater from Marc and ...cont'd.
BlueOregon
- Ezra floats a theory: Creeping Wydenism...?[Feb 18, 09:16 PT] Health-care guru (and all around big-brained) blogger Ezra Klein tosses the idea that Oregon Senator Ron Wyden's health care proposal is slowly but surely gaining juice among key players: And there are structural reasons that Wyden's plan might ...cont'd.
howieinseattle
- Wednesday Roundup (excerpts, with video)[Feb 18, 08:23 PT] [Image] "Inside the Meltdown" (Frontline-PBS, video-56:23):On Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, the astonished leadership of the U.S. Congress was told in a private session by the chairman of the Federal Reserve that the American economy was in grave danger ...cont'd.
Chuck for ...
- Bipartisan Politics - Redux[Feb 18, 00:20 PT] January 22, 2007 Yes this was written awhile ago, seemed appropriate when it showed up in a Google search hit and I took another look. Here's a phrase that seems to be getting big play, it started shortly after the '06 election results and has ...cont'd.
TeresaCentric
- Obama Stands for Teacher Accountability[Feb 17, 07:25 PT] Buried in last week’s talk about the near-universal GOP opposition to Obama’s stimulus was perhaps a much better example of Obama’s bipartisanship: After offering something to teachers and school administrators by saying that "both ...cont'd.
The Other Side
- Obama: “Old Habits Are Hard To Break”[Feb 16, 12:44 PT] No, Obama’s not talking about his former cigarette habit. He’s talking about the GOP’s partisan tactics on the stimulus package. Since I’m a Democrat and I don’t get my news from KIT, Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity, I ...cont'd.
howieinseattle
- President's Day Roundup (excerpts with video)[Feb 16, 06:36 PT] [YouTube Video] "Obama Aides Cite Bipartisan Success" (WaPo):Senior advisers to President Obama on Sunday defended passage of the economic stimulus bill in Congress as a bipartisan effort, even though it received only three Republican votes in the ...cont'd.
Chuck for ...
- Not The Party Of No?[Feb 13, 12:45 PT] Rep John Boehner (R-O) is the House Minority Leader, the guy who stated that the Republicans were not the Party Of No. That minority is 42% of the House, considering the number size of House Districts, that means somewhere near 42% of Americans are ...cont'd.
HinesSight
- Let's make Obama Philosopher-King[Feb 10, 19:21 PT] I'm ready to turn over control of our county to Barack Obama. For a while. Not permanently. It just seems like we need a really wise Philosopher-King right now, one dude who's in charge of things and doesn't have to deal with fools in ...cont'd.
Ft. Boise
- Lead, follow, or get out of the way[Dateline Unknown] I assume this is mere bureaucratic ineptitude on their part rather than genuine incompetence, but the Idaho GOP has just sent out a "Paid for by the Republican National Committee" mailing that is still flogging the hapless salt marsh harvest mouse. ...cont'd.
Ft. Boise
- Deep in the heart of Idaho[Dateline Unknown] Riggins is halfway between our once-upon-a-time North Idaho home and where we live in Southwest Idaho. (North of south, there is no "east or west," it just goes central, north, panhandle.) It's where the Little Salmon River joins the main, the ...cont'd.
EFFin' Unsound
- Dismal science[Feb 20, 10:00 PT] - posted by demo kid Gregory Clark, professor of economics at the University of California at Davis, posted a rather interesting essay this week about academic economists. He does a good job of suggesting that academic economists aren’t worth ...cont'd.
Seattle Transit Blog
- Metro's $80mn in Capital Cuts[Feb 20, 06:27 PT] [Image] University St Station, Seattle Muncipal Archives In the "we’re broke!" Press Release from Metro, a quote from outgoing King County Exec Ron Sims mentions $80 mn in capital project cuts, this is $15 million more than Sim’s ...cont'd.
Thunder Echo Blog
- No Extra Cost for Awesome[Feb 19, 15:50 PT] [Image] Your constant amazement is our primary mission No extra cost for swing, swing, swing Your mild nausea will ever appear on your bill You need this special offer like a Whole lot of love Get a head of the others No extra cost for spin, spin, ...cont'd.
RoguePundit
- The Economy and Amy's Kitchen[Feb 19, 11:47 PT] Since 1988, organic food producer Amy's Kitchen has been growing at over 20 percent a year.But as the economy has gone south, so has that growth.It's causing a bit of belt-tightening. Amy's Kitchen, the homegrown Santa Rosa company that has become ...cont'd.
EFFin' Unsound
- Fiscal responsibility?[Feb 17, 08:41 PT] - posted by demo kid Interesting how chickenhawks like Don Ward love to get behind protests now that they’re out of power. Never much cared for any of the protesters in Westlake Center, but man… conservatives can REALLY show how ...cont'd.
RoguePundit
- A Continuing Lack of Economic Leadership[Feb 16, 23:48 PT] The followingisn't a particularly cheery view of Oregon's economic future. ...since last winter, Oregon's unemployment rate has soared from barely 5.5% to well over 8%, the sixth worst in the nation. Indeed, according to a recentprojectionby the ...cont'd.
The SuperSpade
- The silver-lining in our economic crisis[Feb 16, 18:16 PT] I know times are hard for folks and not a week goes by where someone doesn't tell me about how they heard about some new company giving people the pink slip. However, all of this gloom and doom that the media and we in turn regurgitate is bad for ...cont'd.
Chuck for ...
- Xe, Pronounced "Z" ?[Feb 14, 14:05 PT] I'm not sure if Republican, Halliburton, GWB, or Blackwater is the most toxic brand in America right now, but the right wing mercenary group Blackwater found a new moniker according to McClatchy's News & Observer and that is "Z" spelled Xe. ...cont'd.
NPI Advocate
- Just In: U.S. Senate passes stimulus plan[Feb 10, 10:12 PT] The vote was 61-37. (New Hampshire and Minnesota are each missing a Senator, otherwise the tally would have added up to one hundred). The vote was strictly along party lines except for three Northeast Republican senators who sided with the Democrats ...cont'd.
WashBlog (Diaries)
- President Obama Needs To Fire Some People[Feb 10, 05:01 PT] First, I'd like to thank Washbloggers for being so nice about my last screed. It was that old Bush feeling coming back again. I feel a lot better now, although it's not because things are good. Look, we're going to have to face facts. Things are not ...cont'd.
Hominid Views
- Will Wonders Never Cease.[Feb 19, 22:44 PT] I’ve never been terribly impressed with George Will as a columnist. My father, a pragmatist who lived through the Great Depression and was a T-5 in the Army during the waning months of WWII, has long held that Will "has an extensive vocabulary ...cont'd.
NewWest.Net Boise
- Memo to Obama 2: Confront Global Warming[Feb 17, 11:20 PT] Mike Dombeck served at various times as Forest Service chief and head of the Bureau of Land Management under Clinton, and he advised the Obama transition team. Now a University of Wisconsin system fellow and professor of global conservation at the ...cont'd.
HinesSight
- George Will lies about global warming[Feb 16, 14:00 PT] George, how could you do it? You've been one of the few conservative columnists I could read without wondering, "What bag of untruth was that statement dragged out of?" Yet now Will has joined the Reality Is What We Say It Is crowd, ...cont'd.
Cliff Mass Weather Blog
- Saturday[Feb 14, 12:56 PT] [Image] As you can see from the latest satellite picture, we have a mixed field of cloud and some break over the region, with a few scattered showers (see images). The real action is going into CA and in the picture you can see a well-defined ...cont'd.
The Daily Score
- Fighting Climate Change is Cheap![Feb 13, 10:37 PT] Over the past few decades, climate scientists have gradually converged to a consensus about global warming: it's real, humans are causing it, and over the next century or less it could be a very, very big deal. Sure, there are still a few naysayers ...cont'd.
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The Grumpy Forester
- When No Means "Gimme"[Feb 20, 18:41 PT] ...if you were to cast a casual eye toward the votes of Senators and Representatives on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, you would note that Representative Greg Walden (OR-2, R) voted against the bill because it contained far more ...cont'd.
The Other Side
- I’m confused…[Feb 20, 18:33 PT] I was just reading online :"THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - TRI-CITIES — The Energy Department projects that $2 billion from the federal stimulus package will create 4,400 jobs at the Hanford nuclear reservation. " Now are these jobs not in the ...cont'd.
BlueOregon
- Deep Thought[Feb 20, 17:49 PT] "The perfect storm is here, and Oregon is feeling the recession more than other states," State Economist Tom Potiowsky said to lawmakers assembled in the House chamber Potiowsky also said that the outlook for the next two-year cycle ...cont'd.
The Stranger Blog
- Sculpture and Stimulus Plans[Feb 20, 14:37 PT] This note from Greg Lundgren this afternoon. I am sad to have missed your talk last night at John Boylan's conversation. Probably good I stayed away as I can be a little long winded about sculpture, what it is, who it serves and how it manifests in ...cont'd.
The Stranger Blog
- Cancel Christmas, Too, While You're At It[Feb 20, 13:55 PT] The Magazine Publishers of America are going to cancel their annual American Magazine Conference this year. Everybody will be too busy preparing articles about why magazine writers should get their own stimulus package to attend the conference. [ ...cont'd.
BlueOregon
- Telling it like it is.[Feb 20, 12:29 PT] It's good to see the majority leaders in the House and Senate, Rep. Mary Nolan and Sen. Richard Devlin, take the Republicans to task for their utter failure to do, well, anything constructive. From their statement, a few minutes ago: 'For a time, we ...cont'd.
PubliCola
- Is Obama stimulating Republican fury?[Feb 20, 11:01 PT] There has been talk lately that the stimulus package has re-energized the right wing. Some think the O-camp’s blunders and gaffes on the spending parts of the stimulus have mobilized the conservative base in a faster, more unified way than the ...cont'd.
EFFin' Unsound
- You Say You Want a Revolution?[Feb 20, 10:57 PT] Posted by Robby Jonathan Gardner at Federal Way Conservative apparently wants a revolution. Why does he want a revolution? Here’s why: He [CNBC's Rick Santelli] got worked up over President Obama's audacity that he can rob the productive class ...cont'd.
RoguePundit
- Let the Congestion Continue[Feb 20, 10:09 PT] The state has been proceeding with the following initiative (previous blog here) as if it was a foregone conclusion...and it was. The Oregon Transportation Commission voted Wednesday to withdraw a $7.7 million grant for a rail switching yard project ...cont'd.
HorsesAss.org
- We must fight the economic royalistsagain[Feb 20, 09:49 PT] Inside is an excerpt from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1936 speech at the Democratic National Convention. For out of this modern civilization economic royalists carved new dynasties. New kingdoms were built upon concentration of control over ...cont'd.
The Daily Score
- The Median Is the Message[Feb 20, 01:41 PT] On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve released its Survey of Consumer Finances. And for me, the interesting (but disappointing) news was that median incomes in the US -- a proxy for how the middle class was faring -- actually slipped between 2004 and ...cont'd.
Seattle Transit Blog
- Transit Stimulus Short List[Feb 19, 23:28 PT] Here’s the "short list" of stimulus projects for the PSRC’s FTA grants. The PSRC expects to get $135 million in FTA money for these projects. As you notice, there’s $316 million in projects here, so the actual grants are 42.5% of ...cont'd.
EFFin' Unsound
- But 9/11 Was All Clinton's Fault[Feb 19, 21:24 PT] Posted by Carl Ballard Eric Earling is getting ready to blame Obama for the economic mess we’re in. I should say, Demo Kid is already doing great work pushing back on this nonsense in the comments. Question: at what point does this no longer ...cont'd.
Ridenbaugh Press
- Quite a committee[Feb 19, 20:10 PT] The federal stimulus money has been politicized in various ways around the country; among Republican governors, there’s been talk of not accepting it (though all or nearly all probably will). Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter, never a fan of ...cont'd.
Uncommon Thought Journal
- Track the Stimulus[Feb 19, 19:10 PT] By Rowan Wolf Government watchers, the site for people to track the stimulus package is up and running. It is located at recovery.gov. It remains to be seen how explicit, or accessible, the actual tracking will be. Right off the...
Seattle Transit Blog
- FTA Preliminary Grant Allocations[Feb 19, 16:40 PT] Here are the preliminary calculations for Grant Allocations for Transit Money in the federal stimulus. The first thing that jumps to me is that this is about $25 million less than I thought we would get. Shows what I know.Our area is getting $124.7 ...cont'd.
IdaBlue
- Crapo; political hack[Feb 19, 16:26 PT] I wrote in the preceding post that Senator Mike Crapo has become a political hack. Here's an example explaining why I think that. A hack is someone who parrots the party line and doesn't think for him or her self. I heard Crapo on the radio saying ...cont'd.
43rd State Blues
- The Republican Stimulus Two Step[Feb 19, 15:06 PT] Senator Jim Risch is busy extricating his Toni Llama's from his lipless gob after he wildly gesticulated to the Idaho legislature over his unread copy of the stimulus bill. He maintained the legislation was full of partisan earmarks like a $50 ...cont'd.
NewWest.Net Boise
- Obama's Spending Spree Won't Fix This Mess[Feb 19, 08:58 PT] Let me get this straight: With the new stimulus bill signed by President Barack Obama this week, we're borrowing more money so we can spend more money to generate more spending of money so that we'll have more money to spend -- when this started ...cont'd.
NewWest.Net Boise
- What? You Haven't Read the Stimulus Bill?[Feb 19, 08:26 PT] I'm going to read the stimulus bill. All thousand-something pages of it. Or 407 pages of it, which is how it's posted by the White House. Claims of its outrageous length are all over the place - from 286 to 1,100 is what I've picked up so far - so I ...cont'd.
Chuck for ...
- Chase This Suckers[Feb 19, 01:57 PT] You can see the CNBC video if you'd like to really piss yourself off, but when you consider that CEO Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase runs a company that took $25B from taxpayers to keep itself afloat something about this quote might just irritate you ...cont'd.
morialekafa
- Death watch?[Feb 18, 21:45 PT] Woman handcuffed, stripped, diapered, forced to listen to three days of bible readings. I have always found death very unpleasant to watch. I think I am now watching my first death that I do not find unpleasant to watch, namely, the death of the ...cont'd.
RoguePundit
- Supporting the Work of Pedophiles[Feb 18, 21:07 PT] Yesterday the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) filed forChapter 11 bankruptcy. TheProvince, which is headquartered in Portland,serves Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Unfortunately like at least one of Portland's ...cont'd.
BlueOregon
- Paid Family Leave, Redux[Feb 18, 14:23 PT] On Sunday, Kari Chisholm took note of a great column by Susan Nielsen in the Oregonian that highlighted a proposed piece of legislation for paid family leave. The legislation is a revival of the 2007 attempts by now-Senator Diane Rosenbaum to push ...cont'd.
PubliCola
- Baird in Gaza[Feb 20, 14:46 PT] As the rest of Washington State’s delegation took advantage of this week’s recess to spend time back home'mostly, like Sen. Maria Cantwell and Rep. Jay Inslee, hyping their stimulus bill scores'one legislator spent his recess on less ...cont'd.
HorsesAss.org
- Baird on the Strip[Feb 19, 12:46 PT] Rep. Brian Baird (D-Vancouver) is one of two congressmen currently taking a trip to the Gaza Strip. TPM has the story. Joining Baird on the visit is Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), America’s first Muslim congressman. They will, according to a joint ...cont'd.
Seattle Examiner
- Washington's Baird visiting Gaza[Feb 19, 08:40 PT] Washington Congressman Brian Baird (D-WA3) is visiting Gaza as part of a three member congressional delegation that includes Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison. The visit marks the first time in over three years ...cont'd.
morialekafa
- Honestly![Feb 16, 21:20 PT] Memphis man shot to death for parking too close to shooter's Hummer. Honestly! What is one to make of these Republicans? McCain is claiming the stimulus bill was not bipartisan because Republicans were not consulted. This is not true. Where does he ...cont'd.
Bruno and the Professor
- Episode 377[Feb 15, 21:01 PT] the stimulus passes, the bank bailout advances, and finally: our international news roundup. Links Mentioned: Chavez’s gambit … GM & the UAW go down to the wire … Israel’s election dynamics … the details (such as ...cont'd.
morialekafa
- Not bad for a few days work[Feb 14, 22:58 PT] Web site founded to upgrade image of Muslims forced to close when founder admits to beheading his wife. He closed Guantanamo, ended torture, established paycheck rights for working women, defended their reproductive rights, to action on global ...cont'd.
Preemptive Karma
- Now this is interesting[Feb 11, 22:34 PT] London (JTA): Amnesty International issued a report detailing Hamas violence against Palestinians during Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip. As with so many other issues on a daily basis, one has to go outside of the United States to find ...cont'd.
morialekafa
- Truth and Reconciliation?[Feb 10, 21:34 PT] Protecting baby squirrel, Doctor is arrested for shooting and killing hawk. The pressure seems to be mounting for the Obama Administration to do something about the war crimes of the Bush/Cheney administration. Much of this pressure is now coming ...cont'd.
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