Tom Forbes

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BIOGRAPHY

Tom was born and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, but now calls the rolling hills of the Palouse region of Washington state home.

A 1985 graduate of Ferrum College with a degree in International Relations, Tom has been active in politics since he was a delegate to the 1993 Virginia Republican Party Convention, the largest ever deliberative body assembled in the Western world at the time. He currently serves as a Precinct Committee Officer in the Whitman County (WA) Republican Party. He was the Whitman County coordinator for Mike Huckabee for President 2008, has managed/advised several campaigns for local and statewide office, and is very involved in grassroots political movements.

Tom founded the conservative blog Palousitics in June 2005, joining the Red County network of blogs in August 2008. His political viewpoints have also been featured in a local newspaper column and a weekly radio talk show.

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What I Saw At The Revolution

By Tom Forbes | 10/12/09

On Saturday, I had the privilege of speaking at the Evergreen Leadership Conference held over in Bellevue. Clearly, a conservative revolution is brewing in this state and nationwide. The ELC committee did an amazing job of bringing the disparate elements of this movement together from all over the state: the Ron Paul supporters in the Campaign for Liberty, the Tea Party organizers, values voters, Second Amendment... read more »

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Edward R. Murrow Wept

By Tom Forbes | 10/09/09

"Pullman's paper of record," the Daily Evergreen, had a Tweet today that "FYI we're working on a full clarification of the Whitman County / Colfax trials story to run on front-page next week." In case you missed it, there was a front-page banner headline story yesterday that preposterously claimed that the city of Colfax alone bore all the costs of prosecuting criminal cases in Whitman County, including those from... read more »

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Evergreen Leadership Conference This Saturday

By Tom Forbes | 10/08/09

Join me and other conservative leaders to learn about issues and strategies that will win new political victories in 2010. Pat Toomey, past president of the Club for Growth, Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate will be our keynote speaker. Congressman Toomey's race against former Republican Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania in 2010 is one of the most anticipated in the country. Other speakers of note include Seattle radio... read more »

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CANDIDATE PROFILE: Jeff Williams

By Tom Forbes | 10/07/09

From last Friday's Moscow-Pullman Daily News: Candidate profile -Name: Jeff Williams -Age: 40 -Running for: Pullman City Council; Ward 1 -Occupation: Owner of Identity Salon Day Spa -FAMILY: Married with two children -Education: Bachelor's degree from Washington State University ----- Jeff Williams is sick of watching government on his television and listening to its activities on the radio. As a small-business owner of 15 years,... read more »

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Who Really Supports I-1033? The Answer Might Surprise You

By Tom Forbes | 10/07/09

In a cherry-picking op-ed column in yesterday's Daily Evergreen titled "Students should oppose I-1033," Derrick Skaug wrote that, "This initiative has very little support" (Skaug also incredibly claims that "Government spending is one of the best ways to move out of a recession." But that's a subject for ridicule another time.) A recent Rasmussen Reports poll shows that I-1033 is ahead... read more »

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Quote of the Day

By Tom Forbes | 10/07/09

University of Idaho Professor Barbara Cosens said specific aquifer conservation legislation is on hold for now, however, as the size and quality of the aquifer still is unknown. - Sarah Mason, "Water quality issues on tap at annual summit," Moscow-Pullman Daily News, October 7, 2009 This quote is specifically directed at the woman in the audience who mumbled loudly when Jeff Williams responded to a question at Monday night's... read more »

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Pullman Candidate and Initiatives Forum Quick Takes

By Tom Forbes | 10/06/09

9th Legislative District State Representative It's obvious that Pat Hailey's campaign strategy is to use the farmer vs. non-farmer, rural vs. urban, in-state vs. out-of-state, outsider, vs.insider, next door neighbor vs. corporate lobbysist, David vs. Goliath memes against Susan Fagan. Pretty smart. I probably would advise a similar approach if I were managing her campaign, especially with the anti-incumbent mood currently extant in... read more »

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Sgt. Joe Friday Interrogates Roman Polanski

By Tom Forbes | 10/05/09

This one is quickly becoming a YouTube classic: read more »

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Candidate and Issues Forum on Monday, October 5

By Tom Forbes | 10/02/09

The Pullman Chamber of Commerce, the Pullman League of Women Voters and the Moscow-Pullman Daily News will be sponsoring a Candidate and Issues Forum on Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 from 7 - 9:30 pm in the Pullman City Hall Council Chambers. Candidates include those running for state representative in Washington Legislative District 9 (Susan Fagan and Pat Hailey,) Pullman City Council Ward 1, Position 7 (Jeff Williams and Bill... read more »

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I-1033: Time to Tame the Beast of State Spending in Washington

By Tom Forbes | 09/30/09

It is reported in today's Moscow-Pullman Daily News: [Pullman City] Council members also passed a resolution opposing Washington's Initiative 1033, which will appear on November's ballot this year. Initiative 1033 would set a city and county revenue limit for 2010 based on this year's revenue. Should the city's income surpass the predetermined amount, the overflow money is required to be deposited into an account that can only be used to... read more »