SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL RACES ON FIRE!

By Bob Clark | 05/30/09

RUN AWAY ROBO POLLING! If you happen to be in either the 1st or the 5th Snohomish Council Districts and reside in a ‘bellwether precinct’ your phone may already be ringing off the hook with ‘robo polls’ by at least three groups trying to determine the best candidates to run in this off year council election. Bellwether precincts are those that historically vote for the winning candidate in various races and in this... read more »

IS THE WASHINGTON STATE BAR OPERATING A HIDDEN POLITICAL FUND?

By Bob Clark | 05/27/09

Washington State Farm Bureau and other groups are concerned! Here is a letter being sent out to Farm Bureau members about a hearing in Yakima on Friday: Farm Bureau Will Testify Friday on Proposal to Increase Legal Services Funding The Washington State BAR is considering proposals to increase funding to legal services programs for indigent people. The BAR intends to send funds to groups that engage in lobbying and political... read more »

North Korea: Nuclear Nightmare?

By Bob Clark | 05/27/09

ARE THE NORTH KOREANS PRODUCING THERMONUCLEAR WARHEADS? The second in a series of underground nuclear tests may indicate that the North Koreans are working on a far more sophisticated class of nuclear weapons than was previously thought, according to former Bush Administration Officials speaking on the condition of anonymity. This latest test was estimated to be in the yield range of 3 to 5 Kilotons or about one fourth the explosive power... read more »

A MEMORIAL DAY REMINDER

By Bob Clark | 05/24/09

LEST WE SHOULD FORGET! I will be giving a speech this Memorial Day at the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery in Monroe. As a member of American Legion Post 58 in Monroe; we along with Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7511 put on this ceremony every year. We will also have the Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps group from Snohomish High School led by Sergeant Major Zachery to give the rifle volley and Mr. Bill Clark... read more »

EVERETT HERALD’S BIG BAILOUT!

By Bob Clark | 05/21/09

PICKING OVER THE CORPSE OF THE SEATTLE PI! When I first read Everett Herald’s publisher Allen Funk’s death notice about the demise of the Seattle Post Intelligencer, I came away with the impression that this was a thinly disguised effort to try and woo the readership of the PI in Snohomish County to the Herald. The EXACT number of readers/subscribers the PI had in Snohomish County is not known for sure. The readers of... read more »

IS RICK LARSEN A TARGET FROM WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY?

By Bob Clark | 05/18/09

WHO PAID FOR MYSTERY POLLING LAST WEEK IN THE 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT? The Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, Representative Henry Waxman on Monday predicted that a controversial climate change bill will be approved by that panel. The problem is no one has even taken time to read the monster and they intend to shove this one through the House of Representatives BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY! This brings... read more »

AARON REARDON’S “GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS” BUSINESS SUMMIT A BUST?

By Bob Clark | 05/17/09

HAS REARDON’S PR MACHINE GONE OVER THE TOP?  I think that most of us were puzzled when we first received the notice for this meeting because it contained some of the most grandiose wording I have ever seen for an event like this. For example the following descriptions were used: ‘global community’, ‘discussion on how to improve the state’s business climate’, ‘panel of the state’s... read more »

44th DISTRICT SENATE SEAT UP FOR GRABS?

By Bob Clark | 05/16/09

Hobbs seen as vulnerable! After Mike Hope (R), defeated Liz Loomis (D) who was appointed to serve out the remainder of Democrat John Lovick’s term for State Representative in the 44th Legislative District; it has become clear that a once Republican District is swinging back to the RED! I asked a long time political insider about next year’s upcoming election in the 44th for the Senate Seat currently being held by Steve Hobbs... read more »

STIMULUS CHECKS FOR THE DEAD?

By Bob Clark | 05/15/09

ACORN registered them to vote for Obama and now Obama is making sure they get their stimulus checks? The only problem is that those folks are DEAD! I wonder how many alledged DECEASED voters in King County who got their votes counted in 2004 for Gregoire also got their stimulus checks? Click on the video on the left side of this page LINK. (Click no if you don't want the Adobe Flash Reader if that box appears) Then you can read... read more »

OBAMA SLAMS SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCILMAN!

By Bob Clark | 05/14/09

DAVE SOMERS SNUBBED FOR EPA POSITION! In a major shock to one of Seattle’s major Environmental crackpots, Boss Paul Brainerd, one of his fair haired boys: Dave Somers was denied the Regional Administrators Position with the Environmental Protection Agency. Word has it that Somers was devastated because he was assured early on that that position was his. Obama, instead, made it a political appointment and gave it to someone who worked... read more »