Posts for January, 2008

Living longer, but not better

January 18th, 2008

We received our regional committee assignment this past week. Those are the committees where I represent you while sitting next to King County councilmembers and mayors and councilmembers from the cities and towns around us. I lucked out and will retain my seat on the Board of Health. We had our first [More]


Toll it. Toll it now!

January 14th, 2008

Hallelujah. Last week Gov. Chris Gregoire uttered the t-word in relation to replacement of the Evergreen Point (520) Bridge. In addition, the Governor recognized that I-90 must be tooled at the same time in order to prevent toll-avoiders from choking that route. We still need an answer to the same problem for [More]


Third time’s a charm

January 8th, 2008

Thank you to everyone who participated in yesterday's swearing in ceremony for new and returning councilmembers. In talking with someone about it this morning I was reminded that it's one of the few days we have here when we remind ourselves of how unique and valuable local representative democracy is. It's a [More]


Firefighters really are great cooks

January 2nd, 2008

Firefighters really are great cooks I'm not a big red meat eater. I haven't been since college. So, I was more than a little nervous when dinner was served at Fire Station 28 on a Tuesday night in December in Hillman City and it was three crockpots full of pot roast. I [More]