Archive for ‘Road Kill Caucus’

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Feb25

Washington Conservation Voters’ mistake

by Don Smith on February 25th, 2013 at 7:56 pm
Posted In: Environment, Politics, Washington State Politics, Road Kill Caucus, Politics, Washington State Politics, Steve Litzow, Politics, Washington State Politics, Women's rights

Washington Conservation Voters is looking for volunteers for Tuesday, 2/25/13 (that’s tomorrow), to doorbell and persuade voters on Mercer Island to contact Republican State Senator Steve Litzow and ask him to support WCV’s Clean Energy and Climate campaign. (Contact tiffany@wcvoters.org.) As pointed out by Robert Sargent, the odd thing is that WCV endorsed Republican Steve’s run […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec13

Resolution condemning the actions of Senators Rodney Tom and Tim Sheldon

by Don Smith on December 13th, 2012 at 11:20 am
Posted In: Politics, Democrats, Democratic sellouts, Politics, Washington State Politics, Road Kill Caucus, Politics, Washington State Politics, Rodney Tom, Politics, Washington State Politics

[There are several similar resolution in the works.] At the December 12, 2012 membership meeting, the 32nd Legislative District Democrats unanimously passed a resolution condemning the actions of Senators Rodney Tom and Tim Sheldon. In choosing to caucus with the Senate Republicans, Senators Tom and Sheldon have chosen to ignore the will of the voters, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec12

Brendan William’s frank analysis of the Rodney Tom debacle, and the Dems’ dilemma

by Don Smith on December 12th, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Posted In: Politics, Democrats, Democratic sellouts, Politics, Washington State Politics, Road Kill Caucus, Politics, Washington State Politics, Rob McKenna, Politics, Washington State Politics, Rodney Tom, Politics, Washington State Politics

Former progressive legislator Brendan Williams says, in The Inevitable Republican Coup and Its Inevitable Silver Lining, that the Democrats’ embracing of Rodney Tom a few years go had a predictable outcome: his turning on them the way the scorpion turned on the frog. By rejecting the man [Rodney] Tom refers affectionately to as “Rob” [McKenna], […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Sep08

The Cancer in the Democratic Party

by Don Smith on September 8th, 2012 at 7:31 am
Posted In: Politics, Progressives, Politics, Washington State Politics, Road Kill Caucus, Politics, Washington State Politics, Tim Eyman, Politics, Washington State Politics

In February of this year, Chris Hedges penned an influential article, The Cancer in Occupy, in which he exposed and condemned the activities of the “Black Bloc” of violence-loving extremists who have weakened, divided and discredited the Occupy Movement.* There’s a comparable cancer in the Democratic Party: corporatist Democrats who ally themselves with Republicans on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May02

Washington Legislators with ALEC Ties

by Linda Boyd on May 2nd, 2012 at 9:48 pm
Posted In: Politics, Washington State Politics, Road Kill Caucus, Politics, Washington State Politics

ALEC Politicians – SourceWatch Washington Legislators with ALEC Ties House of Representatives Rep. Jan Angel (R-26), ALEC State Chairman[21] and Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member Rep. Matt Shea (R-4)[19], ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Member Rep. Gary C. Alexander (R-20), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member Rep. Troy Kelley (D-28), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member – Rep. Kelley did […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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