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As regular readers know, democrat and one-term mayor, dead-ended-political-career Tim "The Liar" Leavitt, working hand and hand with Steve "I've been bought before" Stuart came up with a series of lies on the tolling issue to suck in the more gullible members of the GOP in an effort to separate himself from Royce Pollard.
I knew he was lying; I knew that there was no way that Steve "ask not for whom the bridge tolls" Stuart would ever support someone who opposed to tolls, so, I knew... and repeatedly stated, that Leavitt was LYING.
So, sure enough, he flipped on the issue relative moments after he was elected.
NOTOLLS.COM arranged for this little vignette to remind people of that and to hold HIM accountable.
Now, there are a lot of things NOTOLLS should be doing that they're not, and all that is a shame... but all that is a result of less then, well, efficacious advice.
That said, this kind of thing is going to dog Leavitt until he loses in the next election.
NOTOLLS needs to vilify Stuart and quickly. Prove that you can take a seat away from a moron who wants to ram a permanent, $1300 or more monthly fee on commuters... organize those 65,000 voters to take Stuart out and he's toast. And so is anyone else who agrees with him... like Marc Boldt.
Just sayin.
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Showing posts with label Steve "Easy Money" Stuart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steve "Easy Money" Stuart. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Memo to Temple Lentz of the Daily Couv: Before you worry about Madore "buying" politicians, you should take a really hard look at Stuart and Leavitt.
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Temple, Temple, Temple....
Temple Lentz has a cute little blog called The Daily Couv. It's a well-written, frequently humorous look at politics around here... through the leftist bent, of course.
Yesterday, she took a shot at David Madore for his effort, in her words, to buy politicians.
Read it here
Now, Temple is, of course, entitled to her opinion, just like I'm entitled to mine.
But the question is this: is she going to apply the same test to her own good buddies and fellow democrats, Steve "Easy Money" Stuart and Tim "The Liar" Leavitt?
Stuart, as regular readers of this blog know, is a wholly-owned tribal subsidiary, bought and paid for by David Barnett through $100,000 laundered via Progressive Majority.
"The Liar" Leavitt, best known for scamming gullible GOP'ers into voting based on an entirely false "anti-toll" position that he flipped on as soon as he could... received the gift of $40,000 in bogus independent expenditures so he could get elected... and where did THAT money come from? (Yes, I know where it came from. No, I'm not the only one. And no, I ain't saying.)
Of course, we won't be hearing about any of that from Ms. Lentz, because, well, after all, Lentz was The Liar's campaign manager and Tim is working double overtime to have her installed as his "Chief of Staff." Further, since I believe the bridge toll scam was hatched by Steve "Unmarked Bills" Stuart, an integral part of Leavitt's campaign who is doing everything he can to stuff a $100,000,000 yearly hole in our local economy, slamming 65,000 commuters with hundreds of dollars in additional costs just to go to work in Oregon; well, Temple sure isn't going to hold Stuart up to the same disinfecting light...
And, of course, I can't wait to see her express those same concerns over the efforts of one David Nierenberg, who has similarly bought mostly democrat campaigns for years, including, well, $34000 to Steve "Bank Transfer" Stuart since 2005 and even some money for Tim "The Liar" Leavitt.
But that's different... right? Or is it that Temple's concern over buying politicians isn't the actual sale, but instead, limiting that concern to who's doing the buying?
Is she?
So, Temple, you go, girl.
But in the future, try applying the same standard to EVERYONE you examine... and not just the non-leftists.
You wouldn't want to be a hypocrite, now, would you?
(Disclaimer: I don't work for Madore or anyone connected to him. This is just how I see it.)
Temple, Temple, Temple....
Temple Lentz has a cute little blog called The Daily Couv. It's a well-written, frequently humorous look at politics around here... through the leftist bent, of course.
Yesterday, she took a shot at David Madore for his effort, in her words, to buy politicians.
Read it here
More:Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Man Who Funds Notolls.com Looks Forward to "Playing My Elected Officials Like a Theremin"
David Madore, Camas rich guy and CEO of US Digital, issued a statement today through Notolls.com, the Washington state PAC he chairs and for which he is the primary funder.
"Yes," Madore said, "No two ways about it, I'm doing everything I can to buy these politicians. Jenkins, Cismar, Svehaug, Riley ... Man, who am I leaving out? Oh, right -- Appel, Boger, Harris, Peck, Rossi, and of course the failure that was Russell. Well, you can't win 'em all."
Madore went on, "But even though you can't win 'em all, you can sure try to stack the deck. Once I get my candidates in office, many of whom wouldn't have been able to raise even five bucks without my backing, I look forward to seeing the return on my investment."
Asked what's in it for him, Madore shrugged and said, "You know, the usual. Tax breaks that I can turn around and make into my own investments instead of creating jobs, mainly. However, I do have to admit that what I'm most looking forward to? Playing these suckers like a theremin."
Now, Temple is, of course, entitled to her opinion, just like I'm entitled to mine.
But the question is this: is she going to apply the same test to her own good buddies and fellow democrats, Steve "Easy Money" Stuart and Tim "The Liar" Leavitt?
Stuart, as regular readers of this blog know, is a wholly-owned tribal subsidiary, bought and paid for by David Barnett through $100,000 laundered via Progressive Majority.
"The Liar" Leavitt, best known for scamming gullible GOP'ers into voting based on an entirely false "anti-toll" position that he flipped on as soon as he could... received the gift of $40,000 in bogus independent expenditures so he could get elected... and where did THAT money come from? (Yes, I know where it came from. No, I'm not the only one. And no, I ain't saying.)
Of course, we won't be hearing about any of that from Ms. Lentz, because, well, after all, Lentz was The Liar's campaign manager and Tim is working double overtime to have her installed as his "Chief of Staff." Further, since I believe the bridge toll scam was hatched by Steve "Unmarked Bills" Stuart, an integral part of Leavitt's campaign who is doing everything he can to stuff a $100,000,000 yearly hole in our local economy, slamming 65,000 commuters with hundreds of dollars in additional costs just to go to work in Oregon; well, Temple sure isn't going to hold Stuart up to the same disinfecting light...
And, of course, I can't wait to see her express those same concerns over the efforts of one David Nierenberg, who has similarly bought mostly democrat campaigns for years, including, well, $34000 to Steve "Bank Transfer" Stuart since 2005 and even some money for Tim "The Liar" Leavitt.
But that's different... right? Or is it that Temple's concern over buying politicians isn't the actual sale, but instead, limiting that concern to who's doing the buying?
Is she?
So, Temple, you go, girl.
But in the future, try applying the same standard to EVERYONE you examine... and not just the non-leftists.
You wouldn't want to be a hypocrite, now, would you?
(Disclaimer: I don't work for Madore or anyone connected to him. This is just how I see it.)
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Memo to Marc Boldt and Steve "Unmarked Bills" Stuart.
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Dear Marc and Steve,
It has come to my attention that you, Mr. Stuart, seem to be rather unhappy about my blog posts concerning you.
And it has come to my attention that you, Mr. Boldt, feel compelled to threaten others in an effort to control me.
Well, this is my response to that.
I don't give a damn that what I write makes you unhappy, Mr. Stuart. And I don't fricking threaten, Mr. Boldt.
Either one of you have a problem with me? Then do what you have to do. Either one of you think that I am controlled? Then you've got a f&*king screw loose. Either of you have a problem with me?
Then grow enough testicles to contact me directly. But don't you dare threaten anyone I know in an effort to silence me.
When it comes to what I write, there is really, at base, only one question: am I telling the truth when I write?
Take Mr. Boldt, who is my brother in law.
The Marc Boldt of today bears only a passing resemblance to the courageous conservative legislator who would cheerfully tilt at windmills every hour on the hour when he felt the cause was just or the principle was right.
Now, Marc just does what Stuart tells him to do. And that's why Marc lied to me about holding an advisory vote on this horrific loot rail/bridge replacement project this November.
Marc portrays himself as a Republican. Yet, he endorses Steve "Plain Envelope" Stuart for election... again.
Did I mention that Stuart is a democrat?
By endorsing Stuart, Boldt is endorsing everything Stuart stands for, including bridge tolls for 65,000 people. He's endorsing the corruption that Boldt himself told me about the August before Stuart's first election.
Stuart, on the other hand, apparently hates it that I point out that he was the beneficiary of $100,000 in cold, hard cash from tribal casino developer David Barnett when it was laundered through Progressive Majority. Stuart isn't thrilled that I remind the world that he scammed a deal with Craig Pridemore during session a few years back that allowed Stuart to keep some $60,000 in campaign contributions by pushing the application of legislative donation limits, in place now for Clark County, to another year... and another election.
Stuart isn't particularly fond of my frequent reminders that he was a major part of Tim "The Liar" Leavitt's campaign... which explains both the bogus, lying strategy that fooled people into believing that Leavitt opposed tolls and the fact that having used it to get elected, he could then flip, counting on a short attention span by the voters.
So what does Marc do? Marc calls another candidate, and warns them that Steve "Check, please!" Stuart might "get involved" in that candidate's campaign, both as if it would make any difference and as if that person actually controlled what I write or when or how I wrote it.
Please remember as you read this that while Marc Boldt has TOLD people he's "talked to" me about my blog, he has NEVER discussed it with me, EVER. So, when he's told Jamie Herrera, who would have been no where without Boldt's "help", that he's "talked to him" about the blog, that is a flat out lie.
In fact, when he talks to ANYONE about "talking" to me about this or any other blog, he is lying about that.
Well, here's the deal.
I spent 6 years overseas in defense of my country in part so I could do this very thing.
I wore the uniform for 14 years total, in all components, so I could, in part, do this very thing.
The question is this:
Do I cede to Marc Boldt or Steve Stuart any ability to censor me or silence me? Do I run away because these people, or anyone else, is mad at me?
Do I?
"You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill
Hell no, I don't. And there is much more to come.
If any of you don't like what I have to say, then the simple solution is to avoid reading it.
But don't even think about threatening those around me, ESPECIALLY when you lack the balls to confront me directly.
And an additional memo to Ann Rivers: don't even think about trying to control what, when or who I write about. And to those who think you can control me by attacking her?
Well, we saw how well that worked with Herrera's winged monkeys like Keath Huff, didn't we?
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Dear Marc and Steve,
It has come to my attention that you, Mr. Stuart, seem to be rather unhappy about my blog posts concerning you.
And it has come to my attention that you, Mr. Boldt, feel compelled to threaten others in an effort to control me.
Well, this is my response to that.
I don't give a damn that what I write makes you unhappy, Mr. Stuart. And I don't fricking threaten, Mr. Boldt.
Either one of you have a problem with me? Then do what you have to do. Either one of you think that I am controlled? Then you've got a f&*king screw loose. Either of you have a problem with me?
Then grow enough testicles to contact me directly. But don't you dare threaten anyone I know in an effort to silence me.
When it comes to what I write, there is really, at base, only one question: am I telling the truth when I write?
Take Mr. Boldt, who is my brother in law.
The Marc Boldt of today bears only a passing resemblance to the courageous conservative legislator who would cheerfully tilt at windmills every hour on the hour when he felt the cause was just or the principle was right.
Now, Marc just does what Stuart tells him to do. And that's why Marc lied to me about holding an advisory vote on this horrific loot rail/bridge replacement project this November.
Marc portrays himself as a Republican. Yet, he endorses Steve "Plain Envelope" Stuart for election... again.
Did I mention that Stuart is a democrat?
By endorsing Stuart, Boldt is endorsing everything Stuart stands for, including bridge tolls for 65,000 people. He's endorsing the corruption that Boldt himself told me about the August before Stuart's first election.
Stuart, on the other hand, apparently hates it that I point out that he was the beneficiary of $100,000 in cold, hard cash from tribal casino developer David Barnett when it was laundered through Progressive Majority. Stuart isn't thrilled that I remind the world that he scammed a deal with Craig Pridemore during session a few years back that allowed Stuart to keep some $60,000 in campaign contributions by pushing the application of legislative donation limits, in place now for Clark County, to another year... and another election.
Stuart isn't particularly fond of my frequent reminders that he was a major part of Tim "The Liar" Leavitt's campaign... which explains both the bogus, lying strategy that fooled people into believing that Leavitt opposed tolls and the fact that having used it to get elected, he could then flip, counting on a short attention span by the voters.
So what does Marc do? Marc calls another candidate, and warns them that Steve "Check, please!" Stuart might "get involved" in that candidate's campaign, both as if it would make any difference and as if that person actually controlled what I write or when or how I wrote it.
Please remember as you read this that while Marc Boldt has TOLD people he's "talked to" me about my blog, he has NEVER discussed it with me, EVER. So, when he's told Jamie Herrera, who would have been no where without Boldt's "help", that he's "talked to him" about the blog, that is a flat out lie.
In fact, when he talks to ANYONE about "talking" to me about this or any other blog, he is lying about that.
Well, here's the deal.
I spent 6 years overseas in defense of my country in part so I could do this very thing.
I wore the uniform for 14 years total, in all components, so I could, in part, do this very thing.
The question is this:
Do I cede to Marc Boldt or Steve Stuart any ability to censor me or silence me? Do I run away because these people, or anyone else, is mad at me?
Do I?
"You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill
Hell no, I don't. And there is much more to come.
If any of you don't like what I have to say, then the simple solution is to avoid reading it.
But don't even think about threatening those around me, ESPECIALLY when you lack the balls to confront me directly.
And an additional memo to Ann Rivers: don't even think about trying to control what, when or who I write about. And to those who think you can control me by attacking her?
Well, we saw how well that worked with Herrera's winged monkeys like Keath Huff, didn't we?
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Marvin Case on Steve "Easy Money" Stuart and tolling.
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Marvin Case, for the few who don't know, was the "all-everything" at The Reflector for many years. While I don't agree with him about everything (Marvin has expressed a mystifying rabid support of the organized crime establishment known as the Cowlitz Megacasino, for example) he was and remains a force to be reckoned with in this community.
It seems that the new ownership continues to extend the hospitality of the Reflector and has provided Mr. Case with the role of Publisher Emeritus. That is a smart decision.
In this week's observations, Marvin talks about the issue of tolls on the unwanted and unneeded I-5 bridge replacement. In those observations is the following:
This, of course, is a flat out lie from Stuart.
If he actually believed this, he would have joined with Tom Mielke the several times Mielke has attempted to get an advisory vote on the ballot.
Like the rest of the downtown mafia, Stuart doesn't give a damn what the people want. The LAST thing Stuart wants is to have proof of what he already knows: the people of Clark County don't want this crap pile. We don't want the billions of dollars in debt. We don't want a $100,000,000 hole blown in our local economy for the rest of our lives.
Stuart is no idiot. Corrupt? Most likely. An idiot?
If the people came out swinging against this project, Stuart would be forced to act or be held accountable for getting people like fellow democrat Tim "The Liar" Leavitt elected... the same Leavitt who scammed the voters into actually believing the lie that he opposed tolls.
There is no "rigorous survey" that could possibly exceed the accuracy of a vote. Stuart knows that.
A vote would cost a few thousand dollars more for an item added to the ballot to be counted in the general election this November.
Stuart knows that as well; yet he's done absolutely nothing to make either of those things happen.
He reminds me of the people who lived across the street from the ancestral estates of the Count of Dachau. They claimed they had no IDEA what went on there.
Well, like Stuart, if they don't know, it's because they didn't want to know.
Stuart is going to get that bridge built for the downtown mafia come hell or high water. His backers demand it, the blood-sucking unions demand it, and his fellow democrats demand it. And if 65,000 people and their families get screwed with a toll Stuart demands that we pay, well that's just too damned bad for us, since HE won't have to pay that toll to go to work, and neither will 99% of the rest of the people cheerleading for this, the most massive waste of money for light rail in the history of this planet.
Marvin Case, for the few who don't know, was the "all-everything" at The Reflector for many years. While I don't agree with him about everything (Marvin has expressed a mystifying rabid support of the organized crime establishment known as the Cowlitz Megacasino, for example) he was and remains a force to be reckoned with in this community.
It seems that the new ownership continues to extend the hospitality of the Reflector and has provided Mr. Case with the role of Publisher Emeritus. That is a smart decision.
In this week's observations, Marvin talks about the issue of tolls on the unwanted and unneeded I-5 bridge replacement. In those observations is the following:
It’s safe to say that tolls would be increased on I-5/I-205 as time goes by. Stuart says he will support tolls if county residents find them to be acceptable. Stuart seeks an accurate assessment of public opinion on the topic through either a vote or rigorous survey.
This, of course, is a flat out lie from Stuart.
If he actually believed this, he would have joined with Tom Mielke the several times Mielke has attempted to get an advisory vote on the ballot.
Like the rest of the downtown mafia, Stuart doesn't give a damn what the people want. The LAST thing Stuart wants is to have proof of what he already knows: the people of Clark County don't want this crap pile. We don't want the billions of dollars in debt. We don't want a $100,000,000 hole blown in our local economy for the rest of our lives.
Stuart is no idiot. Corrupt? Most likely. An idiot?
If the people came out swinging against this project, Stuart would be forced to act or be held accountable for getting people like fellow democrat Tim "The Liar" Leavitt elected... the same Leavitt who scammed the voters into actually believing the lie that he opposed tolls.
There is no "rigorous survey" that could possibly exceed the accuracy of a vote. Stuart knows that.
A vote would cost a few thousand dollars more for an item added to the ballot to be counted in the general election this November.
Stuart knows that as well; yet he's done absolutely nothing to make either of those things happen.
He reminds me of the people who lived across the street from the ancestral estates of the Count of Dachau. They claimed they had no IDEA what went on there.
Well, like Stuart, if they don't know, it's because they didn't want to know.
Stuart is going to get that bridge built for the downtown mafia come hell or high water. His backers demand it, the blood-sucking unions demand it, and his fellow democrats demand it. And if 65,000 people and their families get screwed with a toll Stuart demands that we pay, well that's just too damned bad for us, since HE won't have to pay that toll to go to work, and neither will 99% of the rest of the people cheerleading for this, the most massive waste of money for light rail in the history of this planet.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
So, I was at "The Liar" Leavitt's dog and pony show last night.
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Remember, folks.... it's not that Tim "The Liar" Leavitt lied to those of you who couldn't see it... Anyone reading this blog about Leavitt since he announced knew that he was lying the whole time. It's that he took this long to admit it.
The sooner he came out of the closet on this, the sooner he could put it behind him and begin to REALLY concentrate on screwing us in ways Pollard hadn't dreamed of.
The Liar's performance last night's was so unbelievably pathetic... so absolutely cynical, that his decision to come out of the closet on his genuine stance on tolls (Which, of course, is that he supported tolls all along, supported tolls even thought he sold himself to the less informed as opposing tolls) was yet another of his political ploys, designed to get it out of the way now, while cynically sure that with the Columbian's help (You can bet, given the fact that the local rag does everything they can to help bridger/looters, that like their Moeller debacle, they will stop mentioning this worm's political treason as soon as possible so we all forget about it as soon as possible) that this issue will rapidly disappear to do less political damage to The Liar in the future.
Leavitt, of course, is a coward and a liar. Many politicians share those tenets. But this "Oh my, I lied to you all like a rug... but holding on to my position that I used TO GET ELECTED is just too hard... and being honorable and keeping my word is just too difficult, and then, as I lie to you about 'no one else opposes tolls' (Commissioner Tom Mielke does) the very idea that I COULD take a stand based on principle no matter how many people beat on me is just.... welllll..... far too difficult for me to contemplate."
The Liar actually stood there and told someone that he "didn't see where holding an advisory vote would serve any purpose." Oddly, the paper, which would rather burn itself to the ground then get into the issue of an advisory vote, failed to mention that effort by someone else in the crowd.
Here. Let me help you with that, Liar:
For scum like you who used people, lied to people, mislead people.... who only NOW tell us that there's really "nothing you can do about it... you have no impact on tolls... they're set at the legislature" and so on and so on.... I've got to ask: how come you didn't say any of that tripe during your campaign, Weasel?
As I told you last night, the moment I heard that Steve "Easy Money" Stuart was running your campaign, I KNEW you were lying. I KNEW you were pro-toll.
And see, that's why I supported Pollard: Pollard was all of those things as well, but he was much more honest about it.
Pollard made no bones about his positions. You, on the other hand, are a stone cold lying scum bag. If you told me it was daylight out, I'd have to check it for myself.
And I STILL haven't received an answer to my question, you little worm: because you we're such a lying scumbag during your campaign.... when, exactly, are we supposed to believe you?
Clearly, principles like honor and ethics are completely foreign to you and the scum like you.
You whined and sniveled like no other politician I've EVER seen, and I've been doing this a long time.
Here's what you COULD do: you COULD spike the whole project.
You little fricking coward; you COULD take a stand and tell the world that you will oppose the project if it has tolls. You COULD do that, but because you're such a sniveling, whiny little coward, you won't. After all, you little worm, you wouldn't want to be an "obstructionist," right?
You see, Liar, you took a stand. People believed in you because of that stand. And what YOUR job is, is this: to do every thing you can to fight for the principles that got you elected. That *I* knew you were a lying turd makes no difference. People were so politically ignorant they BELIEVED in you. THATS what matters. Of course, I knew you would betray them, because that's what you are.
And I got news for you.
I'm going to be out here as long as I live telling them.
And now, you make a political calculation to crawl away from your honor NOW, to minimize political damage to you LATER, a project the Columbian has ALREADY started on.
That's what a foreign concept like "courage" could do for you. But you wouldn't know anything about that, either.... would you?
After all, you wouldn't want to disappoint Steve "Unmarked Bills" Stuart.... would you?
No wonder people hate politicians. No wonder Vancouver is such a fiscal train wreck. With "leadership" like yours... it's surprising that the city still stands.
Remember, folks.... it's not that Tim "The Liar" Leavitt lied to those of you who couldn't see it... Anyone reading this blog about Leavitt since he announced knew that he was lying the whole time. It's that he took this long to admit it.
The sooner he came out of the closet on this, the sooner he could put it behind him and begin to REALLY concentrate on screwing us in ways Pollard hadn't dreamed of.
The Liar's performance last night's was so unbelievably pathetic... so absolutely cynical, that his decision to come out of the closet on his genuine stance on tolls (Which, of course, is that he supported tolls all along, supported tolls even thought he sold himself to the less informed as opposing tolls) was yet another of his political ploys, designed to get it out of the way now, while cynically sure that with the Columbian's help (You can bet, given the fact that the local rag does everything they can to help bridger/looters, that like their Moeller debacle, they will stop mentioning this worm's political treason as soon as possible so we all forget about it as soon as possible) that this issue will rapidly disappear to do less political damage to The Liar in the future.
Leavitt, of course, is a coward and a liar. Many politicians share those tenets. But this "Oh my, I lied to you all like a rug... but holding on to my position that I used TO GET ELECTED is just too hard... and being honorable and keeping my word is just too difficult, and then, as I lie to you about 'no one else opposes tolls' (Commissioner Tom Mielke does) the very idea that I COULD take a stand based on principle no matter how many people beat on me is just.... welllll..... far too difficult for me to contemplate."
The Liar actually stood there and told someone that he "didn't see where holding an advisory vote would serve any purpose." Oddly, the paper, which would rather burn itself to the ground then get into the issue of an advisory vote, failed to mention that effort by someone else in the crowd.
Here. Let me help you with that, Liar:
For scum like you who used people, lied to people, mislead people.... who only NOW tell us that there's really "nothing you can do about it... you have no impact on tolls... they're set at the legislature" and so on and so on.... I've got to ask: how come you didn't say any of that tripe during your campaign, Weasel?
As I told you last night, the moment I heard that Steve "Easy Money" Stuart was running your campaign, I KNEW you were lying. I KNEW you were pro-toll.
And see, that's why I supported Pollard: Pollard was all of those things as well, but he was much more honest about it.
Pollard made no bones about his positions. You, on the other hand, are a stone cold lying scum bag. If you told me it was daylight out, I'd have to check it for myself.
And I STILL haven't received an answer to my question, you little worm: because you we're such a lying scumbag during your campaign.... when, exactly, are we supposed to believe you?
Clearly, principles like honor and ethics are completely foreign to you and the scum like you.
You whined and sniveled like no other politician I've EVER seen, and I've been doing this a long time.
Here's what you COULD do: you COULD spike the whole project.
You little fricking coward; you COULD take a stand and tell the world that you will oppose the project if it has tolls. You COULD do that, but because you're such a sniveling, whiny little coward, you won't. After all, you little worm, you wouldn't want to be an "obstructionist," right?
You see, Liar, you took a stand. People believed in you because of that stand. And what YOUR job is, is this: to do every thing you can to fight for the principles that got you elected. That *I* knew you were a lying turd makes no difference. People were so politically ignorant they BELIEVED in you. THATS what matters. Of course, I knew you would betray them, because that's what you are.
And I got news for you.
I'm going to be out here as long as I live telling them.
And now, you make a political calculation to crawl away from your honor NOW, to minimize political damage to you LATER, a project the Columbian has ALREADY started on.
That's what a foreign concept like "courage" could do for you. But you wouldn't know anything about that, either.... would you?
After all, you wouldn't want to disappoint Steve "Unmarked Bills" Stuart.... would you?
No wonder people hate politicians. No wonder Vancouver is such a fiscal train wreck. With "leadership" like yours... it's surprising that the city still stands.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
"The Liar" Leavitt comes clean and admits it: "No tolls" was a lie and a campaign ploy.
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From the start, I knew that Tim "The Liar" Leavitt was lying about his opposition to tolls.
There was never any question of this; Leavitt's campaign was run by rabid bridge-at-any-cost-or-toll democrat Steve "Easy Money" Stuart. There is no way.... NO WAY... that Stuart would have helped someone to becoming his partner in crime if that someone didn't also share his views on corruption and the Bridge.
Leavitt, who certainly lies with the best of them, showed his cards with an early endorsement of Obama. It's difficult to view anyone who took that political step as anything but a leftist moron, and Leavitt here is no exception to that rule.
So, now the reality is finally public: Mr. "I'm not an obstructionist, I oppose tolls but don't care if they're implemented" Leavitt has finally spilled the beans... the obvious lie is now front and center.
Congrats, Timmy. You've shot to the top of the "scummy and despicable lying politicians" list with a bullet.
To the kool aid drinkers of the Clark County GOP, many of whom, but not all, are drinking the same kind of kool aid as part of the Herrera Herd; I say this: I tried to tell you.
Leavitt was NO DIFFERENT from Pollard in his goals or methods. The only difference between Pollard and Leavitt, and why I supported Pollard in the last election was that Pollard, as completely wrong as he is about this moronic waste of billions for his pet project that HE won't have to pay for is this:
At least Pollard didn't lie about where he stood.
Leavitt did. Repeatedly. And that makes him pure political scum.
"Backs off" that stance?
In reality... he never had that stance. He hosed the people and the media. He lied repeatedly, over and over and over again. And now you have it in his own words.
Congrats, Vancouver. You really DO have the government you deserve.
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From the start, I knew that Tim "The Liar" Leavitt was lying about his opposition to tolls.
There was never any question of this; Leavitt's campaign was run by rabid bridge-at-any-cost-or-toll democrat Steve "Easy Money" Stuart. There is no way.... NO WAY... that Stuart would have helped someone to becoming his partner in crime if that someone didn't also share his views on corruption and the Bridge.
Leavitt, who certainly lies with the best of them, showed his cards with an early endorsement of Obama. It's difficult to view anyone who took that political step as anything but a leftist moron, and Leavitt here is no exception to that rule.
So, now the reality is finally public: Mr. "I'm not an obstructionist, I oppose tolls but don't care if they're implemented" Leavitt has finally spilled the beans... the obvious lie is now front and center.
Congrats, Timmy. You've shot to the top of the "scummy and despicable lying politicians" list with a bullet.
To the kool aid drinkers of the Clark County GOP, many of whom, but not all, are drinking the same kind of kool aid as part of the Herrera Herd; I say this: I tried to tell you.
Leavitt was NO DIFFERENT from Pollard in his goals or methods. The only difference between Pollard and Leavitt, and why I supported Pollard in the last election was that Pollard, as completely wrong as he is about this moronic waste of billions for his pet project that HE won't have to pay for is this:
At least Pollard didn't lie about where he stood.
Leavitt did. Repeatedly. And that makes him pure political scum.
"Backs off" that stance?
In reality... he never had that stance. He hosed the people and the media. He lied repeatedly, over and over and over again. And now you have it in his own words.
So, Vancouver has a mayor lied just like Portland's Sam Adams lied about having sex with a teenage boy.Leavitt backs off his anti-tolling stance on I-5 bridge
Mayor adds that local traffic on both sides should also help pay
By Erik Robinson
Columbian staff writer
Friday, July 16, 2010
A new bridge across the Columbia River won’t get built without tolls, Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt acknowledged Friday.
Instead, he argued for a “more stable, more equitable financing plan” that wouldn’t rely solely on tolls collected at the bridge. Instead, Leavitt suggested spreading the burden to motorists who will benefit from five miles of freeway improvements on both sides of the Columbia without necessarily crossing the river.
“Folks could get on and off in the ‘bridge influence area’ and not get on the bridge,” Leavitt said Friday during a meeting of bridge project sponsors in Vancouver.
Leavitt is effectively reversing the anti-tolling stance that helped propel him into office last November.
Leavitt acknowledged Friday that the state Legislature authorizes tolls and the state Transportation Commission sets the rates. Even so, he had vowed during his campaign against incumbent Royce Pollard that he would fight as a voice for the estimated 60,000 Clark County residents who cross the river to work in Oregon.
“It’s becoming painfully apparent that I’m on the losing end of an effort to implement improvements in the Interstate 5 corridor without a local financing piece that will have a direct impact on the wallets of Clark County commuters,” he said in an e-mail Friday. “The tool that everybody else is locked into is tolls.”
Leavitt is now suggesting a form of point-access tolling, which would assess a fee for any single-occupant vehicle that enters the corridor. He specifically mentioned Oregonians who drive on I-5 between Marine Drive and Hayden Island, although the same burden would theoretically apply to travel between state Highway 500 and downtown Vancouver.
“By better capturing tolls from users south of the river, and thus broadening the base of collection, my hope is that tolls placed at the bridge crossing can be limited,” Leavitt said.
Leavitt noted that the Columbia River Crossing project includes plenty of interchange improvements beyond the bridge itself, including refinements intended to lessen the bridge’s hulking footprint on Hayden Island.
Project planners anticipate splitting costs among the federal government, the two states and money generated by tolling. Now estimated to cost between $2.6 billion and $3.6 billion, the project includes a replacement for the twin three-lane drawbridges across the river, an extension of Portland’s light rail transit system into downtown Vancouver, and freeway interchange improvements between state Highway 500 and Marine Drive in Portland.
On the campaign trail, Leavitt suggested boosting the federal share while paring back the project’s ambitions.
“I’ve come to the realization that the costs and parameters of this project cannot be pared enough to prevent the need for local financing,” he said Friday.
The mayor floated his alternate approach near the end of a meeting of local elected leaders and state transportation officials at the Washington State Department of Transportation offices in Vancouver.
Leavitt said afterward that he believes it’s the best way to minimize the financial burden on Clark County commuters.
“This approach to tolling represents a broader application of traffic demand management, broadens the base of financial participation, and might just pay off the bonds for the improvements more quickly, thus reducing the overall cost of the project,” he said.
Erik Robinson: 360-735-4551, or erik.robinson@columbian.com.
Congrats, Vancouver. You really DO have the government you deserve.
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Today's odd factoid about and from the cancer on our community.
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The dems are here... a few, anyway.
1600 from the GOP rolled in here for the GOP coffee klatch a few days back.
900 looks to be the number for the leftists.
Nah.... nothing defensive about THAT, right?
But that's not the point of this post. The point is this:
Yeah, OK, swell.
Yet, these same lamebrains babble incessantly about a bridge and loot rail charitably expected to vacuum $100 million EACH YEAR out of that SAME "local economy."
Oddly, they never seem to talk about that.
Why not? It's much like the rape or near rape of a woman by someone involved in an "Inconvenient Truth." He doesn't want to talk about that, either.
Remember, kids: those yelling the loudest in favor of this stupidity are inevitably those who will pay the least when it's built. As in, nothing.
Isn't it easy for slime like the local rag to spend YOUR money?
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The dems are here... a few, anyway.
1600 from the GOP rolled in here for the GOP coffee klatch a few days back.
900 looks to be the number for the leftists.
Nah.... nothing defensive about THAT, right?
But that's not the point of this post. The point is this:
However, more crucial than delegate counts to local merchants is the number of visitors overall, and there’s no disputing the fact this week’s convention will significantly boost the local economy. In fact, June has brought five conventions that are expected to pump more than $2 million into the local economy.
Yeah, OK, swell.
Yet, these same lamebrains babble incessantly about a bridge and loot rail charitably expected to vacuum $100 million EACH YEAR out of that SAME "local economy."
Oddly, they never seem to talk about that.
Why not? It's much like the rape or near rape of a woman by someone involved in an "Inconvenient Truth." He doesn't want to talk about that, either.
Remember, kids: those yelling the loudest in favor of this stupidity are inevitably those who will pay the least when it's built. As in, nothing.
Isn't it easy for slime like the local rag to spend YOUR money?
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Monday, June 21, 2010
Tim "The Liar" Leavitt: ANOTHER democrat position?
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We all know that Tim "the Liar" Leavitt was a scammer and a liar in the last election, falsely claiming that he opposed tolls on the bridge; he, of course, supports tolls; always has and has done nothing... and will DO nothing... to keep massive tolls from being implemented, just like his democrat buddy and campaign staffer Steve "Easy Money" Stuart... who is doing everything he can to nail 65,000 commuters with a $1300 or so yearly fee to go to work.
Now, The Liar wants to silence political dissent.
The details are in this article in the local rag. But suffice it to say: The Liar is sharing yet another in the long list of leftist philosophies (The Liar was, after all, an early endorser of Obama) that he kept so carefully hidden from the Republicans who got him elected: in this case, that the First Amendment is, in reality, the first suggestion.
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We all know that Tim "the Liar" Leavitt was a scammer and a liar in the last election, falsely claiming that he opposed tolls on the bridge; he, of course, supports tolls; always has and has done nothing... and will DO nothing... to keep massive tolls from being implemented, just like his democrat buddy and campaign staffer Steve "Easy Money" Stuart... who is doing everything he can to nail 65,000 commuters with a $1300 or so yearly fee to go to work.
Now, The Liar wants to silence political dissent.
The details are in this article in the local rag. But suffice it to say: The Liar is sharing yet another in the long list of leftist philosophies (The Liar was, after all, an early endorser of Obama) that he kept so carefully hidden from the Republicans who got him elected: in this case, that the First Amendment is, in reality, the first suggestion.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Role reversal? Where have the Republicans gone on the county commission?
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When Tom Mielke ran for commissioner, it was on a simple, populist-based platform of no I-5 Bridge replacement, no light rail and no tax or fee increases.
So, imagine my dismay when I discovered that Mielke wants to jack up our fees for vehicle ownership in the midst of a recession?
Boldt has long since lost many of the Republican tenets of his political upbringing, having voted to allow the county to confiscate our weapons in the event of a declared emergency, having voted for a sales tax increase for meth treatment without referring said tax to the voters; and his lie to me, personally, that he would make sure there was an advisory vote on the bridge project/loot rail when he never intended such a vote to take place; helping to insure that we're burdened with an additional $1300 a year for each of the 65,000 that will come directly out of our local economy.
He rarely supports Mielke's heretofore conservative ideas and has repeatedly failed to even second Mielke's multiple motions for an advisory vote, either with the county or at the CRC.
That he would go along with this under the facade of reducing our property taxes is as much a shell game as the idiot democrats screwing us with an income tax. Any such reduction would be temporary, and therefore worthless.
That brings us to Stuart, who suddenly finds himself in a re-election race, although how much of a race it turns out to be remains to be seen.
Stuart is well aware of his vulnerabilities; his corruption with David Barnett and his slavish desire to throw us under a bus while jamming us with a toll for a bridge with loot rail that we neither need nor want does expose him to some vulnerability... since corruption and massive tax or fee increases during a horrific recession aren't particularly politically attractive to the 65,000 commuters, Stuart's aura of invulnerability is as much a facade as Boldt's Republicanism.
So, here we have the role-reversal. Mielke and Boldt want to jack up our fees. Stuart, in genuine political fear for his future, takes the hero position of "no" on this issue... almost as if it were set up as an election ploy to strengthen Stuart's effort at re-election.
Because whether that was the plan or not, this is the practical outcome.
In the article, Stuart's assumption of a what would otherwise be a Republican political position seems so reasoned and well thought out, since he is, of course, correct.
Why Mielke is throwing this political lifeline to Stuart is beyond me. Why Mielke is carrying this water for the development community who so cavalierly ignored him in 08, giving him essentially no money to run on, is simply beyond me.
Causing the people of this county to pay increased fees so developers get a break will do nothing to increase housing construction; the issue isn't development fees which are all passed on to the buyer anyway. Instead, the issue is the difficulty in getting financing and the uncertain financial future of those who might be interested in buying homes.
In short, screwing the people of Clark County to increase developer profit margins will not have the desired effect unless the economy of this county where unemployment continues to hover in the stratosphere improves, along with the financing available to buy these houses once built.
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When Tom Mielke ran for commissioner, it was on a simple, populist-based platform of no I-5 Bridge replacement, no light rail and no tax or fee increases.
So, imagine my dismay when I discovered that Mielke wants to jack up our fees for vehicle ownership in the midst of a recession?
Mielke urges higher vehicle fees to fund road projectsI've got to tell you: I'm not interested in the least in taking "the burden off developers from having to pay as much in traffic impact fees."
Boldt says he’d back effort if property taxes are reduced
By Stephanie Rice
Columbian staff writer
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Here’s how badly the county needs money for future road projects: Clark County Commissioner Tom Mielke, a conservative Republican who owns nine cars, supports increasing vehicle licensing fees.
Mielke said Tuesday that increasing licensing fees would take the burden off developers from having to pay as much in traffic-impact fees.
He quickly added that he would like to balance a fee hike with reducing property
tax rates so homeowners would not pay as much for roads, either.
He said he’s encouraging county staffers to figure out a specific proposal.
“I don’t know how to do it,” Mielke said.
His fellow Republican, Commissioner Marc Boldt, said he supports increasing licensing fees on the condition property taxes were lowered.
They both feel all drivers, and not just property owners and developers, should shoulder more of the burden of paying for roads.
By state law, commissioners could raise the $43 annual vehicle licensing fee by $20 without putting it to a public vote.
If voters so approved, the fee could be raised by as much as $100.
Commissioner Steve Stuart, a Democrat, would be the board’s lone “no” vote. He said the county needs to work with existing funds, ranking projects on a need-based scale that favors safety and attracting business development.
More:
Boldt has long since lost many of the Republican tenets of his political upbringing, having voted to allow the county to confiscate our weapons in the event of a declared emergency, having voted for a sales tax increase for meth treatment without referring said tax to the voters; and his lie to me, personally, that he would make sure there was an advisory vote on the bridge project/loot rail when he never intended such a vote to take place; helping to insure that we're burdened with an additional $1300 a year for each of the 65,000 that will come directly out of our local economy.
He rarely supports Mielke's heretofore conservative ideas and has repeatedly failed to even second Mielke's multiple motions for an advisory vote, either with the county or at the CRC.
That he would go along with this under the facade of reducing our property taxes is as much a shell game as the idiot democrats screwing us with an income tax. Any such reduction would be temporary, and therefore worthless.
That brings us to Stuart, who suddenly finds himself in a re-election race, although how much of a race it turns out to be remains to be seen.
Stuart is well aware of his vulnerabilities; his corruption with David Barnett and his slavish desire to throw us under a bus while jamming us with a toll for a bridge with loot rail that we neither need nor want does expose him to some vulnerability... since corruption and massive tax or fee increases during a horrific recession aren't particularly politically attractive to the 65,000 commuters, Stuart's aura of invulnerability is as much a facade as Boldt's Republicanism.
So, here we have the role-reversal. Mielke and Boldt want to jack up our fees. Stuart, in genuine political fear for his future, takes the hero position of "no" on this issue... almost as if it were set up as an election ploy to strengthen Stuart's effort at re-election.
Because whether that was the plan or not, this is the practical outcome.
In the article, Stuart's assumption of a what would otherwise be a Republican political position seems so reasoned and well thought out, since he is, of course, correct.
Why Mielke is throwing this political lifeline to Stuart is beyond me. Why Mielke is carrying this water for the development community who so cavalierly ignored him in 08, giving him essentially no money to run on, is simply beyond me.
Causing the people of this county to pay increased fees so developers get a break will do nothing to increase housing construction; the issue isn't development fees which are all passed on to the buyer anyway. Instead, the issue is the difficulty in getting financing and the uncertain financial future of those who might be interested in buying homes.
In short, screwing the people of Clark County to increase developer profit margins will not have the desired effect unless the economy of this county where unemployment continues to hover in the stratosphere improves, along with the financing available to buy these houses once built.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Can someone explain to me why an alleged Republican would endorse a democrat for Clark County Commissioner?
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I've never understood this kind of thing.
What is the point of having a political party or affiliation if you blow it off to endorse someone so corrupt... someone from the party who is supposed to oppose everything you stand for?
That explains a lot, of course.
It explains why Boldt blew off his promise to me to hold an advisory vote on this horrific, unneeded and unwanted bridge/loot rail project, for example.
Marc Boldt is my brother in law. He is also supposed to be a Republican. And I am ashamed of that fact.
Stuart and Boldt deserve each other, but we don't deserve to have either of them wrecking our community.
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I've never understood this kind of thing.
What is the point of having a political party or affiliation if you blow it off to endorse someone so corrupt... someone from the party who is supposed to oppose everything you stand for?
That explains a lot, of course.
It explains why Boldt blew off his promise to me to hold an advisory vote on this horrific, unneeded and unwanted bridge/loot rail project, for example.
Marc Boldt is my brother in law. He is also supposed to be a Republican. And I am ashamed of that fact.
Stuart and Boldt deserve each other, but we don't deserve to have either of them wrecking our community.
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Monday, April 12, 2010
The stupidity of Steve "Easy Money, Mr. Barnett" Stuart never ceases to amaze: A "scientific survey?"
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Followers of my meager effort here in blog land know that I hold Clark County Commissioner Steve "cold hard cash, Mr. Barnett" Stuart in utter contempt.
the reasons for that are many, but at the bed rock of it is his confirmed corruption with David Barnett buying him his position as a county commissioner, and his monumental arrogance in working double overtime to slam us with a multi-billion dollar waste of union pay offs and economic heart ache for Clark County by scamming us with a bridge replacement with the cursed, unwanted and unneeded loot rail that is the basis for the bridge replacement in the first place.
So, what's the basis for his inanity today?
This:
We have the way to get THE most accurate, scientific survey available for the least amount of money.
It's called a VOTE. It costs an estimated $3000.
There is NO OTHER SURVEY MORE ACCURATE OR CHEAPER THAN A VOTE. NONE.
This is a lame effort on Stuart's part to try and attempt to make people believe he actually gives a damn about what the people of this county want.
When a ballot comes back overwhelmingly rejecting this hemorrhoid on the butt of the people of this county, that can't be controlled or spun. Also, Stuart and every other candidate would have to take public positions on this horrific cancer.
But another in the series of private polls, spun by those paying for it?
Not nearly as good as what the voters would say.
Do not be fooled, folks. Neither Stuart nor Boldt want to hear what we have to say in any meaningful way, because what we have to say does not fit with their agenda of wasted billions on tolls and bridge/light rail construction that we don't need or want.
And Stuart apparently thinks we're stupid and that we'll buy into his nonsensical crap. Much like his moronic whine about his idiotic plan for a never-gonna-happen Oregon tax break for commuters, Stuart wants to fool the voters like Tim "The Liar" Leavitt, (Let's remember, Stuart worked on Leavitt's campaign. Is it any wonder that he would lie and mislead the people the same way Leavitt did to get elected?) who actually scammed GOP'ers into believing he didn't want tolls, Stuart wants us to THINK he actually cares that the people of Clark County don't want this garbage.
You want to know what we want, Stuart?
Put it on the ballot. I double-dog dare you.
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Followers of my meager effort here in blog land know that I hold Clark County Commissioner Steve "cold hard cash, Mr. Barnett" Stuart in utter contempt.
the reasons for that are many, but at the bed rock of it is his confirmed corruption with David Barnett buying him his position as a county commissioner, and his monumental arrogance in working double overtime to slam us with a multi-billion dollar waste of union pay offs and economic heart ache for Clark County by scamming us with a bridge replacement with the cursed, unwanted and unneeded loot rail that is the basis for the bridge replacement in the first place.
So, what's the basis for his inanity today?
This:
So, let's get this straight.Fellow county Commissioner Steve Stuart, a Democrat who represents the regional transportation council on a crossing advisory committee formed by Gov. Chris Gregoire and Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, has been pushing for a scientifically valid survey to probe residents’ willingness to support the project.
Stuart envisions the survey will probe residents’ support based upon the costs in terms of tolling rates and benefits in terms of time saved in commuting. Officials with the bistate crossing office have pledged to conduct a survey, probably before the federal government publishes a formal record of decision by the end of this year.
We have the way to get THE most accurate, scientific survey available for the least amount of money.
It's called a VOTE. It costs an estimated $3000.
There is NO OTHER SURVEY MORE ACCURATE OR CHEAPER THAN A VOTE. NONE.
This is a lame effort on Stuart's part to try and attempt to make people believe he actually gives a damn about what the people of this county want.
When a ballot comes back overwhelmingly rejecting this hemorrhoid on the butt of the people of this county, that can't be controlled or spun. Also, Stuart and every other candidate would have to take public positions on this horrific cancer.
But another in the series of private polls, spun by those paying for it?
Not nearly as good as what the voters would say.
Do not be fooled, folks. Neither Stuart nor Boldt want to hear what we have to say in any meaningful way, because what we have to say does not fit with their agenda of wasted billions on tolls and bridge/light rail construction that we don't need or want.
And Stuart apparently thinks we're stupid and that we'll buy into his nonsensical crap. Much like his moronic whine about his idiotic plan for a never-gonna-happen Oregon tax break for commuters, Stuart wants to fool the voters like Tim "The Liar" Leavitt, (Let's remember, Stuart worked on Leavitt's campaign. Is it any wonder that he would lie and mislead the people the same way Leavitt did to get elected?) who actually scammed GOP'ers into believing he didn't want tolls, Stuart wants us to THINK he actually cares that the people of Clark County don't want this garbage.
You want to know what we want, Stuart?
Put it on the ballot. I double-dog dare you.
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
Boldt/Mielke to support Bridge/Loot Rail advisory vote.
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As our local government clowns have wasted 10's of millions of dollars; as our despicable rag of a paper has attempted to jam this thing down our throats as those who've lied to us (Tim "The Liar" Leavitt) and those corrupted (Steve "Cold hard cash, Mr. Barnett" Stuart) have taken it upon themselves to ram all of this down our throats without our say.
Well, this November, we will get out chance. I directly discussed this situation with Clark County Commissioner Marc Boldt and he agreed to put a non-binding, county-wide advisory vote on the ballot this November as part of the general election.
This is great for two huge reasons: first and foremost is that the people... the people who will actually pay the bills, will FINALLY get a say.
But second: every candidate and incumbent running this November (You listening, Steve "Unmarked bills, Mr. Barnett" Stuart?) will have to take and defend a position that so far, they haven't had to take or defend.
I look forward to the reaction from the various people who, while not having to pay the tolls this project will bring, want to ram this down our throats and the throats of the 65,000 commuters who WILL have to pay this price. I'm sure it will be classic.
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As our local government clowns have wasted 10's of millions of dollars; as our despicable rag of a paper has attempted to jam this thing down our throats as those who've lied to us (Tim "The Liar" Leavitt) and those corrupted (Steve "Cold hard cash, Mr. Barnett" Stuart) have taken it upon themselves to ram all of this down our throats without our say.
Well, this November, we will get out chance. I directly discussed this situation with Clark County Commissioner Marc Boldt and he agreed to put a non-binding, county-wide advisory vote on the ballot this November as part of the general election.
This is great for two huge reasons: first and foremost is that the people... the people who will actually pay the bills, will FINALLY get a say.
But second: every candidate and incumbent running this November (You listening, Steve "Unmarked bills, Mr. Barnett" Stuart?) will have to take and defend a position that so far, they haven't had to take or defend.
I look forward to the reaction from the various people who, while not having to pay the tolls this project will bring, want to ram this down our throats and the throats of the 65,000 commuters who WILL have to pay this price. I'm sure it will be classic.
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Friday, February 12, 2010
The paper gets it half right: Stuart IS an idiot, but only another idiot like Koenninger opposes ending the compact.
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I've twice posted how moronic Stuart's babble for political cover was during his brainless State of the County speech.
The very idea of even uttering the words "Oregon" and "tax break" for the people of Clark County..... I mean, that's even more asinine than the $100,000,000 we've wasted, in large part because of Steve "Unmarked bills, Mr. Barnett" Stuart's demand to ram a $1300 per year fee down the throats of the 65,000 or so people who commute to work on the other side of the river... when Oregon has precisely zero record of concern or care about those of us filling their coffers at our expense.
Democrat State Representative Van De Wege's well timed and rightful call to stop funding the waste of money that is the Columbia River Gorge Commission is, of course, right on target.
That our local disgrace to journalism would get all huffy about it just serves as yet another reason to get rid of it.
For far too long, this despicable rag has advocated that the Constitution of the United States stop at the borders of the scenic area, and that the people living there should do so under restrictions these rank hypocrites wouldn't dream of allowing to be applied to themselves.
In this case, ignoring this cancer on our community is precisely the way to go. Well done, Rep. Van De Wege.
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I've twice posted how moronic Stuart's babble for political cover was during his brainless State of the County speech.
The very idea of even uttering the words "Oregon" and "tax break" for the people of Clark County..... I mean, that's even more asinine than the $100,000,000 we've wasted, in large part because of Steve "Unmarked bills, Mr. Barnett" Stuart's demand to ram a $1300 per year fee down the throats of the 65,000 or so people who commute to work on the other side of the river... when Oregon has precisely zero record of concern or care about those of us filling their coffers at our expense.
Democrat State Representative Van De Wege's well timed and rightful call to stop funding the waste of money that is the Columbia River Gorge Commission is, of course, right on target.
That our local disgrace to journalism would get all huffy about it just serves as yet another reason to get rid of it.
For far too long, this despicable rag has advocated that the Constitution of the United States stop at the borders of the scenic area, and that the people living there should do so under restrictions these rank hypocrites wouldn't dream of allowing to be applied to themselves.
In this case, ignoring this cancer on our community is precisely the way to go. Well done, Rep. Van De Wege.
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
The State of Oregon to Steve "Owned by Barnett" Stuart: "Drop Dead."
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The idiocy of even asking if Oregon would cut the commuters a break on the bridge tolls was just that. Embarrassingly idiotic... almost the product of a delusional drug-like state.
Steve "Cold, Hard Cash" Stuart is a frightened man. He's terrified that someone will actually man up and take him on. So far, no one has the guts, which is quite amazing: Anyone running against Stuart could splatter him like a bug on the windshield of a car crossing that moronic, unneeded and unwanted waste of billions known as the I-5 Bridge/loot rail project.
If ANYONE ran against this clown, he could not survive his own demise, brought about by the hatred the people of this county have for the monstrosity he shills so much to build... all the while knowing HE won't have to pay for it.
Here was my take at the time:
That Oregon rejected Stuart's dismal effort relieves him of precisely zero responsibility for his efforts to screw the people of Clark County.
Over the first ten years of tolling, Stuart and the slime he's riding with will charge each commuter $13,000.
Each.
And there is no political cover for that.
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The idiocy of even asking if Oregon would cut the commuters a break on the bridge tolls was just that. Embarrassingly idiotic... almost the product of a delusional drug-like state.
Steve "Cold, Hard Cash" Stuart is a frightened man. He's terrified that someone will actually man up and take him on. So far, no one has the guts, which is quite amazing: Anyone running against Stuart could splatter him like a bug on the windshield of a car crossing that moronic, unneeded and unwanted waste of billions known as the I-5 Bridge/loot rail project.
If ANYONE ran against this clown, he could not survive his own demise, brought about by the hatred the people of this county have for the monstrosity he shills so much to build... all the while knowing HE won't have to pay for it.
Here was my take at the time:
Even the local paper, which has lied and exaggerated for years over this issue, has noted the embarrassment of Stuart's nonsensical attempt to get a little political cover for selling us out.4. The state of Oregon will NEVER cut the people of this region a break on taxes. Whether they should or not is besides the point. The point is that YOU and that moron Leavitt are largely responsible for popping the people who live here with an additional $1300 per year tax for the rest of our lives for a bridge that YOU won't have to pay for.
That Oregon rejected Stuart's dismal effort relieves him of precisely zero responsibility for his efforts to screw the people of Clark County.
Over the first ten years of tolling, Stuart and the slime he's riding with will charge each commuter $13,000.
Each.
And there is no political cover for that.
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Friday, February 05, 2010
The man with the political deathwish: Steve "Cold, hard cash, Mr. Barnett" Stuart and his moronic bridge.
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Steve, look. The people of Clark County aren't nearly as stupid as you seem to think.
This isn't 2005 when you were able to get away with riding a wave of David Barnett's last minute laundered cash into a commissioner's seat.
So, here's your sign:
1. We do NOT need, want, can afford or remotely desire a replacement bridge with your idiotic loot rail.
2. It is not government's job to pay off your union buddies by wasting billions of OUR dollars to give THEM work. Government's function is to govern, not to pay off unions the way David Barnett paid off you.
3. When you said: "I can only support a toll if it is low enough for Clark County working families to afford and creates a benefit that's worth it," you lied. Like that clown Tim "The Liar" Leavitt, there is NO toll level you won't support, because, after all, the unions own you almost as much as Barnett.
So do us a favor and stop wasting our time. It doesn't matter how high the toll is, you would find some excuse to support that monstrosity.
4. The state of Oregon will NEVER cut the people of this region a break on taxes. Whether they should or not is besides the point. The point is that YOU and that moron Leavitt are largely responsible for popping the people who live here with an additional $1300 per year tax for the rest of our lives for a bridge that YOU won't have to pay for.
It is NOT important to "replace the existing bridge." It doesn't matter how many times you repeat that lie, it is not true. That you keep saying it doesn't make it true, since a completed bridge will do absolutely NOTHING to address congestion OR freight mobility.
You know that, of course, but how can you pay off your union buddies unless this steaming pile of crap is built?
I repeat: providing employment for the unions jerking your chains is not the job of government. I don't CARE about the "16,000" jobs that will put us into debt indefinitely. "Jobs" are NOT an argument for ANY of this... particularly since you lack the balls to ASK US FIRST.
To get that pig pile built and pay off your union lackey supporters, you are doing everything you can to sell out the 65,000 commuters perfectly happy with the paid for bridge we have now.
You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
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Steve, look. The people of Clark County aren't nearly as stupid as you seem to think.
This isn't 2005 when you were able to get away with riding a wave of David Barnett's last minute laundered cash into a commissioner's seat.
So, here's your sign:
1. We do NOT need, want, can afford or remotely desire a replacement bridge with your idiotic loot rail.
2. It is not government's job to pay off your union buddies by wasting billions of OUR dollars to give THEM work. Government's function is to govern, not to pay off unions the way David Barnett paid off you.
3. When you said: "I can only support a toll if it is low enough for Clark County working families to afford and creates a benefit that's worth it," you lied. Like that clown Tim "The Liar" Leavitt, there is NO toll level you won't support, because, after all, the unions own you almost as much as Barnett.
So do us a favor and stop wasting our time. It doesn't matter how high the toll is, you would find some excuse to support that monstrosity.
4. The state of Oregon will NEVER cut the people of this region a break on taxes. Whether they should or not is besides the point. The point is that YOU and that moron Leavitt are largely responsible for popping the people who live here with an additional $1300 per year tax for the rest of our lives for a bridge that YOU won't have to pay for.
It is NOT important to "replace the existing bridge." It doesn't matter how many times you repeat that lie, it is not true. That you keep saying it doesn't make it true, since a completed bridge will do absolutely NOTHING to address congestion OR freight mobility.
You know that, of course, but how can you pay off your union buddies unless this steaming pile of crap is built?
I repeat: providing employment for the unions jerking your chains is not the job of government. I don't CARE about the "16,000" jobs that will put us into debt indefinitely. "Jobs" are NOT an argument for ANY of this... particularly since you lack the balls to ASK US FIRST.
To get that pig pile built and pay off your union lackey supporters, you are doing everything you can to sell out the 65,000 commuters perfectly happy with the paid for bridge we have now.
You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
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Memo to our clueless commissioner chair: Steve "Cold, hard cash" Stuart - Stop "fielding calls."
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Look, we get that you want to slam 65,000 commuters with a $1300 fee every year for going to work, a potentially stunning blow to low income workers and hundreds of single moms; we get that you're a lame duck commissioner.... we get that.
But instead of "fielding a few calls," why wasn't county government prepared for this bizarre turn of events concerning measures 66 and 67?
Why didn't we have a plan in place; a plan to execute to actively go across the river and RECRUIT businesses? In short, Stuart: why aren't you being PRO-ACTIVE instead of REACTIVE?
A few days before the ballots were counted, Phil Nike made it clear that he is very unhappy. How much more of a clue did you need? Or weren't you paying attention?
I realize vision like that is outside your particular box, as are most items in government that actually respond to the needs of the people.
But "fielding calls" simply isn't good enough. And if you had a clue, you also would have had a business recruitment team in place and ready to go, to begin the process of doing to Oregon what they've been doing to us for decades.
I can't WAIT until the next election.
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Look, we get that you want to slam 65,000 commuters with a $1300 fee every year for going to work, a potentially stunning blow to low income workers and hundreds of single moms; we get that you're a lame duck commissioner.... we get that.
But instead of "fielding a few calls," why wasn't county government prepared for this bizarre turn of events concerning measures 66 and 67?
Why didn't we have a plan in place; a plan to execute to actively go across the river and RECRUIT businesses? In short, Stuart: why aren't you being PRO-ACTIVE instead of REACTIVE?
A few days before the ballots were counted, Phil Nike made it clear that he is very unhappy. How much more of a clue did you need? Or weren't you paying attention?
I realize vision like that is outside your particular box, as are most items in government that actually respond to the needs of the people.
But "fielding calls" simply isn't good enough. And if you had a clue, you also would have had a business recruitment team in place and ready to go, to begin the process of doing to Oregon what they've been doing to us for decades.
I can't WAIT until the next election.
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Thursday, February 04, 2010
Memo to Tim "The Liar" Leavitt: It was the bridge tolls, stupid.
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As any follower of my blog knows, I dispise Tim "The Liar" Leavitt. Leavitt and his democrat brain trust, including Steve "Cash only, Mr. Barnett" Stuart, Dena Horton (Clark County democrat chair) Betty Sue Morris and other democrat luminaries who ran Leavitt's campaign found the issue that allowed Leavitt to scam an entire election.
And what was that one issue, the clincher... the lie that got Leavitt elected?
That he was opposed to tolls on the new bridge/loot rail scam he and his buddies are ramming down this community's throat.
That it IS a lie was made clear.... repeatedly... by The Liar's inability to oppose a tolled bridge because he lacked the testicles to oppose such a project, being that he's not an obstructionist and all.
As I indicated all along, that position was a lie, a crock, a manipulative scam to get the more politically ignorant to support him and oppose Royce Pollard.
I was never thrilled by Pollard but I make no bones about the fact that I supported his re-election.
Why?
Because unlike Leavitt, like him or hate him, Pollard at least told the truth.
Every fricking article mentioning The Liar during the campaign noted that Leavitt "opposed tolls," obstructionism notwithstanding.
The toll issue and the toll issue alone is what got this Obama-endorsing liar elected.
Well, guess what?
Leavitt NOW has claimed that the toll issue was a minor part of his campaign and had little or nothing to do with his election!
EEEEHHHHHHHH!!!!! Wrong answer!
You lived by the toll issue you lying little putz. Now, get ready to politically die from it.
The people are not going to allow you to engage in revisionist history.
When it suited your lying ass, you were all about this. As I repeatedly pointed out, there was NO WAY this bridge could get built WITHOUT tolls, your insanely moronic efforts to charge EVERYONE higher property taxes to pay for YOUR scam aside.
So now, to quote one of your hero's closest buds, the chickens are coming home to roost. And no amount of bluster or denial from you will change it... and their are many around like me who won't let you or the people forget it.
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As any follower of my blog knows, I dispise Tim "The Liar" Leavitt. Leavitt and his democrat brain trust, including Steve "Cash only, Mr. Barnett" Stuart, Dena Horton (Clark County democrat chair) Betty Sue Morris and other democrat luminaries who ran Leavitt's campaign found the issue that allowed Leavitt to scam an entire election.
And what was that one issue, the clincher... the lie that got Leavitt elected?
That he was opposed to tolls on the new bridge/loot rail scam he and his buddies are ramming down this community's throat.
That it IS a lie was made clear.... repeatedly... by The Liar's inability to oppose a tolled bridge because he lacked the testicles to oppose such a project, being that he's not an obstructionist and all.
As I indicated all along, that position was a lie, a crock, a manipulative scam to get the more politically ignorant to support him and oppose Royce Pollard.
I was never thrilled by Pollard but I make no bones about the fact that I supported his re-election.
Why?
Because unlike Leavitt, like him or hate him, Pollard at least told the truth.
Every fricking article mentioning The Liar during the campaign noted that Leavitt "opposed tolls," obstructionism notwithstanding.
The toll issue and the toll issue alone is what got this Obama-endorsing liar elected.
Well, guess what?
Leavitt NOW has claimed that the toll issue was a minor part of his campaign and had little or nothing to do with his election!
EEEEHHHHHHHH!!!!! Wrong answer!
You lived by the toll issue you lying little putz. Now, get ready to politically die from it.
The people are not going to allow you to engage in revisionist history.
When it suited your lying ass, you were all about this. As I repeatedly pointed out, there was NO WAY this bridge could get built WITHOUT tolls, your insanely moronic efforts to charge EVERYONE higher property taxes to pay for YOUR scam aside.
So now, to quote one of your hero's closest buds, the chickens are coming home to roost. And no amount of bluster or denial from you will change it... and their are many around like me who won't let you or the people forget it.
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
A look at the 3rd Congressional money situation.
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A fascinating report came out showing the strengths and weaknesses in terms of fund raising, the "mother's milk of politics," of those candidates running for the now abandoned seat of the WA03 for Congress.
That report was the most recent fund raiser results, which included the last Q of 2009. The numbers are from opensecrets.org.
It's no surprise that Denny Heck has taken the early and substantial lead in these numbers: he dropped a cool $100G of his own cash into the pot to get things rolling.
Like most in the party of class warfare, little is made of their personal wealth. There is little doubt that Heck will put together the biggest bankroll for this race, mostly because he not only can do that; but hell, the man is even capable of getting a state governor to violate the letter, if not the spirit and intent of the law prohibiting her from raising money or using government facilities to campaign for someone else during session.
It's got to be cool to have a governor in your pocket.
So, Heck has put together an impressive $215G...but an amount not quite so impressive when you realize that almost half of it came from one source: the candidate. Heck's fund raising base is an eclectic group, if by eclectic you mean lawyers, consultants and those high up in Washington State Government. They provided, by far, most of his donated cash.
Of particular note in Heck's fundraising realm is Strategies 360, a nice little band that has, through Ron Dotzauer (Of "Boinking Ms. Cantwell" fame) successfully enabled David Barnett to buy an election using money illegally laundered through Progressive Majority for Steve "I'll take it in unmarked bills" Stuart, our most senior county commissioner. Dotzhauer and those connected to him have dropped a paltry $14,000 or so of the $115G Heck has actually raised, all by themselves.
Nothing quite like that one stop shopping!
Next up is David Castillo, leading Republican candidate who was one of 3 slogging along in the trenches before the Queen of Opportunism jumped into the race... and his hard work shows with almost twice as much as his nearest competitor on the "R" side.... at $104G
The Republican Empty Suit, Jaime Herrera has struggled to raise money, when one considers she's the rough equivalent of a wind up toy: Stuff a key in her back, aim her in whatever direction you want, turn the key and the rest takes care of itself.
Normally, a $55G quarter would be rather impressive... until you see that the money in question comes primarily from a whole EIGHT donors.
Then?
Not so much.
Here's a hint, Jaime. When they hand you a list of pre-greased donors? Especially those who've never heard of you?
Make sure you dial "1" BEFORE the area code.... OK?
Jon Russell continues to fade. Herrera's opportunism cost Russell any chance he may have delusional felt he had... and now she's gonna suck all the money out of his room like a turbo-charged Hoover.
Jon's showing $28G, total, proving than his fundraising skills are on par with his political skills.... thus capping off an around $12G quarter.
Deb Wallace, according to the Columbian, has reported $23,000, but I can't find that on the FEC site.
The biggest surprise was the abysmal report submitted by democrat State Sen. Craig "we balanced this budget on the backs of the poor and the powerless, so I'm voting for it" Pridemore.
Because Pridemore has gerrymandered tax districts; rabidly supports the massive waste of billions of dollars known as the bridge and loot rail, and his special-favor for his buddy Steve "cold hard Barnett cash" Stuart, so he could keep $50,000 or so in campaign contributions for a bill Pridemore was running back in what.... 05; he has no chance, anyway. In fact, he and Deb Wallace are "dead men walking" because of their idiotic bridge shenanigans... their political corpses just haven't got the memo.
Pridemore's less than stellar $8,569 SHOULD be sending him a message.
David Hedrick checks in, almost matching the fund raising prowess of Pridemore with $7,216. That's not a bad number for a political neophyte in this kind of climate.
Local illegal alien cheerleader Maria Rodriguez-Salazar won't raise cab fare and is wasting every ones time acting like a candidate... a candidate who has, apparently, yet to even file FEC paperwork.
Is it early? Of course it is. And, unless you're a highly placed democrat, unaffected by the Obama recession, it will be increasingly difficult to find donors with disposable cash to play... thus adding politics to the list of the "Sports of Kings."
Heck will be difficult to beat on the leftist side. He's got the cash and the support of the democrat infrastructure, plus he's unsullied (for now) by the Pridemore/Wallace bridge idiocy.
Castillo is unquestionably the most qualified, followed by my pet Cavalier Spaniel Oliver, Russell, Herrera, and lastly, Hedrick.
Do overall qualifications matter?
They should. Look what happened when we elected an empty suit for president? So, why would we compound that error again?
Meanwhile, these numbers DO count. Even those where all you have to do to get the cash is pick up a check.
Right, Jaime?
Cross posted on Jaime Herrera Watch.
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A fascinating report came out showing the strengths and weaknesses in terms of fund raising, the "mother's milk of politics," of those candidates running for the now abandoned seat of the WA03 for Congress.
That report was the most recent fund raiser results, which included the last Q of 2009. The numbers are from opensecrets.org.
It's no surprise that Denny Heck has taken the early and substantial lead in these numbers: he dropped a cool $100G of his own cash into the pot to get things rolling.
Like most in the party of class warfare, little is made of their personal wealth. There is little doubt that Heck will put together the biggest bankroll for this race, mostly because he not only can do that; but hell, the man is even capable of getting a state governor to violate the letter, if not the spirit and intent of the law prohibiting her from raising money or using government facilities to campaign for someone else during session.
It's got to be cool to have a governor in your pocket.
So, Heck has put together an impressive $215G...but an amount not quite so impressive when you realize that almost half of it came from one source: the candidate. Heck's fund raising base is an eclectic group, if by eclectic you mean lawyers, consultants and those high up in Washington State Government. They provided, by far, most of his donated cash.
Of particular note in Heck's fundraising realm is Strategies 360, a nice little band that has, through Ron Dotzauer (Of "Boinking Ms. Cantwell" fame) successfully enabled David Barnett to buy an election using money illegally laundered through Progressive Majority for Steve "I'll take it in unmarked bills" Stuart, our most senior county commissioner. Dotzhauer and those connected to him have dropped a paltry $14,000 or so of the $115G Heck has actually raised, all by themselves.
Nothing quite like that one stop shopping!
Next up is David Castillo, leading Republican candidate who was one of 3 slogging along in the trenches before the Queen of Opportunism jumped into the race... and his hard work shows with almost twice as much as his nearest competitor on the "R" side.... at $104G
The Republican Empty Suit, Jaime Herrera has struggled to raise money, when one considers she's the rough equivalent of a wind up toy: Stuff a key in her back, aim her in whatever direction you want, turn the key and the rest takes care of itself.
Normally, a $55G quarter would be rather impressive... until you see that the money in question comes primarily from a whole EIGHT donors.
Then?
Not so much.
Here's a hint, Jaime. When they hand you a list of pre-greased donors? Especially those who've never heard of you?
Make sure you dial "1" BEFORE the area code.... OK?
Jon Russell continues to fade. Herrera's opportunism cost Russell any chance he may have delusional felt he had... and now she's gonna suck all the money out of his room like a turbo-charged Hoover.
Jon's showing $28G, total, proving than his fundraising skills are on par with his political skills.... thus capping off an around $12G quarter.
Deb Wallace, according to the Columbian, has reported $23,000, but I can't find that on the FEC site.
The biggest surprise was the abysmal report submitted by democrat State Sen. Craig "we balanced this budget on the backs of the poor and the powerless, so I'm voting for it" Pridemore.
Because Pridemore has gerrymandered tax districts; rabidly supports the massive waste of billions of dollars known as the bridge and loot rail, and his special-favor for his buddy Steve "cold hard Barnett cash" Stuart, so he could keep $50,000 or so in campaign contributions for a bill Pridemore was running back in what.... 05; he has no chance, anyway. In fact, he and Deb Wallace are "dead men walking" because of their idiotic bridge shenanigans... their political corpses just haven't got the memo.
Pridemore's less than stellar $8,569 SHOULD be sending him a message.
David Hedrick checks in, almost matching the fund raising prowess of Pridemore with $7,216. That's not a bad number for a political neophyte in this kind of climate.
Local illegal alien cheerleader Maria Rodriguez-Salazar won't raise cab fare and is wasting every ones time acting like a candidate... a candidate who has, apparently, yet to even file FEC paperwork.
Is it early? Of course it is. And, unless you're a highly placed democrat, unaffected by the Obama recession, it will be increasingly difficult to find donors with disposable cash to play... thus adding politics to the list of the "Sports of Kings."
Heck will be difficult to beat on the leftist side. He's got the cash and the support of the democrat infrastructure, plus he's unsullied (for now) by the Pridemore/Wallace bridge idiocy.
Castillo is unquestionably the most qualified, followed by my pet Cavalier Spaniel Oliver, Russell, Herrera, and lastly, Hedrick.
Do overall qualifications matter?
They should. Look what happened when we elected an empty suit for president? So, why would we compound that error again?
Meanwhile, these numbers DO count. Even those where all you have to do to get the cash is pick up a check.
Right, Jaime?
Cross posted on Jaime Herrera Watch.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Congrats to the local paper for reporting what I blogged about several days ago.
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In yet another typically gagging, cloying puff piece on the unneeded, unwanted and unnecessary multi-billion dollar waste known the I-5 Bridge replacement, the local rag finally gets it. As I blogged back in December, the cabal deciding what bridge/loot rail combination they plan on ramming down our collective throats agreed to a 6 lane bridge weeks ago (Not including loot rail lanes). Congrats to our local stain on our community for finally figuring it out.
So, when Tim "The Liar" Leavitt babbles that such an arrangement "...wouldn’t be acceptable to our community,” he's failing to acknowledge that there is NO bridge of ANY size that would be "acceptable to our community," and he KNOWS that.
But no matter what ultimately comes our of this steaming pile, ol' Tim will be on board. Because, as well know, the little slime ball "isn't an obstructionist."
Our local excuse for a paper continues to use lies such as this:
In yet another typically gagging, cloying puff piece on the unneeded, unwanted and unnecessary multi-billion dollar waste known the I-5 Bridge replacement, the local rag finally gets it. As I blogged back in December, the cabal deciding what bridge/loot rail combination they plan on ramming down our collective throats agreed to a 6 lane bridge weeks ago (Not including loot rail lanes). Congrats to our local stain on our community for finally figuring it out.
So, when Tim "The Liar" Leavitt babbles that such an arrangement "...wouldn’t be acceptable to our community,” he's failing to acknowledge that there is NO bridge of ANY size that would be "acceptable to our community," and he KNOWS that.
But no matter what ultimately comes our of this steaming pile, ol' Tim will be on board. Because, as well know, the little slime ball "isn't an obstructionist."
Our local excuse for a paper continues to use lies such as this:
The request comes amid fraying support for the project.
In June and July of 2008, the 12-lane “locally preferred alternative” received the
conditional support of city councils, transit agencies and metropolitan planning organizations on both sides of the river.
Support began to wane last year.
The main problem with the lie about "fraying support" is that this community NEVER supported replacing the bridge or bringing loot rail here under ANY circumstances, least of all with $1300 per year (to begin with) tolls.
Now, The Liar KNOWS that this thing can't be built WITHOUT tolls, but that didn't stop him from REPEATEDLY lying that the mayor of Vancouver could STOP tolls, while telling us all along that even WITH tolls, HE would SUPPORT the new bridge.
And if this bridge comes out with the already-agreed-to 6 lane design, he'll agree to that as well, BECAUSE HE CAN'T STOP IT.
NO bridge design here EVER had more than 6 through lanes. To that end, a 6 lane bridge was going to be the outcome REGARDLESS; a colassal, multi-billion dollar pile of money dumped down a toilet; blowing a $100,000,000 per year hole in our local economy, cheerled by hypocrites who wouldn't ever have to pay the tolls... unlike those of us in the commuting public.
As for Steve "Unmarked Bills, Mr. Barnett" Stuart, here's a clue.
We want this shut down NOW. And we do not WANT a "re-start." WE WANT A THIRD AND FOURTH BRIDGE, WITH NO FRICKING LOOT RAIL.
You've already blown $100,000,000 tax payer dollars, thanks to Tweedle Dumb (Craig Pridemore) and Tweedle Dumber (Deb Wallace) and we have absolutely nothing to show for it... money that SHOULD have been spent on locating and designing a 3rd and 4th bridge that would both relieve pressure on the I-5 Bridge AND reduce congestion WHILE increasing freight mobility, something that a new bridge in the same place would absolutely NOT do.
Get used to dealing with your massive wastes of our money, Mr. Stuart... and start polishing your resume'.
Between the bridge and getting paid to be Barnett's butt boy, this November?
You are going DOWN.
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Monday, January 25, 2010
The local paper STILL doesn't get it. There is NO consensus on the multi-billion dollar waste of money, except in their delusional minds.
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For whatever the reason, our local rag has been fixated on loot rail for long over a decade.
There has been no lie they wouldn't tell, no exaggeration they wouldn't use, no attack they wouldn't make, all to the point of the absurd idea that we, The People should waste billions of dollars on THE most expensive loot rail system in the history of this, or, I'm sure, any other planet.
The thread that binds it all together is this: our absurd stain on the "science" of journalism will not have to pay for it. So, what they advocate is that WE pay for it; that we willingly blow a $100,000,000 hole, each year into perpetuity, into our local economy so they can install an outmoded, obsolete, non-transferable system with ridership subsidized to an unbelievable level as part of their agenda.... costs be damned.
And because of that kind of perspective, they print utter garbage like this:
So, essentially,a few guys got together over massive amounts of alcohol and worked double over time to sell out SW Washington for their agenda.
And who were the four guys?
We could almost call 3 of them the "usual suspects."
Tim "The Liar" Leavitt, who's bogus position that he's "against tolls" was leveled when he finally fessed up and told the world that when tolls are inevitable, he won't stand in the way because principle means nothing to a lair and, well, he's not an "obstructionist;" Steve " Barnett had me at the number '$100,000'" Stuart, who stupidly is committing political suicide by demanding that we shoot ourselves in the foot economically by forcing us to divert $100,000,000 or more every year forever to build a replacement bridge that we do not need to bring in loot rail that we do not want; Sam "Sure I'm a liar" Adams, who felt no compunction in assassinating another man's character by denying his sexual activities with a kid.... and a fourth guy I've never heard of.
They decided to send a letter. And the only thing they agreed on is that they disagree.
They disagree with the plan.
As I pointed out, at some point, 3 of these people, the three I mentioned by name, will let others in on their next deal, the already agreed on "3 lanes each way with one lane each way for loot rail" system.
That's what we have to look forward to, because these people KNOW that this steaming pile would lose in an up or down vote and all of them want this thing built badly... tolls or no.... even Tim "The Liar" Leavitt.
Sigh.
So much for "will of the people."
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For whatever the reason, our local rag has been fixated on loot rail for long over a decade.
There has been no lie they wouldn't tell, no exaggeration they wouldn't use, no attack they wouldn't make, all to the point of the absurd idea that we, The People should waste billions of dollars on THE most expensive loot rail system in the history of this, or, I'm sure, any other planet.
The thread that binds it all together is this: our absurd stain on the "science" of journalism will not have to pay for it. So, what they advocate is that WE pay for it; that we willingly blow a $100,000,000 hole, each year into perpetuity, into our local economy so they can install an outmoded, obsolete, non-transferable system with ridership subsidized to an unbelievable level as part of their agenda.... costs be damned.
And because of that kind of perspective, they print utter garbage like this:
So, essentially,a few guys got together over massive amounts of alcohol and worked double over time to sell out SW Washington for their agenda.
And who were the four guys?
We could almost call 3 of them the "usual suspects."
Tim "The Liar" Leavitt, who's bogus position that he's "against tolls" was leveled when he finally fessed up and told the world that when tolls are inevitable, he won't stand in the way because principle means nothing to a lair and, well, he's not an "obstructionist;" Steve " Barnett had me at the number '$100,000'" Stuart, who stupidly is committing political suicide by demanding that we shoot ourselves in the foot economically by forcing us to divert $100,000,000 or more every year forever to build a replacement bridge that we do not need to bring in loot rail that we do not want; Sam "Sure I'm a liar" Adams, who felt no compunction in assassinating another man's character by denying his sexual activities with a kid.... and a fourth guy I've never heard of.
They decided to send a letter. And the only thing they agreed on is that they disagree.
They disagree with the plan.
As I pointed out, at some point, 3 of these people, the three I mentioned by name, will let others in on their next deal, the already agreed on "3 lanes each way with one lane each way for loot rail" system.
That's what we have to look forward to, because these people KNOW that this steaming pile would lose in an up or down vote and all of them want this thing built badly... tolls or no.... even Tim "The Liar" Leavitt.
Sigh.
So much for "will of the people."
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