So.... why the low turnout?

We've all seen it:  low turnout 

This most recent election had what many are allegedly so concerned about: abysmal numbers of voters sent their ballots in.  Millions of taxpayer dollars wasted in trying to get the people to exert the required effort to put dots on a ballot and then, to sign the envelope and put a return address on it... and stuff it in the mail.

I've written about this before:

Friday, August 10, 2018

Low turnout, particularly in the primaries, will naturally continue.

Low voter turnout, particularly in Washington State, has become the new norm.

Voters are dispirited.  For years, elected officials have routinely ignored those they would govern.  Voters are apathetic and for good reason.

The result is a mass attitude among the non-politically involved of "why bother?"

Will we see a 40% turnout in this primary?  That's likely to be a stretch.

That makes candidate driven Get-Out-The-Vote efforts even more critical.

I believe that candidate-driven GOTV efforts such as their own campaign phone banks and the like easily exceed party-driven efforts as more and more people become increasingly disenchanted with party labels, particularly on the GOP side of the ledger.  When candidates break through and make that personal connection?  The ripple effect of that can make all the difference.

Who is going to have emotional buy-in for uninspiring puppets like Larry Hoff in the 18th?

Who is going to chomp at the bit to vote for the RINOs like Jeanne Stuart, Julie Olson, Paul Harris or even Brandon Vick?

What have these candidates done FOR us... instead of TO us?

I want those who actually KNOW the issues to vote.  I want those who KNOW the positions and records of these candidates to vote... but why vote for a Hoff when you have absolutely no idea what the hell he'll do if he DOES get elected because like so many RINOs, he won't TELL us?

The local GOP provides zero reason to vote.  The worthless idiocy and waste of money on an inane slogan... "Be Bold - Vote Republican"... inspires no one and explains nothing.  How does that serve as any incentive to get people to vote?

How did THIS stupidity work out for us?

The RINO Chair clique will be voting, en masse, for a non-Republican (Boldt) yet they expect us to vote for their fellow RINOs.  No hypocrisy there, eh?  They set the example and allow others to ignore party loyalty precisely as much as they ignore it... precisely as much as Boger supported a democrat for mayor of Washougal, for example; precisely as much as 5 of them ignored it to endorse a non-Republican for county chair in 2015 while those still with us refused to endorse the only Republican candidate running for this same position now.

The Republican base already (rightfully) believes it's being ignored... does anyone realistically think they're chomping at the bit to vote for anyone but those few conservatives running that the local party despises and attacks every chance they get?

Our congresswoman ignores us and hates our President, typically voting with the democrats when it matters; she doesn't even know, she claims, if she would vote to impeach him or not. Is it any wonder that she's at risk of losing to a carpetbagging rank amateur?  Our late-starting US Senate candidate backed by the party is far too little, far too late in the Washington State Soviet. 

That's why, locally, voter identification is the critical element for candidate GOTV efforts. Identified supporters called by the candidate or a candidate's family member can have a ripple effect among their supporters.  But that won't work at the party level.

If democrats lead in the primary, that will be yet another symptom of exactly how worthless the local party has become under the ignorant and incompetent leadership we must endure for the next few months until reorganization... until the insanity of the past several months can be reversed.

But until then... there is no real voter enthusiasm for these candidates.  Voter's opinions are diluted by illegal votes, and below average candidates combined with incumbents who have given their allegiance to special interests at the expense of their constituents.  Also, frequently, the voter's opinion is snuffed out by manufactured votes as well as an activist Supreme Court that can't wait to throw out the will of the people as expressed at the ballot box as they have done so many times before for reasons both real... and imagined.

They GUT any incentive to vote unless you're a hard-corps, politically active individual who understands that the lack of enthusiasm and lower turn out amplifies the value of your vote... and you can climb past the barrier of disgust and worthlessness your effort makes you feel.

Most can't.  As a result, most won't bother.  Until such time as voters believe their vote makes a difference?  Apathy will be the natural result.

And until the obvious causes for this voter apathy are reversed... who... and how... can anyone realistically expect any of it to change?

In Clark County, it wasn't the strife of the continuous efforts of the criminal element of the local (self-identified) GOP that resulted in this abysmal outcome.  Counties around the state had much lower turnout in many cases and they don't have a RINO Cult issue to contend with.

Clearly, based on the numbers, the sham GOP outfit aka "Activate," well, didn't.

Ran by many of the losers and incompetents of the last regime, the horrific outcome of their efforts were to be expected.

But when you have an outfit ran by lying playground punks, what other outcome could reasonably be expected?

Between courts trampling the will of the people, massive illegal voting, and electing fake Republicans like Herrera, Rivers, Blom, Olson, Harris and so forth, increasing voter apathy is expected and will continue.

To get people to actually vote, you have to convince them that their vote actually matters... that their vote... actually has meaning.

This time around, the voters bitch-slapped the governments that have rammed tax and fees down our throats at a frighteningly high rate.  They ended the low-expectations of the governments demand to implement institutional racism.

But here's the outcome:

Most of I-976, the tab fee initiative, will be thrown out for violation of the single subject law.

By the time the legislature is done with R88, the laws governing racism in this state will be as if R88 never passed.

The King County and Seattle Soviets, among others, have already filed suit to overturn I-976, the tab fee reduction initiative, because the only time they tolerate laws is if they agree with them.  Those scum want what they want and they don't give a damn what state law is, if it conflicts with their agenda.

The result?  As a percentage, fewer and fewer will vote.  Because even when their side of an issue or their candidate wins?

What the hell difference does it make?

Legislature ignores Public Records Act requirements, hoping Supreme Court bails them out.

Those paying attention may recall that last year, a Thurston county judge ruled that the Public Records Act (PRA) applied to the Legislature as much as all other state agencies.

Now, the PRA was put into place by the voters as far back as 1972 (I-276) with a view towards transparency to those these people work for.

Allegedly.

And, like so many laws the people pass, the Legislative reaction to the voice of the people is simply to ignore it.  Initially, they come out in favor of many of these efforts, and they count on the leftist, Seattle-centric Supreme Court to get rid of the more conservative efforts.

This is what they've been doing since this initiative became law, legislative arrogance being what it is.

That was the way it worked since then; I was personally involved in one particularly memorable attempt to pry the lid off Legislative immunity from this effort, when then-Rep. Marc Boldt involved himself in an issue involving a rather notorious sham prosecution of a mother accused of raping her own children... and then serving 11 years for a crime, we concluded, she had not committed.

Oh, but people got mad over THAT one.

I was bombarded with demands to see everything related to that case that we had, and refused to obey any of those demands.

That was, at the time (98?) what I had been told the law allowed: Legislative immunity.

Until early last year.

Early last year, a Thurston county judge ruled, rightfully, I believe, that the PRA ALSO applied to every aspect of the Legislature, just as it did to every other state agency.

These posts, in order, explain the situation and my response to the legislatures shameful, bi-partisan efforts to continue the status-quo, an effort so repugnant that stunningly, the normally clueless Governor went on to veto in its entirety.

Briefly, these scum introduced this bill one day, refused to hold any public hearings on the bill, and by close of business the NEXT DAY, the bill had passed both Houses for presentation to the governor.

Legislatively, that is moving at the speed of light in a vacuum. In my 6 years on staff, I had never seen anything like it.  And, as expected, it hid everything from public scrutiny as these scum carved out an unconstitutional exemption for itself (look up "ex post facto.")

The depth of the betrayal of SB6617: the Legislature's speed of sound bill to remove itself from public scrutiny.

I don't agree with the Seattle Times or Danny Westneat all that often... but when they're right? (ESB 6617)

Next election, remember who screwed us on Transparency.

SB6617 and the Art of the Legislative Lie: Sen. Jaime Pedersen, Chair of Senate Judiciary

As I said, Inslee (in an admittedly rare moment of sobriety) read the tea leaves and vetoed the entire bill.

Which begs the issue: what did they do to address this issue THIS year?

Guess.

C'mon, I know you can do it.

Here, let me end the suspense:

They did nothing.

Now, the moment word on the judge's ruling got out, I filed a FOIA on my Senator, Ann "Gas Tax" Rivers.

Beginning in 2015, Rivers "reframed" her thinking...and representation... to more closely reflect the representation of a downtown Seattle district than the 18th Legislative District. 

She has been instrumental in massive gas tax and tab fee increases, massive property tax increases, and the resurrection of the hated CRC/Loot Rail scam where, she has publicly indicated, she has "reframed her thinking" to exclude the only reason to replace the I-5 Bridge, which is to reduce congestion... which, of course, replacing that bridge will not do.

I wanted to review the correspondence between Rivers and those she actually works for... which obviously doesn't include her constituents if her support for billions of dollars in tax increases is any indication... to find out who was behind all of that "reframed thinking."

Sent 1/19/2018
to: brad.hendrickson@leg.wa.gov 

Based on today’s decision in Thurston County Superior Court, I am requesting electronic copies of all of Sen. Ann River’s emails and text messages dating back to December 1, 2014. 

Please contact me with particulars if you have any questions.

This was the response:

Sent: 1/25/2018
To: Me
CC: Hendrickson, Brad; Bell, Laura; Cantore, Victoria; Rivers, Sen. Ann; Pebley, Elizabeth 

Dear Mr. Hinton, 

Pursuant to RCW 42.56.520, this email responds to your public records request directed Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate, dated January 19.  The Secretary of the Senate is the records custodian for the Senate, and my office routinely answers public records requests on the Secretary's behalf. 

You have requested, “electronic copies of all of Sen. Ann River’s emails and text messages dating back to December 1, 2014.” 

Please note that a specific definition of “public records” applies to the Legislature.  RCW 42.56.010 and RCW 40.14.100 define the scope of that term.  The portions of those laws most relevant to your request are as follows: 

• “Public record" includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of government or the performance of any governmental or proprietary function prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics. For the office of the secretary of the senate and the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives, public records means legislative records as defined in RCW 40.14.100 and also means the following: All budget and financial records; personnel leave, travel, and payroll records; records of legislative sessions; reports submitted to the legislature; and any other record designated a public record by any official action of the senate or the house of representatives. (RCW 42.56.010)

• "Legislative records" shall be defined as correspondence, amendments, reports, and minutes of meetings made by or submitted to legislative committees or subcommittees and transcripts or other records of hearings or supplementary written testimony or data thereof filed with committees or subcommittees in connection with the exercise of legislative or investigatory functions, but does not include the records of an official act of the legislature kept by the secretary of state, bills and their copies, published materials, digests, or multi-copied matter which are routinely retained and otherwise available at the state library or in a public repository, or reports or correspondence made or received by or in any way under the personal control of the individual members of the legislature. (RCW 40.14.100)

As you are aware, the issue of whether individual state legislators are fully subject to the disclosure requirements of the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) is currently the subject of a lawsuit. While a Thurston County Superior Court has determined that lawmakers are required to provide public records pursuant to the act, this ruling is pending appeal to the Supreme Court to determine whether the types of records you have requested are subject to release. 

As such, additional time is needed to respond based on our need to determine whether the information you've requested is exempt from disclosure under RCW 42.56.520(2). Given that legislators and staff needed to make those determinations and gather any responsive records are engaged in legislative session, we will need time to respond free from the time, resource, and personal constraints associated with session. (RCW 42.56.100).  Documents potentially responsive to your request will, of course, be held until we receive clear direction from the Supreme Court. 

I anticipate that we will be able to provide any responsive records by April 1, 2018.  (which didn't happen, of course.)

Sincerely, 

Jeannie Gorrell, Senate Counsel
Washington State Senate

The Legislative response, however, was even more despicable:

SB6617 and the Art of the Legislative Lie: Sen. Jaime Pedersen, Chair of Senate Judiciary

Cliff notes:

This was a legislative attempt to shield all members from any public scrutiny as they attempted to cover their asses from their communications with the special interests who actually own them.

It was such a despicable bill that even the Seattle Times (who, if memory serves is hardly a conservative bastion) condemned it. (My post on this is here:

Saturday, March 03, 2018

I don't agree with the Seattle Times or Danny Westneat all that often... but when they're right? (ESB 6617))

Doing the people’s business is apparently a lot easier without the people      

Originally published March 2, 2018 at 7:23 pm Updated March 2, 2018 at 7:52 pm

Danny Westneat / Columnist
...
This past week we had the sorry spectacle of state lawmakers exempting themselves from the Public Records Act. Arguably worse was the tornado of spin and falsehoods they unleashed after that. When that petered out, it was a mass retreat into the panicked politician’s favorite safety blanket: the formation of a task force. 

At the core of the entire mess was contempt for the public. (Edit: my emphasis)

It is of note that every legislator in SW Washington, Save Rep. Vicki Craft, voted for this abomination.

Which brings us to... here:

The legislature did what they frequently do when confronted with issues they don't like: they set up a committee to "study" the issue.

Well, study it they did.  But that's about all they did.

A bill was dropped this session that never made it out of committee when, once again, it was determined to be as worthless as teats on a boar hog.

The Legislature is in a state of constant terror.  There is only one reason why they've done this, this way.  And that is these actions on the part of the legislature to keep their curtain of secrecy in place is to protect themselves from the public scrutiny which is obviously both their moral... and legal... duty.

They did nothing because they're counting on the Supreme Court to bail them out.... a massive cloak of legislative immunity to hide their corruption and illegality.

Oh, they have a variety of excuses ready:  constituency privacy and all that nonsense.  But there are obvious solutions to privacy problems and they damned well know it.

But what they're covering are special interest communications, communications with lobbyists and the moneyed interests that call the shots.

Oh, no... they damned sure don't want us to see THOSE.

It's not altruism that results in their opposition to the equal application of the law... nope.  It's something entirely different.

Meanwhile, the wheels of justice continue to grind, albeit at a slower pace.  Perhaps, when the Supreme Court rules in the Legislature's favor, we'll see the quid pro quo resulting from the Legislature unnecessarily bending us over on McCleary.  There HAS to be a reason the GOP-controlled state senate raped us like that.

Could this be it?

Time will tell.

Is Eileen Quiring the next Ann Rivers?

Regular readers are well aware of the situation concerning Sen. Ann "Gas Tax" Rivers ("R"-18).

Rivers is responsible for having a hand in literally billions of dollars in higher gas and property taxes as well as increased tab fees.

Screen capture from Rivers' 2012 campaign web site

Now, that in and of itself isn't particularly unusual except for two minor (relatively speaking) details:  first, she claims to be a Republican.  Second, she had pledged as a part of her campaign to be elected to the Senate that she would OPPOSE any such increases on gas taxes and tab fees, now among the highest in the country, thanks in large part to her.  The property tax increases came about when she sold us out to the teachers under the guise of the bogus State Supreme court decision known as McCleary.

It didn't stop there, of course.  Many school district's teachers decided last fall to engage in a little old fashioned extortion because the massive raises the legislature bent us over for just weren't enough... so they held our children hostage by going on strike.

In several of these districts, the idiots running them promised these scum SO MUCH money that now their budgets are shot to hell and the end result of that is massive layoffs... except these same districts who screwed their constituencies are now going BACK to the democrat controlled legislature to demand they jack our property taxes AGAIN.

For example, Vancouver School District just caved to support staff extortion and, already $11.4 million over budget, agreed to a contract with THOSE extortions that will likely mean even MORE millions in debt.

And who's gonna pay for that?

And the democrats, being the democrats, are wholly owned by the teachers unions so we can expect the legislature to roll over and nail us AGAIN, with even HIGHER taxes, aka "the McCleary fix."

Why am I setting the table like this?

Well, I make no bones about it.  I supported our new council chair, Eileen Quiring, wholeheartedly, but I began to notice some cracks in her "conservative" facade during the most recent council sellout on the CRC scam.

During the recent council betrayal of the citizenry of this county, it was certainly expected that the RINO's on the council and the non-Republican chair, Marc Boldt (Who was thankfully and unceremoniously thrown out on his ass when he could only manage a horrific 22% of the vote) would throw us under the light rail car by rabidly doing what their downtown mafia masters told them to do and they did not disappoint.

Two councilors stood up to the bum's rush.  They were the aforementioned Eileen Quiring and Jeanne Stewart.  Both came out strongly opposed to supporting the most recent go-round of the CRC/Loot Rail scam.

But when the time came to actually vote on that garbage resolution, how did now-Chair Quiring vote?

She was a "yes."  Stewart was the only "no."  So, Quiring went with the RINO clique and Boldt, managing to hang Stewart out to dry.

I was stunned.  I let her know that I was pissed.  And even though I'm a nobody, she asked if I could meet with her before a Republican Women's function, which I agreed to do, so we could discuss this situation.

When I asked her about it, she told me point blank that she couldn't explain why she did it. I thought that response odd; I, for one, want every elected official to know why they do EVERYTHING they do.  But I also was willing to give her a chance... and I understood she was in the middle of her campaign and political battle... the alternatives were absolutely unacceptable, so I made the decision and told her I was not going to make an issue of it on this blog that nobody reads.  And until now, I haven't.

As time went on, ultimately, we got the desired result: it was close, but as local readers know, Quiring pulled it out and won the day.  So far, so good.

But by winning, she vacated her council seat in district 4.  That meant district 4 required a replacement.

There were several candidates who put their names forward.  Ultimately, 3 were chosen for consideration by Quiring and the other 3 councilors, two RINOs (Blom and Olson) and a rabid leftist hack, (Temple Lentz.)

Those 3 chosen were John Ley (who was the GOP's first choice) followed by Brook Pell, President of the Republican Women/Co-Chair of Quiring's campaign and finally, the guy who got the gig, ultimately, Gary Medvigy.

I immediately predicted Medvigy would get the gig.  The two RINOs and the leftist whack job would control the outcome: they had the votes.

For her part, Quiring had ENDORSED Pell to get her selected as a finalist.

But when the time came, Quiring voted for Medvigy.

Pell had worked HER butt off to get Quiring elected... and this is the thanks she gets.





How does that work?  When you endorse someone and then vote for someone else, how is that NOT "voting against the woman you endorsed?"

Does "simple math" determine what's right and what's wrong?

If she would throw her endorsed candidate under a bus by failing to vote for her after endorsing her because of "simple math," how many MORE times will "simple math" determine the outcome?

As the only "conservative" on the council now, the math will ALWAYS be against her.  It would have been against her regardless of who she voted for.  But is that any reason to bail on your commitment?

Kalup Veneman posted a saying attributed to John Quincy Adams that seems strangely appropriate:

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” 

Precisely.

Chair Quiring had an opportunity to excel that day and she blew it. 

Rivers also had a number of excuses has to why she broke her pledge to those of us who voted for her.  Now, she's boiled it down to merely saying she's "reframed her thinking."  Her "reframed thinking" has already cost the people of this district and this county millions of dollars with tens of millions more to go.

Rivers' problem is that NONE of her excuses justified her actions.

And Quiring is going to be hard pressed to justify her failure to stand up for her choice... a woman who worked so hard for her... who was endorsed by her... but who was dumped by her when it really, really mattered.

When Rivers betrayed us on the Gas Tax/Tab Fee scam, it was, she claimed, a difficult choice. Clearly, as her betrayals mount up in number, size and scope, it's become progressively easier.

Is this our future?  "Simple math" over principle?

It's the kind of thing Rivers does to us all the time.  Is this what we can expect from Chair Quiring?

Quiring tells us NOW: 

There were three good candidates for this position. Brook had my endorsement because I know and trust her and believe she would represent the 4th district well.

After the public interview process of the candidates, my colleagues moved to appoint Mr. Medvigy and I agreed. I believe he is qualified (perhaps even overqualified) for this position and during the public interview process, he showed a very good understanding of county government and many of the issues that we face in Clark County. It was clear to me that he had done his homework.

Now that the appointment has taken place I look forward to working with my fellow council members for the betterment of Clark County.

My response?

"Brook had my endorsement because I know and trust her and believe she would represent the 4th district well."

That's matters far more... geometrically more... than ANY of the General's qualifications. In fact, it matters more than any other criteria.

Because you know what? You DON'T know that about HIM, do you? You can only GUESS because, relatively speaking, he's only been here about 60 seconds and has precisely zero political background you could use to judge how "well" he would represent this district.

What are you going to do when he DOESN'T "represent the 4th District well?"

So, instead of voting for the sure thing, you bailed because you can do "simple math."

Well, so can he.  Does that mean your "simple math" will result in always going along with the majority instead of standing up for the people?

Here's the thing; I'm sure board RINOs like Blom and Olson are all of those things as well, qualification wise, when it comes to county government.

But they have been an unmitigated disaster.

His level of understanding is not NEARLY as important as his unknown political philosophy.

Blom was elected without any of the criteria you discuss. So this guy just becomes another member of the RINO Amen chorus and, "doing the math" (which should NEVER be the basis for a vote) what does his "understanding" get us then?

Eileen, sometimes your lack of political understanding frightens me.

Absolutely nothing written here justifies violating this commitment.

A genius leftist who knows every nut and bolt about county government would be a miserable addition to the other leftists on the board. Technical knowledge in a political position is nice to have. But the Number One issue is what do you do with it.

We see what a leftist like Olson has done with it.

This guy has zero breadth or width of the battle's we've fought here.  His involvement in the GOP has been essentially zero.  But he's got a "gee whiz" resume' and he sounds like a FINE casket salesman... makes you think you NEED the bronze handles.

And for all of what he knows... you have zero idea of what he will do with this knowledge.

We see what a leftist like Olson has done with it.

All of that notwithstanding, none of this justifies your failure to stick to your commitment and I'm not going to forget this.

So now, we seem to have a county chair that makes decisions, according to her, based on her ability to do simple math.  Sadly, in this case, it seems to be of the Common Core variety.

Would one of the other two candidates have won?  Nope.  Would a decision to stick with an endorsed candidate have made any difference in the outcome?

Not in the vote, it wouldn't.

But in every other way that it mattered, it absolutely would have.

Instead, we get political expediency.  And I am SO sick of the excuses of those we elect as they "reframe" their thinking in an effort to justify their betrayals.

Sadly, that is what I believe we have here, since Chair Quiring has seem to have forgotten that the pilot of an aircraft doesn't need to know how to rebuild the jet engines on his plane, but he or she DOES need to know how to take off, go in a certain direction, and land.

There's no question that the General knows how to take off and land.  But we have zero idea of the destination or how many stops he'll take along the way.  And when he fails us as Blom and Olson have failed us so many times, Chair Quiring will own part of that.

Is it time to censure our congresswoman?

With her most recent betrayal of joining with 7 other Republicans and the entirety of the democrat House Caucus in voting to reopen government, it's fairly clear that anyone paying attention can see that her post election mea-culpa, an election where she managed to lose Clark County by a substantial number as a result of then-Party incompetence and her own inability to vote like a Republican, essentially made zero real difference to her and from that debacle, taught her nothing.

Here's what she told us in Clark County Today after her humiliating defeat in the largest county in her district by far:

“Humbled.” 

That’s the word Jaime Herrera Beutler uses most often following her re-election to Washington’s 3rd Congressional District for a fifth term. 

Humbled, in part because it was her narrowest win since her first run for the seat. Also humbled because, after eight years representing her district, voters are still willing to give her a chance.

"Give her a chance?"

If the democrats would ever send up a well-funded candidate who was close to mainstream, instead of the downtown Portland leftists they usually run, HERRERA WOULD HAVE LOST.

"Give her a chance?"

How many "chances" does she get?

"Humbled?"

Indeed.  She was returned to office because her only skill is sadly convincing people that she's actually doing something.  Had a well-financed conservative ran against her, she wouldn't have survived the primary.

Think in terms of Marc "22%" Boldt.

But when I ask those people foolish enough to expect a different outcome from her after proving that she puts herself ahead of everyone else has she has for the 11 unfortunate years she's been in elective office, I have yet to hear from any of them what accomplishments she can point to that have made any substantial difference of any kind in the 3rd Congressional District.

Her fails pile up in a Mount Everest variety of height compared to a Hockinson Hill smattering of successes, none of which resulted in anything of note.

Failure one:  This moron joined with our two fringe-left nutjob senators in condemning then Candidate Trump over an 11 year old tape.

Failure two: She announced that she was refusing to vote for the President, instead, making it clear she intended to write in RINO Speaker Paul Ryan, who shares her views in sabotaging President Trump's agenda in the House as her next failure shows.

This resulted in hundreds of write-in votes for others instead of her.  And you can bet that our resident leftist congresswoman will repeat her voting performance in 2020 as well, again refusing to vote for President Trump.

Failure three: she has continued to insult the President since he was elected, as if jamming a stick in HIS eye will certainly result in some benefit for this congressional district, again putting herself ahead of her constituents.

Failure four:  When the vote mattered, after repeatedly voting to kill the hated and damaging Obamacare, she stupidly voted to CONTINUE Obamacare, once again joining with her leftist colleagues.

Failure five:  In the face of additional efforts by the state of Oregon to enslave residents of Washington State by further extorting additional tens of millions of dollars from our commuting population through tolling already paid-for freeways in addition to their usurious state income tax, an inability to get a bill to stop this theft out of the House because of her incompetence and low standing within the GOP Caucus due to her demonstrated lack of intellectual capacity and her eagerness to trash the current Administration.

How a Member of Congress cannot even get a bill through a House that HER party controls goes to her incompetence OR the fact that she SUPPORTS Oregon's extortion.  And her excuse... that it died because neither of our senators would support it?

That is utterly foolish claptrap by a woman looking for an excuse.  It frankly smacks of a lie... not that they wouldn't support it; that much is very true.  But that, as a result, the bill didn't survive?

That simply doesn't pass the straight face test.  If they chose to aid Oregon in their theft, that would be on them. It, in fact, would certainly serve to alienate much of SW Washington come their reelection efforts.

Instead?

Nothing.  And that's what you get when you have a congresswoman who's very big on mailing it in.

Failure six:  In her now over a decade in elective office, she has failed to do anything to address the issues confronting us concerning cross-river transportation.

She has offered no plan, no vision and no idea.  She has come out in favor of tolling, ala the recently resurrected CRC, so that, had she her way, we would ultimately wind up paying tolls to sit in traffic over a bridge we do not need, do not want, and cannot afford; all so we can THEN pay additional usury to the State of Oregon as a direct result of her years-long failure to act Congressionally to gain control over this stupidity.

So, I ask the question: how many more times must she vote with the democrats on major Republican bedrock legislation before we act?  How many more times does she get to vote democrat when we NEED her to vote like a Republican?  How many years of inactivity must we tolerate?

There's the questions.  And I believe it's time those questions be put to her.

If she is to insist on sounding, acting and voting like a democrat, that is certainly her privilege.  But she cannot realistically expect to engage in that garbage under the banner of the Republican Party.

Gellatly and his PCO supporters are responsible for the destruction of the finances of the local GOP.

As regular readers know, the Gellatly Regime failed to pay a nickel ALL YEAR to the Court as required by the default judgment resulting from Gellatly blowing off the hearing resulting in the possibility of a $75,000 fine and the absolute responsibility for the $46,000 minimum fine the Party must pay.... thanks to him and his supporters.

I and many others tried to warn the RINO PCO Clique.  But not only they did they refuse to listen, they savaged myself and others who brought forward the information that the then-GOP Chair was a druggy, a thug, someone who had been popped 4 times on theft-3 charges, who blew off court dates for those and other court issues and who had been twice busted for DUI.

They didn't even care that Druggy blew off the court date with the AG's office that resulted in the horrific fine his incompetence cost us.

So, yes.  Those RINO PCO's who blew us off and enabled him are just as responsible for this as they were the election of Marc Boldt to county chair when they abandoned the GOP to support Boldt.

And, as expected, the delusional clown that caused all this through his incompetence and stupidity, not to mention his political and legal ignorance, is full of the typical excuses and self-justification that caused his tenure to be such a disaster in the first place.

Have a read at what this simpleton sent in to excuse his behavior:

Chairman Earl Bowerman,  

I have been made aware that an issue with the fine from the AG’s office has been posted on social media, which is causing a lot of confusion and misinformation as these things always do when not properly handled in a professional manner. I hope to provide some clarification and assistance. 

To give an accurate review what lead to the fine, this fine was assessed statewide to many political organizations as a per item over 100 dollars and over 30 days late, based on how many days late. This was for items from 2012-17, the majority being in 2015-16 and due to the failure to follow PDC filing laws by Kenny Smith, Michael Delevar, and Suzanne Garhardt. The agreement suspended 50% of the payment so long as we do not continue to violate PDC law, which has not happened to my knowledge since Joseph Delli Gatti was elected, for which we should all be grateful. 

The payments were to be made quarterly, with first payment due for Sept 1st. The payments are to include 50% of income excluding ALL costs associated with raising funds. This association was left broad to ensure it was to include the items discussed with the AG’s office to ensure we were left with the full ability to continue to operate; such as all marketing, required operational costs and all fundraising costs, as these are all required for us have the ability to raise funds. (my emphasis)

Our treasurer had reported to the board that we had a net loss between associated costs and income for the period due Sept 1st so no payment was issued. This was also the information given for the payment due in December although our board’s term had officially ended at that time. I received a voicemail from Todd at the AG’s office on December 3rd which he requested a return call, to which I attempted to return multiple times and left him voicemails as well. He then communicated via email on December 26th, after the new board was elected, to which I informed him of the election and the need to communicate with the current board members & chairman. 

After the information was sent to you, it was apparently immediately published on social media rather than reviewed appropriately. I am sorry that this happened, it certainly causes a lot more time to correct misinformation than releasing the accurate facts all at once. I have reviewed the letter and it appears as though the AG’s office is stating the quarterly statement included items that were not to be excluded for deduction prior to payment consideration, such as GOTV and meetings, but also stated as errors are items such as rent and utilities which are 100% accurate to have included in deductions as they directly affect the party’s ability to raise funds. 

With all this considered, the AG is simply requesting an accurate quarterly statement with income, deductions, and net income after deductions. IF there is net income after deductions, then 50% percent of this amount would be due. This would not be a large amount if there is one, and the party should have plenty of funds to handle what payment may be due if so. If our treasurer made an error based on misunderstanding the correct allowed deductions, I apologize on behalf of our board for not catching it as we did not review the provided statement to the AG and the AG’s office had never notified us about any concerns during our term. I believe that the process of providing the AG with the info they are requesting is a fairly easy request to comply with and it allows plenty of time to do so, as it is just revising the 2 statements. I am sure Joseph is willing to help as am I. If any amount is due, it will be FAR smaller than what the AG’s letter is insinuating.  

I can certainly understand your frustration walking into a mess with the AG’s office and the fines for a period outside of your control or responsibility, as I had to as well with this whole deal that was passed on to me by the previous administration. If I can help to clarify anything else, please let me know. I am sure the party appreciates your promise to resolve the issue from years ago, as many stated they gave you their vote with this as the primary reason. If you would like to set a time to meet with both the current and previous treasurer and you and myself, I am happy to make time to help clarify and resolve this. I wish you the best of luck, 

Regards,
David Gellatly

There's lies, damned lies, and Davey Gellatly.

First of all, I congratulate him on finding someone to edit his usual babbling.  As false as most everything in this self-serving pap is, the spelling and grammar almost makes it unrecognizable compared to his usual product.

Secondly, it would take Mr. Sipes about 60 seconds to blow this moron out of court, if he ever bothered to show up.

If Druggy's take was close to correct, NONE of the parties ensnared in this process would have to pay a thing towards their fines.  They would do what Druggy did, and fold ALL of the parties expenses into this umbrella of lies and wind up doing precisely what Druggy wound up doing: paying nothing.

Druggy seems to believe that anything he did to launder money automatically meant that it was right.  All money.  From all sources.  As the AG pointed out:

The CCRCC did not send any payment to the State on September 1, 2018 or on December 1, 2018. Further, the "accountings" sent in apparent attempt to justify not making these required payments were untimely and deficient on their face. These "accountings" improperly contain deductions for expenses that were not "incurred in collecting donations" made after June 1, 2018. Rather, it appears the CCRCC is deducting unrelated expenses, including, but not limited to for the following activities: GOTV, rent, meetings, office, internet, and consulting. The accountings also improperly include expenses for donations collected before June 1, 2018. I last attempted to contact you on December 3, 2018 .to address these accounting errors. You did not respond to me.

"....untimely and deficient on their face."

An apt description of Druggy himself.

Druggy would tell us the AG's interpretation is all wrong.  He offers absolutely nothing to prove that, so we're left with the choice between taking HIS word for it (And let's face it, you really don't find "truth" and Druggy cohabitating in the same space at the same time, do you?) and that of this lawyer out of the AG's shop.

Gee.  That's a toughie.

The LEAST important element of this is Gellatly's take.  As usual, he is wrong.  Whether he actually believes this garbage or not, we're left with making the choice between a Deputy Attorney General who enforces the law, and an admitted drug user who has a history of breaking the law.

Repeatedly.

Seems to be something of a family trait.

And, as always, in his self-delusion, he did everything right and everyone else is wrong.

In the spirit of his level of confidence of his series of lies/self-serving analysis, I'm sure he would be willing to use the same monied benefactors who paid for his law suit against a PCO to pay his legal fees as he bets the entirety of this horrific result of his typical incompetence on himself.

That's right, Davey: put up or shut up.

You blew it.  Your provide nothing to support your position legally.  And "legally" is all that matters.

You are responsible, for example, for blowing off $1200 of Party money on Jesser's fake Republican outfit.

$1200 that SHOULD have went to towards the fine.  $1200 that puts the lies to everything you wrote.

I hope you, personally, are held in criminal contempt for your attempt to defraud the AG's Office/Court out of this money.

There is no excuse.  There is no lie you can tell.  There is no way for YOU to blame ANYONE else for this horrific outcome.

You and those who enabled you bear the entirety of all of this.  You and they should make this up.  And you and the PCO's who hate anyone to the right of Mao should hold your own fund-raiser and pick up the tab for your insanity.

And all of you need to be held accountable.

Druggy Dave oozes out of the scene.

As regular readers know, The Gellatly Cult suffered a crushing defeat at the local reorganization.  Almost every vestige of the horrific tenure of Druggy Dave has been banished to the dustbin of local politics where it so rightfully belongs... and about 2 years too late.

The Columbian, being the Columbian, was primed for their usual effort.  They neglected to reach out to those brave souls who faced the Cult's onslaught, Mr. Bowerman and Mrs. Pell, instead just allowing Druggy to shoot from the lip.

Now, I get that Druggy is upset with the annihilation/repudiation of the disaster of his horrific term in office.  I get that he's been a political lowlife in every sense of the word.  I get that he's spent far more time trashing his political opponents within the local GOP than he has campaigning against democrats.

Here, he had the opportunity to show some class... some statesmanship and some grace, even though he was humiliated in the outcome at Reorg.  In fact, he was sorta the Marc Boldt (clobbered in the primary with 22% or so of the vote) of the Reorg.

But instead of showing the class of, say, Earl Bowerman, he shot off his mouth stupidly bringing up the characteristic HE lacks the most: integrity.  He also wishes that Bowerman would do that which he never even tried to do: "represent the whole party."

If Earl were to follow Druggies example, he would be filing suit against some PCO who said something about him he didn't like.  You know, like Druggy did when HE sued a PCO?

Bowerman, for his part, showed how capable he is by providing the class Gellatly so obviously lacks:

“I would like to thank the outgoing board for their contributions and service to our party,” Bowerman said in a press release. “I appreciate the opportunity and look forward to working with all of our elected officers, the central committee and volunteers to grow our Party.”

And that's the difference between them, summed up in a single sentence.

As for Herrera's relationship with the local party being "awkward," that's a problem easily solved.

She needs to keep her mouth shut about what she thinks about the President... and she needs to vote like a Republican.

Few within the Party structure will have any problem with her if she can suddenly begin to act like a Republican Member of Congress.

Because here's the reality: as much as the past regime acted like her lackeys, she still lost in Clark County for the first time ever... by around 4400 votes or so, a not inconsequential number.

Clearly, the idiocy of the "Be Bold" signs failed to have the desired impact.

Duh.

No matter.  Druggy is no longer a part of the local GOP and he will certainly not be missed.  Earl Bowerman and Brook Pell are a breath of fresh air.  Compared to the regime of the last two years, they're the adults in a field of children on an out-of-control playground.

The Cult's threats, arrogance and air of superiority will not be missed.  Whatever will they do with all this time on their hands?

The narcissim of Druggy Dave's "Retirement Party"

Druggy Dave has a mud problem.

As events have played out, I freely admit it may be genetic.  But genetics are only responsible for so much.

As most readers are aware, he ran an utterly bogus Motion of Censure against me.  It was moronic for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was that he then contacted the Columbian to make sure they publicized it.  And they did.

But stunningly enough, they did the one thing he failed to anticipate and that was to allow me to comment on his petulant playground bullshit.

Gellatly said the board felt it was important to create a formal, permanent and public record.

“We felt having a public record that this individual does not represent our party and confirmation his actions are disavowed by our party was important,” he said. The party can take the censure into future consideration for decisions with regards to membership and access to the referenced individuals.”

Personally, Gellatly said Hinton “represents everything wrong with politics.”

He continued:

Using blatant lies, smearing and attacking good people, attempting to intimidate and bully people, all while trying to suggest everyone else is doing what in fact he is. His political history is plain creepy. Most of those in the county who know him are disgusted by him. But now by Kelly trying to bring these types of extreme and lowlife actions into our party, it had to be addressed and firmly rejected, and we did just that.
I understand our community has a lot of different views and welcomes diversity of opinion, but there is no place in it for spewing blatant lies and hate.

I heard back from Hinton late Thursday. Here’s what he had to say.

The idea of censuring someone who is not a part of your organization and has not been a part of it during your tenure is absurd. For all the good they did, they may as well have censured Holt, or Harris or Gillespie.

This is, you see, a snapshot of how Gellatly’s mind works. On January 5th, he is quoted in your paper as saying, ”If there were previous issues with Marc Boldt then that was the previous board and we are not bound their actions.”

And neither is the next board bound by Gellatly’s actions

I get that Gellatly is upset  … I have gone after him by constantly reminding people that he actually sued a PCO  because he didn’t like what that PCO had to say. This is merely an extension of that kind of narcissism.

Soon, the guy behind all this will be gone, as will this censure, which neither survives his tenure nor encumbers the next Clark County GOP organization in any way

A fun side note for those thinking, wait, wasn’t someone else censured by the GOP? Hinton’s brother-in-law Marc Boldt was censured in 2012 for actions deemed out of line with the party. His censure was rescinded when the board voted to undo all previous resolutions in January.

For his part, our resident narcissistic cretin was NOT happy the Columbian printed this.

He expected, as he always does, to come in, beat the hell out of me in the public eye, and then walk away, dusting his hands like a cartoon character.

I would have loved to have seen the look on his face when he found out what I had written... and what the paper had printed.

Screen capture of Davey G's comment under this story

But, what was almost as good was getting a screen capture of what he wrote in the comment section under the article (above).

As he frequently does, after awhile, he deleted it.  Packed with every imaginable lie (The headline is right on, the criminal charges are documented in this blog, his illegal drug use while party chair, false allegation that I "publish lies" when some of what I publish was provide BY Gellatly TO me to hammer Carolyn Crain, his drug use and his failure to bother to show up in court which has yoked the local party to the tune of what, $75,000 or so? His multiple DUI's

One has to wonder: what OTHER blog has this overgrown juvenile thug declare, among other things, to be "poorly written?"

Who knew I had anything in common with our local daily paper?

Now, having crapped all over his own nest by allowing me to, once again, hand him his own head in a basket, this megalomaniac is holding his own "retirement party".  Purely, it would seem, so he could further enrich whoever it is he owes at Warehouse 23, where the local GOP has spent a LOT of money... in excess of $10,000, if memory serves.

Now, generally, the guy being "retired" doesn't HAVE to hold his OWN party.  Usually, someone else does that for him.

But Davey, BEING Davey, has to have a sockpuppet that no one has ever heard of, set one up for him.

How... Gellatly of him.

He isn't "retiring."  He stands about as much chance of surviving a reelection bid as he does ever showing an ounce of integrity.  So, he wants to avoid the public humiliation of the PCO's sending him the message directly that he's worthless.



Since he knows that, he's trying to leave the impression that the end of his horrific tenure was purely voluntary on his part.  Instead, the writing is on the wall and we're well rid of him.

As it is, the final impression most will have of him is that he has been the single-most destructive individual to ever set foot in the local political scene.  A screw up of Titanic proportions, who, had he been vetted, wouldn't have even been allowed to attend a PCO meeting, let alone run a party.

We suffered for it; it will take years to undo his damage and even longer to clear out the stench. 

Many bear responsibility for him, many of his RINO enablers have a great deal to answer for.  They stood by and allowed him to do this.  They supported him and turned a blind eye to everything from his drug use while Chair of the Party to his failure to show up to court to defend the Party, resulting in a massive default judgement against the Party and a huge debt... a debt he has not paid one cent to if memory serves.

That's his fiscal legacy.  It smacks of a deliberate, destructive act to me.

The main people who think he deserves ANY kind of "party" include, for example, Chuck Green, the guy who set up the leftist hate site known as Clark County Citizens for Good (Leftist) Government, a page for all things locally to beat the hell out of all politically to the right of Mao and this democrat candidate for the county council, twin brother of Julie Olson (Seriously, if Olson had lost, the voting record of a Green would have been the same as hers... why is it no democrat ran against Olson except there was no need for one?)  Who sent his "regrets."



I have to wonder: isn't the entire point of a political Party to be the exact OPPOSITE of "bi-partisan?"

Now, why would a fringe-left nut like Green feel compelled to be a Gellatly supporter?

Never mind.

As for me, I wish him well on his rehab, and hope that ultimately, whatever he does that's legal outside the political realm is enough to keep a roof over his head.

But if he ever runs for anything, anywhere?

His political opponents will be getting my little treasure trove of documentation that shows him to be unfit to run an elevator.  ANd I don't see any path available to him to retire THAT.

Crain proves she's unfit to lead: email response to Crain's screed

I appreciate Carolyn Crain’s most recent missive designed primarily to trash me as a part of her typically clueless campaign for county GOP chair.

It's an effort to somehow discredit my observations concerning her conduct; the damage she, personally has inflicted on the local party and to cast doubt on anything I may write or say in opposition to the utterly hideous idea that she be elected 3rd grade hall monitor, let alone chair of a party organization she was instrumental in helping to shatter.

I appreciate her effort because that effort, far better than anything I could ever write, proves beyond any doubt her utter unsuitability for any position of leadership or responsibility.

Here’s the reality…

Have you ever noticed that when someone disagrees with you publicly, they frequently refer to you on social media as a “liar,” but then fail to provide any proof?

Under the guise of trying to separate herself from those who threw their playground hissy fit in the form of “censoring” me, (and don’t they wish I’d shut up?) Carolyn Crain used that episode to publicly trash me in an effort to discredit my observations about her complete lack of fitness to run anything, let alone Chair of the local GOP.

This basic lack of honesty and whining victimhood, combined with the biggest, most disruptive mouth at any PCO meeting is just a prelude as to why she’s unfit.

While both Druggy Dave and Crain feel compelled to trash me because they claim I’m not a Republican, for example, Crain tells us:

We (who’s we? You’ve got a mouse in your pocket?) do not feel that under Washington State Law, it says that we do not register by party; there is any measuring stick to assess who is and who is not a Republican.

It’s that same measuring stick she wants to try to avoid. And that is the entire basis for the screed she sent out attacking me and holding herself absolutely blameless for the train wreck of a party we have now.

Well, let’s see.

Most recently, (and by “recently,” I mean “in the last election”) Crain endorsed and campaigned for nonRepublican Marc Boldt.

As shown here, posted under the guise of the fake Republican PAC she put together to oppose conservatives generally and Republicans running against Marc Boldt particularly, her endorsement before the primary was for, you guessed it: Marc Boldt.

Never mind that Eileen Quiring was on the ballot. Crain, once again, endorsed Boldt over a Republican.

There. See why she doesn't want that same yardstick those 4 on the EBoard used against me… to be picked up and used against her?

Locally, she was instrumental in her backstabbing campaign of lies and exaggeration to do all she could to make sure that no conservative was elected to the PCO ranks; again, joining with past RINO chairs like Ann Donnelly, Brent Boger, Ryan Hart, Stephanie McClintock, Margie Ferris and Mike Gaston.

By ramrodding this campaign of RINO hatred, Crain proved her true colors and showed that the basis for her peculiar politics is hatred… and nothing but.

For example, she is a staunch Gellatly supporter, even though Gellatly fed me information for use on my blog that he now so publicly claims to despise so that I could trash her with it. She is well aware of that, but it made zero difference to her: her rabid support of Gellatly continued unabated because principle is a meaningless construct to her... and when it comes to power, there is no lie she won't tell or allow others to tell to get it.

How many of you reading this now, for example, would doggedly support someone who had gone behind your back to get you hammered through a surrogate?

And this go-round of endorsing Boldt over a Republican is not the first time that happened:

THAT honor goes back to 2015, when Crain used her fake Republican PAC (RINOS of Clark County PAC) to oppose David Madore… and then, when Madore lost in the primary… to oppose Rep. Liz Pike’s write-in campaign in favor of?

Marc Boldt.

Yeah, right. Leadership that works. If “works” is what you call enriching the downtown special interests.

Now, none of you reading this knows Marc Boldt better than I do. He’s my brother-in-law and I worked directly for him for almost 6 years as his legislative assistant. I also knew that he had become completely co-opted by democrats who first saw him as a tool and then used him as one.

I warned everyone I could what would happen if he were to be elected and his disastrous tenure of massive tax and fee increases along with his ongoing rabid support of the CRC Scam happened EXACTLY the way I forecasted.

Well, Crain bears direct responsibility for that. Every tax increase from the county? That’s on her.

The 5 RINO former chairs who abandoned the GOP candidates running for county chair, including Rep. Liz Pike's write in campaign, and the 3 of those same RINO former Chairs, who happened to also have been PCO's for THIS election who endorsed Boldt THIS election, his horrific leftist performance notwithstanding?

That's on them as well.

Every county fee increase rammed down our throats? Carolyn Crain and those RINO former chairs who tossed the GOP out like yesterday's newspaper to get Boldt elected.

Had the RINOs done what they demand of us... had they voted Republican regardless of their hatred of conservatives, our county government would look completely different now and our tax bill would be much lower.

But they didn't.  And Crain wants us to forget ALLLLL about her part in that.

She would ask us to forget all about her direct effort, with money and time, to get a nonRepublican disaster elected instead of the Republican alternatives on the ballot as if that never happened…. And to ignore the fact that she campaigned AGAINST Republicans: first, in 2015 and then again in this past election.

Crain set up her leftist PAC in 2015 with the express purpose to oppose Republicans running for county chair generally and to support the disaster of a county chair, Marc Boldt, to the exclusion of anyone else, even during the Liz Pike write-in campaign.

How is it that Crain is so afraid of me that she reduces herself to this idiocy that shows she’s incapable of taking responsibility for her actions… much like the clueless idiot leaving the job now who also suffers from that same disease?

It seems to me kinda odd that people running this organization… the Gellatlys, the Jessers, the Meharrys, the Matillas… and yes, the destructive loud mouths like Crain, find themselves incapable of taking responsibility for what they've done and somehow hope that none of you reading this will be able to conclude that past is prologue and their despicable activities of the last 2 years will magically change in the next 2?

That’s what Crain would have you believe.

I absolutely and completely take responsibility for anything I’ve either written or said. Who in the current Gellatly Cult or the leftist RINO clique can say the same?

Now, everything I've written here is true… and quite factual. Crain's unsupported denials do not change history. Her description of my efforts to remind people of her idiocy?

Lie 1:

While we agree that for the last several years Kelly Hinton has repeatedly declared he is an independent even claiming the Libertarian hat does not suit him he filed to run as a Republican PCO.

What I have done is to declare that if this party is going to fail to hold candidates accountable when they lie to get elected, lie once they ARE elected, exaggerate, and vote like democrats on a regular basis, then yeah… I've got a problem with it.  I am a conservative.  Conservatives generally are most closely aligned with what is SUPPOSED to be the Republican Party.

Crain, being Crain, would never tell you that this election, I figured out that the BEST way to make a statement is to ALWAYS vote Republican.  Maybe just not the way the establishment self-aggrandizers wanted, but my ballot was ALL GOP, top to bottom.

But Crain’s claim that I EVER wrote or said anything about being a “libertarian” is like so much she’s written and said: a flat out lie.

I ask you: do you support candidates who lie? Who cave to the left? Who vote like they’re, say, Jim Moeller? Is the ONLY thing that matters to you a party label of convenience?

Crain, for her part, doesn't like it when I write these kinds of things. Facts are often quite unpleasant to those who want them buried. Right, Davey?

Lie 2:

We are aware that he continues to disparage all things Republican, i.e. our current elected District Senators, our Congresswoman and our current board for our mutual county Republican party. Yet we are distressed at the mere idea that we cannot find a better resolution to this issue of his probable infiltration with intent to destroy from within without violation of what we perceive to be the protected right under the 1st amendment and the Washington state constitution.

The first lie in this paragraph is obvious. I do just the opposite of “disparaging all things Republican.”

In fact, I was an early supporter of the President and stated he would win months before anyone else I observed did the same.

On the contrary, I respect and admire all things Republican.

Where Crain is obviously confused is that what I attack has nothing to do with “Republicans.”

Is lying Republican?

Is pledging to support or oppose legislation as a tool to get elected or stay elected “Republican?” Is then proving you were lying by doing the opposite and costing the people of Clark County $700 million as a result “Republican?”

Ask Sen. Ann “Gas Tax” Rivers. She sure wants us to forget what she did. So does Crain.

Have you forgotten? I'm reminded every time I fill my tank.

Is opposing bedrock legislation, like the repeal of Obamacare, joining with democrats to trash the President, failing to provide even a plan for our cross-river transportation issues for EIGHT YEARS, “Republican?” Are we to simply ignore Herrera's record like it never happened?

Is supporting legislation that caused our property taxes to explode and being lauded by leftist teachers unions for that betrayal “Republican?” Hard to say.

Alleged Republicans Sens. Wilson and Rivers, along with Rep. Paul Harris, were instrumental in this debacle. What’s their take?

BILLIONS added to the budget that never had to be. Why did they do it?

Who knows? But that they DID do it?

No question about it. The vote record doesn't lie.

These are among the standards which I use to judge those who claim the “Republican” label.

Republicanism is SUPPOSED to mean something besides a tool of convenience. Crain, for her part, is only enamored of the label… when it suits her. But she sure didn't seem to care that Marc Boldt had dumped even the pretense of being Republican to trash Republicans opposed to him in both 15 and most recently this past election…

No hypocritical double standard there, eh, Carolyn?

NO ONE, including PCOs, should merely become little Crainbots, opposing all conservatives, supporting all elected or campaigning RINOs merely because of a label to the exclusion of what they actually do and who they actually are.

As Republicans, we can never win by out-democrating democrats. And I have to wonder: did Crain throw this variety of hissy fit when Brent Boger, who quite publicly dumped the GOP when nonRepublican Boldt was censured for being Steve Stuart’s lackey?

Of course not.

Is reeking hypocrisy a characteristic of leadership that needs to be continued in the control of the local party?

“Yet we are distressed at the mere idea that we cannot find a better resolution to this issue of his probable infiltration with intent to destroy from within”

Odd that Crain would use the royal “we” so much. Or is it that Marcy is simply her sockpuppet and incapable of speaking for himself already? If so, THAT didn't take long.

Stranger still that Crain would accuse me of doing that which she has done herself.

Head on over to the leftist hate site, Clark County Citizens for Good Governance.

Look her up there and see how many times she’s trashed Republicans. See how often she’s whined and sniveled about how she’s been treated in that nest of fringe-leftists.

And SHE dare accuse anyone ELSE of being a “probable infiltrator?”

Her efforts are directly responsible for so much of the damage the local party has sustained. Outside of the Gellatly Cult types on the EBoard, no one bears greater responsibility for the shattered state of the Party.

She finds it impossible to keep her mouth shut at PCO meetings which she, personally and frequently, has attempted to dominate. She shows the leadership traits of a militant Bolshevik.

Lie 3:

I, Carolyn Crain, have been the brunt of his continuing onslaught for the last few years. He fails regularly to get any facts correct but he continues to attempt to wreck havoc at every turn. Am I really fond of such a character? Not hardly but I cannot defend the rights of myself and others to their freedoms without defending the right of him too. It is simply impossible to do for me.

Crain, you deserve everything I've ever written about you.

Meanwhile, she snivels so beautifully.

Can’t stand the heat?

Get out of the kitchen.

I, Crain falsely claims, fail regularly to get any facts correct.

What’s missing from that?

Why, the most obvious aspect: a list of facts I got wrong.

C’mon, Crain. Should be a piece of cake for you. But the idea that YOU say I’ve been wrong, without bothering to show where and how?

Your record of deliberate destruction, interference and campaigning for an incompetent idiot for county chair over actual Republicans tends to preclude you from making such a blanket judgment.

And if I need your help defending MY rights? I’ll certainly ask for it.

The reality is this: Crain’s effort to use me as some sort of campaign plank to get elected chair… Her lies, revisionist history, and failure to take any responsibility for what she has personally done shows beyond doubt that she is absolutely unfit to be elected to anything, anywhere. She’s only in it for what she can get out of it; no one else. She could care less about anyone but herself and her sickening me, me, me act wore thin years ago.

The responsibility for me and others calling her out for her lies, her documented efforts to get democrats like Boldt elected and her efforts to trash the GOP in leftist hate groups make her unfit. Because in the end, no one but Crain forced Crain to do any of that. And using me as her whipping boy… tearing me down to build herself up? That isn’t going to get her anywhere.

You see, I’m not running for anything in this party. My years-long effort to hold Republicans accountable for their failures flies directly in the face of what the establishment and the types like Crain want to hear. None of any of this is for the greater glory of me.

Everything Carolyn Crain says or does is for the greater glory of her.

She wants us to simply ignore the lies, the deceit, and the betrayals and act as if they never happened… because of a label… a label without proof.

This kind of poison pen garbage was what the RINOs used to kill the efforts of many conservatives to run for PCO. The only reason they didn't try that with me is, frankly, because they were too stupid and amateur to run someone in my precinct... because the thought simply never occurred to them that *I* would run.

I bet they wish they had now.

Remember: take the time to show up.  I know it’s a hassle, having been to many of these myself.  But we cannot allow a continuation of the last two disastrous years to continue to bring this Party down.

In that regard, I agree with her.  Show up.  Vote.  And vote against her and anyone like her.  The alternative is just too horrific to contemplate.

KJ Hinton