Davey G goes full blown hypocrite on the leftist C3G2 hate site. Looks like someone's thinking about running in the 49th.

It's no surprise that ol' Davey has started hanging out on the C3G2 hate site.  After all, when you've got those bubbling political aspirations, you have to vent them somewhere.

The problem here is that what he's saying is so factually untrue, so rankly hypocritical that they are simply beyond belief when Davey is the source.

"No matter what your view on the issue was, for elected representatives, it is always important to remember what it means to represent the constituents rather than impose one's own will over the will who put them in office."

Seriously?

It's pretty clear that the majority of so-called Republicans in elective office around here would rather cut off their left hand than "represent the constituents rather than impose one's own will over the will who put them in office."

Unless, of course, it was our will to have our gas taxes and tab fees explode.

Unless it was our will to have our property taxes explode.

Unless it was our will to have these people raise the Titanic of the CRC/Loot Rail scam.

Unless it was our will to have our licenses cost more if we're a citizen than if we're an illegal alien, or to extend our tax dollars to them so they can attend our universities using our money, reducing the available slots for citizens of both this state and this country.

Unless it was our will to begin imposing massive fees again so the county can waste the money on bigger, more expensive government.

Unless it was our will for the 4 Stooges at the county level to jack up our property taxes 3% over 2 years.

Unless it was our will for those same Stooges to ignore our will, expressed at the ballot by an advisory vote on the CRC/Loot Rail scam.

And you know what?

We don't know if that was the will of the people around here because none of these people ever bothered to ask us what WE wanted.  Too much trouble, you see,,, and oh my Aunt Harriet, whatever if we said "no?"

See, with Davey, he's pretty much mastered the art of telling people what they want to hear... and lying his ass off in the process.  And he tries to destroy those who oppose him... with frivolous lawsuits, for example.

In this case, he's trying to scam his fellow leftists by setting them up for a run, I'm thinkin'.

Well, I do hope he runs.  Because you can rest assured I will legally do anything and everything I can to make sure he loses.

Because as unfit as the fake Republicans in Clark County are to hold elective office... Davey makes them look like rank amateurs in that regard.

The difference between "leadership" and "RINOship": Why doesn't it matter to the local GOP?

As I look at the Davey Gellatly's GOP trainwreck that we now have, I'm kinda reminded of the war in Vietnam.

In Vietnam, victories were determined by body counts for public consumption.

A North Vietnamese Regiment or 2 or 3 or 5 would attack an American outpost, for example.

If you're unaware of the siege of Khe Sahn, you should look it up.

It's a bright, shining star in the history of the Marine Corps, where every moment valor became the standard to judge by.

It was a horrific battle, regardless of which side you were on.  Hundreds of Americans were killed, thousands wounded.  Hundreds of NVA were killed, thousands wounded.

The siege was broken after several months.  We fought and fought and fought.

And when it was over?

We left.

That's right: that location was fought over... and died over... and the end result was the same thing as a loss.

The battle started on January 9, 1968 and ended... with our evacuation... July 9, 1968.

We "won."  And then, we left.  And what happened next?

The NVA took over the region.

So... why did we bother to stay and fight in the first place?

Locally, we have a situation that bears a remarkable similarity to the mindset behind that situation.

We have a number of so-called "representatives" for the people... at the county level and the legislative level, who used the label "Republican" to get elected because it was a matter of convenience.

No democrat can win in the 18th District, like no Republican can win in the 49th.

So, to run and win in the 18th, you both have to claim that you're a Republican and then fool enough people into believing it.  Sen. Ann "Gas Tax" Rivers being THE case in point.

Clearly, the voting record of most Republicans... alleged Republicans... in SW Washington matches that of the democrats more than it does those who actually do more than pay lip-service to GOP tenets.

Tax increases... fee increases... lies... zero transparency... all of the things we typically get from those running with a "D" after their names... are now part and parcel of those we've sent to the county... or to Olympia... with an "R" after their names, as fake as Dolly Pardon's boobs.

And what does the local GOP do about it?

Absolutely nothing.

It would seem that "success" to the clowns running that zoo is based entirely on the numbers game.

There is zero accountability for the actions of those they support... and many oppose.

Increase our taxes like you're a democrat?

Increase our fees like you're a democrat?

Cause our property taxes to explode, lie about it and then try and cover your asses?

Get hired by a DEMOCRAT campaign firm while bending us over to HELP property taxes explode?

And what does the local party do or say?

Nothing.

No response. No accountability.  No concern.  No questions.  A few days back, for example, Eileen Quiring announced against Marc Boldt, the democrat county chair.  Quiring is a well-known GOP county councilor.

But if you go over to the GOP candidate list, do you even see her name there?

Nope.  Must not have had the 30 seconds or so needed to update the list, eh, Davey?  But then, you don't WANT anyone to run against that idiot we've got as county chair, now, do you?

The RINOs who actually vote like their name is Jimmy Moeller, delude themselves into claiming that betraying us is, well, "leadership."

Oddly, the democrats don't seem to take that view when the shoe is on the other foot and any claiming their party affiliation vote against the tenets or platform of the democrat party.

Now.... why is that?

Vote against the democrats at any level while you're in elective office claiming democrat allegiance and they will do everything they can to crush you.

Vote against the Republicans at any level while you're in elective office claiming Republican allegiance and what happens?

Our gas tax/tab fees explode.  Our property taxes explode. Transparency gets tossed out the window.  The people of Clark County become responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in increased taxes and fees.

And what does the local GOP Regime do about it?

Absolutely nothing.

It would seem to me to make more sense if the local RINO cabal, including the county GOP Gellatly Clown Crew, should just admit they're an adjunct to the democrats and be done with it.

And for those of us opposed to that insanity, we're reduced to the level of untermenchen, threatened by an out-of-control party chair; insulted, berated, attacked and vilified... and even in one pathetic instanced, sued by a total nutjob... much, much more effort towards stamping out internal opposition than any effort to take out democrats... the democrats these clowns are SUPPOSED to oppose.

But as closely as I pay attention... and few do a better job of it than I... I have YET to see ANY effort by the Gellatly Cabal to actually take on the local democrats.

On just about every major leftist issue, from the CRC Scam to loot rail to tax increases to bigger budgets and bigger government, I've yet to see anything from any of the RINOs we've elected or the RINOs supporting them that attacks the democrats for just about anything.  In fact, many of our RINOs are outright supportive of that stupidity and at least one, Rivers, has done all she can to help screw us.

"Leadership," then, IS taking the "tough vote."  But ONLY when that "tough" vote reflects the will of those you represent.  "RINOship" is screwing your constituents who were stupid enough... as I freely admit I was... to believe in you and what you pledge to get elected.

Jacking up our gas taxes and tab fees $700 million in Clark County alone was NOT a "tough vote."

Betraying us to the WEA and causing our property taxes to explode was not a "tough vote."

Screwing us sideways by resurrecting the CRC/Loot Rail Scam was NOT a "tough vote."

No... THOSE votes are major examples of "RINOship,"  not "leadership."

Even the tool running the GOP show seems to believe that:

"No matter what your view on the issue was, for elected representatives, it is always important to remember what it means to represent the constituents rather than impose one's own will over the will who put them in office."

Here's a question: If Davey actually believed that crap, then why hasn't he done anything about those who ignore that aspect of "representative government?

In Davey's case, he's got the integrity of a worm, so he is not to be believed... on anything.  Some politicians lie like they breathe.  He's one of them.

Here's the thing: if you're going to talk, act, vote, tax and increase our fees like a democrat?

Then guess what?

You're a democrat.  And if you're a democrat?

Then why should we vote for you when we can vote for the real thing?  And why should we help the party that doesn't even want a Republican to run against my idiot-brother-in-law democrat county chair?  Why should we give them a dime?  Why should we give them our time, our effort, our energy.... our votes?

Simple: we shouldn't.

I know I won't.

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

They're right.

Readers know that my position on the now infamous legislative effort to emulate the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany was not all happy face.

There was no excuse for any of this effort, the now famous ESB 6617, AKA "Lock up the records in the legislature so we can protect ourselves and our lobbyist buddies" bill, that was slammed through almost instantaneously, without a hearing or seeking out public input of any kind... in either House and without even a floor debate.

That is not what we call "democracy in action."

Westneat screwed up his message a tad by mixing federal issues into it, but the gist is the same.

At the core of the entire mess was contempt for the public.

We've seen it time and again:  contempt for the public... the very public they allegedly work for.

And it's a bi-partisan contempt.  Both parties do it.  Both of them think we're stupid, or have a short attention span or when election time rolls around, we'll have forgotten all about it or they'll find some way to talk themselves past this massive insult to our intelligence.

Sadly, that is a conclusion made of our doing.  Time and again these scum rip us off.  They make pledges they cheerfully blow off to get us to pull the lever for them so to speak; they make pledges they fail to keep... including important pledges that could, for example, have impacted veteran suicide in this state.

They cause massive explosions in our property taxes and then try and cover their tracks by "advocating for lower property taxes" having been a proximate cause for the explosion in the first place.

They view Olympia as a freestyle sexual Olympics, nailing anything that moves including us.

The GOP-controlled state senate raping us with gas tax/tab fee increases, the largest in our state's history.  Throwing $5.5 Billion at the WEA without accountability measure one built in.  We got screwed for nothing.  And the GOP did it to us.

Yes, the contempt... the lies... the efforts at maneuvering us into continuing to support them while they exhibit their "contempt for the public" in so many ways is what they count on.

And Westneat nails it.

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)

This seems contagious. Consider the CEO of our light-rail agency, Sound Transit. Records released this past week show that when Peter Rogoff was first hired in 2016, a reporter, our own Mike Lindblom, asked a routine question about his salary as part of an “introduce-the-new-director” story.

“Mike Lindbloom [sic] called to inquire about Peter’s salary,” recounted an internal memo. “Peter’s response was ‘tell him to go (bleep) himself.’ “

Well that pretty much sums it up! From the feds to the state on down to the locals, you pesky people can go (insert raw Rogoff here).

Salaries of government employees are public for the same mundane reason government employees should deign to take citizen testimony. Because: They work for the public. Does this really have to be said?

Ditto with state legislators. Their office records are actually your records, because you are their bosses. That this is now a matter of controversy shows how much lawmakers have lost touch with their reason for being.

For the record, Sound Transit’s Rogoff, who was inexplicably just given a 5 percent raise, makes $328,545. Your tax dollars at work.

Now it’s fine with us in the media if we’re told to go bleep ourselves. Happens daily! But there’s a real disregard for the public here, in this sham federal hearing, in those rigged, rushed legislative votes with no public input, with the imperious attitude of a civil servant who is then rewarded with a pay raise.

Amid all that I squirmed when up jumped the opportunistic Tim Eyman, shilling another of his endless initiatives. Only this one is unusually straightforward. It would make state lawmakers abide by the same public-records rules as everybody else. It would end this debate where it ought to have rested all along: with the public in charge.

This is what we’ve come to. People are having to organize their own “shadow” public hearings. State legislators are having to be electronically flogged with 10,000 emails to do the obvious. And I now stand with Tim Eyman.

Danny Westneat’s column appears Wednesday and Sunday. Reach him at 206-464-2086 or dwestneat@seattletimes.com

Why do they do this to us? 

Because we let them.  Because we do not hold them accountable.

I simply could never again vote for anyone who supported this.

To believe a yes vote was called for because this fixed some small part of the problem of transparency, i.e., protecting "constituent communications", without the rest of the bill equating to a poison pill is simply inexcusable.

I can... and do... personally like some of the people who voted for this.  But their vote makes them completely unsuitable for governing us and I would oppose any effort by any of them, regardless of party, to run for either reelection of any other office... were they ever so inclined to do so.

Government can be and do many things.  But it can never hold us in contempt.  And those who do... any other issues notwithstanding... are not fit for elective office.

This November, we have the opportunity to make a statement.  In November of 2020, those in the State Senate who voted for this atrocity should get the same message.

Stop lying to us like so many have and do.

Stop believing we're stupid. 

Sadly, for those of you who voted for this, it's too late.  You cannot justify a vote that's 10% "good" and 90% "bad."

You treat us with contempt, but somehow then expect us to avoid returning the favor.

A pox on both your Houses.

For sheer entertainment value, the Quiring-Boldt race is going to be hard to beat. I can already feel the local GOP RINOs squirming.

Looks like Davey Gellatly's worst nightmare (besides ever using a spell-checker) has come true.

Eileen Quiring has announced against my brother-in-law, Marc Boldt, for the county chair position.

I make no secret of the fact that Boldt is a total incompetent who runs a government that no one even wants to work for.

He has been banned by the Public Disclosure Commission from running... or having a family member run... his own campaign finances.... yet somehow, he's in charge of the finances of THIS county?

Seriously?

As I knew he would were he to be elected, it appears that he's been instrumental in raising every county tax that could be raised and every county fee that could be raised.  He's reinstituted all of the fees possible for new business, and generally done everything he could to erase any conservative impact of David Madore and Tom Mielke.  He continues to rabidly support the CRC/Loot Rail scam.

The only thing greater than his incompetence is his predictability.

And now.... now, the local GOP cabal has a problem.

We all know that Davey Gellatly used my blog to trash fake Republican Carolyn Crain.  That, of course, doesn't stop him from threatening or attacking me and my meager effort here.

But there is no doubting the high levels of hypocrisy to which this clown has ascended.

Meanwhile, Crain hovers over the GOP like the huge black cloud announcing a storm is coming any minute.

We all remember her fake Republican group that worked so hard to get the Young Democrat-endorsed Boldt elected to county chair: her hatred of conservatives is well known, as is the distaste for all conservatives by the current local GOP regime.

So now, the question is clear: how does the local party set about to screw Quiring in her efforts to unseat Boldt and actually get a Republican in charge of this government?

As I've already pointed out, the local regime has not even wanted a Republican to run against Boldt, even though Boldt has long since dropped any pretense of BEING a Republican.

One need only go over to the GOP Regime's list of candidates to see that they have been making zero effort to find a Republican to run against Boldt, just like they made it clear they were going to trash Liz Pike once she announced.

Expect at least one fake Republican to run so they can split the GOP vote.  Expect the RINO scum infesting us, like those supporting Rivers' sockpuppet in the 18th, Larry Hoff, to rabidly support my full-on democrat, tax and spend liberal brother-in-law.

And expect the local GOP to do everything they possibly can to keep that leftist that no one really wants to work with, in office.  After all, he picked up 39% of the vote last time, hardly a ringing endorsement.

Because that's how the scum running the local GOP show roll.

Gun control that makes a difference.

So, another school slaughter has taken place.

The leftists, following the Emanuel plan to never fail to let a good crisis go to waste, are continuing to do everything they can to keep soft targets killing fields.

Nothing that anyone on either side has proposed will make any difference in the outcomes.

At base, the left wants to take our guns away from us.  The left is all about controlling people: what they think, what they say and the words that shouldn't be heard.

Correspondingly, the right is all about black letter constitutional law and the enforcement of that law.

For the left, and for some RINOs, the only way to solve this situation is to punish those who obey the laws as they are.

For the right, the only way to solve this situation is to ENFORCE the laws we have now.

The problem?

NONE of these proposals would have stopped Parkland from happening.

The left is all about the stupidity of denying those 18 to 20 their rights guaranteed under the 2nd Amendment, because, you know, each and every slaughter carried out has been by someone in that age group with an AR15.

Stores are engaging in their hypocrisy... who hasn't heard of Dick's Sporting Goods yanking AR15's and their variants off their shelves?

Does everyone not reading this know that this isn't the first time?

From Forbes. Not the first time Dicks has said this. Entire article cut and pasted because Forbes can sometimes be difficult to access.  

This is from August 2013 after Sandy Hook. 

Despite Self-Imposed Ban, Dick's Sporting Goods Selling AR-15 Rifles At New Offshoot 

Clare O'Connor,  

In the confusing aftermath of December's Sandy Hook school massacre, it was unclear where shooter Adam Lanza had procured the cache of weapons that killed 20 children and 6 adults in Newtown, Connecticut. As officials investigated tips from the public, Dick's Sporting Goods found its way into headlines via unsubstantiated rumors that Lanza had tried to buy a rifle at a Danbury outpost days before the crime. 

Dick's, the country's largest outdoor sports retailer, responded to the tragedy by pulling semi-automatic guns - 'modern sporting rifles', in industry parlance - off shelves in their 500-plus stores "out of respect for the victims and their families," per a December statement. 

It emerged months later than Adam Lanza's mother obtained the Bushmaster .223-caliber model XM15 rifle her son later used in his murder spree at the small, apparently unscrupulous Riverview Gun Sales, which has since lost its license. 

Dick's has kept its word, though: a search of its website shows semi-automatics like the Bushmaster remain off the menu. The outdoor giant (2012 revenues: $5.89 billion) is, however, selling these modern sporting rifles at its brand new offshoot, Field & Stream. The first of these specialty hunting and fishing stores opened in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania this past weekend, with Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson on hand to sign autographs. 

Gun news site The Firearm Blog first posited that AR-15 rifles like the kind Lanza used would be available at Field & Stream despite the Dick's ban on these weapons in a post earlier this month. The team at social news outlet Vocativ attended Friday's grand opening in Pennsylvania to see for themselves: 

We weren’t the only ones looking for an AR-15. The line to purchase these firearms was so long that customers were required to take numbers. And the selection was excellent! So excellent, in fact, that we decided to take pictures. The guns for sale included the Remington AR-15s, S&W AR-15s as well as Stag and DPMS AR-15s. Oh, and don’t forget the Bushmaster used by Lanza. 

Dick's, which reported lackluster second quarter earnings on Tuesday, did not respond to Forbes' requests for comment. A staffer at Cranberry Township's Field & Stream confirmed to Forbes that semi-automatic rifles are indeed on sale but wasn't sure how many remain in stock after an opening weekend that also saw a camouflage-clad couple wed at the store. 

Industry experts say Dick's has to sell these weapons at its new spinoff to remain competitive. "I'm not surprised," said James Chartier, an analyst at Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co., Inc who covers Dick's Sporting Goods and competitors like Cabela's. "If you want to be authentic to the customer, you have to sell that product. You can't be seen as caving in to political pressure."

Kroger, which has been ripping people off in a variety of ways for quite some time now, joined in the fun today by arbitrarily raising the age of purchase rifles to 21.

These two efforts and several more are prime examples of confusing motion... with action.

The people who are doing this crap WANT us to think they're making a difference.

They're not, of course, but they want you to THINK they are.

How would this have stopped Parkland from happening?

How would this have stopped the Columbine Massacre from happening?

How would this have stopped the Las Vegas shooting from happening?

How would it have stopped San Bernardino from happening?

How would this have stopped Orlando from happening?

How would this have stopped Virginia Tech from happening?

How would this have stopped the Aurora shooting from happening?

How would this have stopped the University of Texas tower from happening?

How would this have stopped the Charleston Church shooting from happening?

They wouldn't have.  And that is what makes these ideas moronic publicity seeking idiocy.

(As I pointed out here, YouTube is rife with videos showing how to turn any semi-automatic rifle into an automatic rifle without adding ANY equipment to it, so getting rid of bumpstocks is more bright, shiny object politics that accomplishes nothing.)

ANYTHING we as a society choose to do as a result of these slaughters MUST make a change in these outcomes.

What WOULD make a difference?

Arming teachers/staff.

Armed security like that of Sidwell Friends School, where Obama sent HIS kids.

Security at Sidwell Friends School

Metal detectors and controlled entrances/exists.  Bullet proof doors.  Electronic surveillance.  Bullet proof glass. 

And even then, that won't make schools kill proof... but it will reduce both the likelihood and effectiveness of further attacks.

It will be expensive.  It will take some time, but not too much time... and it will actually provide positive results.

Unlike this other idiocy... getting rid of bump stocks, getting rid of so-called assault rifles, getting rid of high capacity magazines, restricting this, getting rid of that.... these changes will make a difference.  They will make it much more difficult to attack schools.... but...

And there's always a "but."

That does not even begin to address the rest of the soft targets.

My wife and I missed the Cascade Mall shooting in Burlington by one day, the day before.

We can spend all of the money in the world to protect our schools... but what can we do about any of the other soft targets; malls, stadium crowds, beaches, the areas outside airports, grocery stores... the list is endless.

When we harden schools as targets, those inclined to slaughter us will merely turn their attention elsewhere, to other soft targets.

Regular readers know I conceal carry.  I am rarely far away from a fire arm.  I may find myself in one of these situations one day, but if I'm killed, it's because I ran out of ammo protecting myself, my family and everyone around me.

If you aren't armed, you need to get that way.  If you don't know how to use weapons, find a reputable coach and a solid facility with a good reputation and learn how.

Learn the rules and laws in your area.  Get a secure location within your home so that your kids can't get to your weapons, store up several hundred rounds of ammunition and be prepared to protect yourself and your family at all times...

Because when seconds count, the police are only minutes away... and sometimes, as Parkland showed, even that isn't good enough.

As it sits, what's happening now is nothing more nor less than political grandstanding on the pile of bodies our inaction as a country has caused.

Making certain weapons illegal because they're "scary looking," or falsely claiming they're "weapons of war" so they can be confiscated; telling us how many bullets we can put into a magazine, generally being ignorant about what can be done, what needs to be done and what MUST be done is not going to make us or our schools any safer, period.