I obtained the following email string between Councilman Mitch Ruth and Mayor Donnetta Walser today and thought I’d share it. In the email, Donnetta Walser has a tizzy fit about a Councilman asking Senator Val Stevens to help the City of Monroe on an issue that the Mayor was not able to get done. Read the rest of this entry »

Somebody really upset me today. Not personally, but morally, in an it’s-the-principle-of-the-thing sort of way. Read the rest of this entry »

I read an article today about a group of self-identified “nihilists” who tossed a bunch of paint-filled light bulbs at an Olympia City Councilman and his business in protest over one of his political positions.

The stupidity of the controversy aside, I can’t help but howl at the stupidity of their affiliation. For a political activist to claim nihilism as their philosophy is self-contradictory. Read the rest of this entry »

What’s that? You didn’t hear anything about it? Hmmm. You must have missed the article in the Monitor about them being guilty of a Public Disclosure violation in relation to their campaign donations to Monroe City Councilwoman Margie Rodriguez. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a great column by Dave Ramsey.

I, too, am growing concerned about the increasing number of people, like Barack Obama, trying to steal what others earn through hard work and dedication and giving it to those who choose to live a different life. - Chad

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Butt Scratching and Bass Fishing
by Dave Ramsey

A couple of weeks ago, I worked late like I sometimes need to do to run my business. Read the rest of this entry »

Mitch Ruth just posted the following on an older string about the budget crisis in Monroe and the Council’s emergency budget meeting on Saturday: Read the rest of this entry »

I just read a post on a website run by the 39th District GOP that says the Democrat leadership has been paying Fred Walser (husband of Monroe Mayor Donnetta Walser) to run for office, even though he was just found guilty of obstructing an investigation and sentenced for it. Read the rest of this entry »

“What makes some men try to reach for the sky, and find the heights unsurpassed? What makes one horse run and race with the sun, while others won’t last?”

A songwriter I know wrote those words in one of the most inspirational bits of poetry I’ve ever experienced. “Great men are dreamers,” she said. “Who see what we can be and not what we are.” Read the rest of this entry »

I’m all for it in theory. The only challenge is the location, how much it will cost, who will pay for it, and who will keep paying for its maintenance and operations? Okay that’s four questions.

The article in the Herald today refers to a movement under way to get a performing arts center here in Monroe. Read the rest of this entry »

Full-ride golf scholarship to Stanford, that’s my plan. My four-year old is nuts about golf. She’s also nuts about Princesses and the color pink, which is how she became obsessed with golf… Read the rest of this entry »