Wednesday, May 25, 2011
2011 First Special Legisative Session
You just got to check this out. Our Minority Leader Rep Richard DeBolt absolutely kicked some serious butt with his comments. Enjoy!
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2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 30 Update 2 - Well we're still here. After a flurry of activity this morning ... passage of 5 bills before lunch ... we're finally back at work debating bill #6 for the day.
It often goes unnoticed, not reported or otherwise outside of the public's eye, but I want everyone to know how hard the House Republican Caucus worked this year. When the other three caucuses were willing to negotiate their various interests away, it was my Caucus that held the line. We stayed united throughout the process, which gave our negotiators the power they needed to negotiate in the best interest of the people of Washington. When none of the other three Caucuses wanted to release a proposed budget to the public, it was my Caucus that proposed a budget that prioritized spending to K-12 education, public health and public safety and didn't rely on onetime funding or budget gimmics to balance. I can't express how proud I am of these folks or how honored I am to be a small part of this team.
We've been on the House Floor almost 22 out of the last 31 hours and we're all getting tired. Never fear, we will fight until the very end.
#HOuse #Republican #Caucus #budget #K-12 #education #public #safety #health #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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It often goes unnoticed, not reported or otherwise outside of the public's eye, but I want everyone to know how hard the House Republican Caucus worked this year. When the other three caucuses were willing to negotiate their various interests away, it was my Caucus that held the line. We stayed united throughout the process, which gave our negotiators the power they needed to negotiate in the best interest of the people of Washington. When none of the other three Caucuses wanted to release a proposed budget to the public, it was my Caucus that proposed a budget that prioritized spending to K-12 education, public health and public safety and didn't rely on onetime funding or budget gimmics to balance. I can't express how proud I am of these folks or how honored I am to be a small part of this team.
We've been on the House Floor almost 22 out of the last 31 hours and we're all getting tired. Never fear, we will fight until the very end.
#HOuse #Republican #Caucus #budget #K-12 #education #public #safety #health #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 30 Update - State debt statutory limit ... done, cash portion of the Capital Budget ... done, bond portion of the Capital Budget ... done. Now we're looking at increasing document recording fees by another $10 for low-income and homeless housing assistance. We challenged whether the bill is a tax or a fee, but of course the Democrat Majority ruled it a fee. Interestingly, the liberal 9th Circuit Court once ruled ... "no amount of semantic sophistry can undermine the obvious; a non-negotiable mandatory payment into the state treasury for unrestricted use, is a TAX" (emphasis added)
#Tax #fee #capital #budget #9th #circuit #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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#Tax #fee #capital #budget #9th #circuit #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 30 - The end is near ... in theory anyway! We're evenly split in the Caucus as to whether or not we'll get out of here today. My bet is we're here until Friday, but others believe we'll get put of here sometime late tonight or tomorrow morning. Guess we'll have to wait and see. We worked until midnight last night and are already back on the House Floor this morning. It's going to be a long day!
#Sine #die #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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#Sine #die #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 29 Update 3 - So now we're actually debating a tax increase! Seriously, what is it the Democrat Majority didn't understand about the voters turning down several tax increases last November? Anyone see the movie "The Crazies"? I think I'm living it right now.
#Crazies #tax #increase #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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#Crazies #tax #increase #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 29 Update 2 - So the Governor and House Democrat Majority gave us a list of 12 bills we need to pass to get the session over with ... the latest run list includes 5 bills, but only one is on the "go home" list. NICE! Tonight will be a late one for us. We broke at 6:00 PM for dinner until 7:00 and at 8:50 PM we are finally debating bills. Even better! What an incredible waste of time and money!
#Day #29 #legislation #bill #go #home #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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#Day #29 #legislation #bill #go #home #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 29 Update - We're about to begin debating the 2011-13 Operating Budget. Did you know 41% of all the budget cuts are to Education? Did you know that teachers and support staff will receive a 1.9% pay cut? Did you know that the Department of Ecology's budget is only cut by 3.5%? Did you know public safety is being jeopardized through the reduction of 86 Community Corrections Officers and approximately 2,100 fewer offenders on active supervision (offenders guilty of sexual misconduct with a minor 2, custodial sexual misconduct 2, communication with a minor for immoral purposes, failure to register as a sex offender, etc.)? Did you know the budget pushes $120 million education expenditures to something called a "25th Month"? Did you know the budget offers zero long-term systemic changes to the way government does business?
#Operating #budget #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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#Operating #budget #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 29 - 9:00 AM and we're back on the House Floor. The Ways and Means Committee met until 1:00 AM this morning ... my Republican colleagues on the committee are doing one heck of a job for the citizens of Washington. According to news reports, there is an agreement on the Operating Budget, except the Senate has said they will not vote on it until the Debt Reduction Constitutional Amendment is passed by the House ... so the chaos will continue.
The House and Senate passed the Workers Comp Reform Bill last night. All in all, it's a significant improvement to the system, saves the taxpayers $1.1 billion over the next four years and saves businesses money. It's a good win for everyone.
It appears we'll be getting briefed on the budget this morning. The Governor and budget writers have said the budget must include at least $800 million in reserves. The reason is the revenue forecast coming on June 16th is likely to be $300 to $500 million less than projected.
#Capital #operating #budget #revenue #forecast #workers #comp #reform #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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The House and Senate passed the Workers Comp Reform Bill last night. All in all, it's a significant improvement to the system, saves the taxpayers $1.1 billion over the next four years and saves businesses money. It's a good win for everyone.
It appears we'll be getting briefed on the budget this morning. The Governor and budget writers have said the budget must include at least $800 million in reserves. The reason is the revenue forecast coming on June 16th is likely to be $300 to $500 million less than projected.
#Capital #operating #budget #revenue #forecast #workers #comp #reform #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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Monday, May 23, 2011
2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 28 - We're back on the House Floor this morning to consider a few bills. If today goes like the rest of this Special Session, we'll run 6 to 8 bills for the day. To put it into perspective, we run 30 to 50 when we're actually working, so 6 to 8 bills per day is nothing to be happy about.
We've been told an agreement's been reached on the Workers Comp reform bill. I've been able to read it and it appears to have some good provisions in it, especially the structured settlement provisions which is essentially compromise and release. We've also heard the Operating Budget negotiations are improving, so we could actually get that finished by Wednesday. The Capital Budget negotiations, however, are not going well and could be a significant roadblock to actually ending this session.
The Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to meet at 5:00 tonight, which means we might be working late. It's amazing that 28 days into the Special Session the Democrat Majority continue to move frivolous bills forward for consideration.
#Workers #comp #reform #capital #operating #budget #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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We've been told an agreement's been reached on the Workers Comp reform bill. I've been able to read it and it appears to have some good provisions in it, especially the structured settlement provisions which is essentially compromise and release. We've also heard the Operating Budget negotiations are improving, so we could actually get that finished by Wednesday. The Capital Budget negotiations, however, are not going well and could be a significant roadblock to actually ending this session.
The Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to meet at 5:00 tonight, which means we might be working late. It's amazing that 28 days into the Special Session the Democrat Majority continue to move frivolous bills forward for consideration.
#Workers #comp #reform #capital #operating #budget #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 27 - Back on the House Floor this morning. We're running two bills right now with Speaker Chopp actually presiding over the House ... first time this year! The Workers Compensation reform bill hit a rather large snag yesterday and this morning. It seems the Governor and the Democrat Majority tried to play us and were caught red-handed ... Hehehehehehe, it's nice to be relevant. As long they continue to play games with us, things will continue to be painful for them. I want to be very clear, the proposal forwarded by the Democrats will save no money, increase the cost of administration and offers absolutely no incentive for injured workers to negotiate a lump sum settlement agreement.
As I reported yesterday, there are five major bills necessary to implement the budget; unfortunately, on Day 27 of the First Special Session we have yet to consider any of those five bills. My prediction, we will not get the work done by Wednesday and will be called back in June after the next revenue forecast. By the way, revenue is currently $30 million below the projection, which is less than the original revenue projection the 2009 budget was based upon.
We're debating SB 5912 which expands family planning services to 250% of the federal poverty level ... Yup, I'll be a no. Why are we considering a bill that expands a social service when the state is facing a $5 billion deficit? This is crazy!
We broke for lunch and are back on the House Floor getting ready to run three bills. When we're done with those three it'll bring our total for the day to five.
#Workers #comp #reform #SB #5912 #revenue #deficit #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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As I reported yesterday, there are five major bills necessary to implement the budget; unfortunately, on Day 27 of the First Special Session we have yet to consider any of those five bills. My prediction, we will not get the work done by Wednesday and will be called back in June after the next revenue forecast. By the way, revenue is currently $30 million below the projection, which is less than the original revenue projection the 2009 budget was based upon.
We're debating SB 5912 which expands family planning services to 250% of the federal poverty level ... Yup, I'll be a no. Why are we considering a bill that expands a social service when the state is facing a $5 billion deficit? This is crazy!
We broke for lunch and are back on the House Floor getting ready to run three bills. When we're done with those three it'll bring our total for the day to five.
#Workers #comp #reform #SB #5912 #revenue #deficit #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 26 - We're back in Olympia, having been called back today through Wednesday. It sounds like it could be a very long few days. Right now there are five key bills necessary to implement the budget and there is absolutely no agreement on any of them. We do have 17 bills on a run list for the day, but if previous days of this Special Session are any indication we may or may not run any of them. Frustrating ...
I was able to get quite a bit down around the house this week and am almost done with updating the pens. With any luck we'll actually end the session before next Wednesday and I'll be able to get the rest of the pens done and ready for work.
#Legislation #special #session #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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I was able to get quite a bit down around the house this week and am almost done with updating the pens. With any luck we'll actually end the session before next Wednesday and I'll be able to get the rest of the pens done and ready for work.
#Legislation #special #session #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 22 Update - Ok, so let's talk about how epically bad today's session was. We started at 1:00 pm and caucused on four bills, three of which were heard today in the Ways and Means Committee and weren't on the calendar to run ... nice opportunity for the public to provide input on those bills. We ended up running two of the bills and went back to caucus only to find out the Democrat Majority adjourned the season while we were still in Caucus! Many of us spent more time in our vehicles traveling to Olympia than we actually spent working on the People's business in Olympia! Really, really nice. If there was ever a shining example of what failed leadership leads to it was demonstrated by the Democrat Majority in Olympia today. Not counting mileage, the two bills actually voted on today cost the taxpayers $4,410 per bill. The hits just keep on coming.
Now we're scheduled to be back in Olympia next Monday through Wednesday for the end of the first Special Session.
#$4 #410 #two #bills #failed #democrat #leadership
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Now we're scheduled to be back in Olympia next Monday through Wednesday for the end of the first Special Session.
#$4 #410 #two #bills #failed #democrat #leadership
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2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 22 - We're back in Olympia for what might be just for the day and evening, followed by being called back on Friday. Another ridiculous day with only 11 bills on the calendar ... great use of time and taxpayers money. It'll be interesting to see what exactly the Democrat Majority has in store for us today. My prediction, we'll run 6 or 7 bills and be done. We just finished Caucusing on four bills, three of which aren't even on the House Floor Calendar. We also heard that we will not be called back until next Tuesday. Second Special Session anyone?
I think I'm due for a long weekend ... Maybe a good time to head out on horseback or go fishing, something other than thinking about Olympia. We discussed taking a short cutting of hay in a couple of weeks, assuming the weather gets better, to try and get a fourth cutting this year. We'll have to wait and see what the forecast looks like.
Assuming I get home late tonight or early tomorrow, I'm hoping to get some fence and pens built. I need to mow the lawn, weed eat and spray, but only if the weather forecast stays good. We've got several people asking to lease calves, so we might be sorting calves this weekend.
#Calves #fencing #house #floor #calendar #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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I think I'm due for a long weekend ... Maybe a good time to head out on horseback or go fishing, something other than thinking about Olympia. We discussed taking a short cutting of hay in a couple of weeks, assuming the weather gets better, to try and get a fourth cutting this year. We'll have to wait and see what the forecast looks like.
Assuming I get home late tonight or early tomorrow, I'm hoping to get some fence and pens built. I need to mow the lawn, weed eat and spray, but only if the weather forecast stays good. We've got several people asking to lease calves, so we might be sorting calves this weekend.
#Calves #fencing #house #floor #calendar #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Trademark America Training
August 12-13, 2011; Seattle, WA - Trademark America: www.trademarkamerica.org/30.html
For all my friends interested in Coordination and 10th Amendment Implementation, here's a great training opportunity in Seattle in August. Fred Kelly Grant, formerly with Stewards of the Range and American Stewards of Liberty, has a new organization called Trademark America. I've had the opportunity to attend previous workshops presented by Fred and they are fantastic. I would encourage everyone interested in Coordination and State's Rights to attend.
Please help me get word out to all our freedom loving friends.
#Trademark #America #Fred #Kelly #Grant #Coordination #10th #Amendment #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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For all my friends interested in Coordination and 10th Amendment Implementation, here's a great training opportunity in Seattle in August. Fred Kelly Grant, formerly with Stewards of the Range and American Stewards of Liberty, has a new organization called Trademark America. I've had the opportunity to attend previous workshops presented by Fred and they are fantastic. I would encourage everyone interested in Coordination and State's Rights to attend.
Please help me get word out to all our freedom loving friends.
#Trademark #America #Fred #Kelly #Grant #Coordination #10th #Amendment #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Friday, May 13, 2011
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/johngotts I may have a couple of people for you to talk to. I walked them through my setup and they loved it. I sent them the chum.ly website and told them to let me know if they want to talk to you.
Cheers
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Cheers
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2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 18 Update - We ran 4 bills and immediately went to ease, subject to the call of the Speaker. A nice heavy lift for the Democrats so far this morning.
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2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 18 - It's Friday the 13th and I'm back in Olympia ... pretty scary! Pardon the pun, but as frustrating as things are right now, humor helps keep the sanity. We've been told we're running 12 bills today, of course the Democrat Majority said the same thing on Tuesday when we only ran 3 bills. We still don't know how long we'll run today or if we'll be here this weekend, but I hope we're done early enough to get home to see our new stud colt. Belle's a new mom, with a pretty Red Dun stud colt.
Molly and I will be down in Zillah this weekend, assuming I'm home from Olympia, for Community Days. It's always fun to see all the folks Molly went to school with. I'm still trying to get all caught up around the place, but I did manage to get a trailer welded and a riser in the hay field fixed yesterday. I've still got a ways to go, but little by little I'm getting there.
We've started getting a lot of calls for calves for roping, which is great. I spoke with someone who has several of our calves for practice and he said they're running good and fast. As more people see and rope our calves, the demand should continue rise.
#Red #Dun #Colt #Zillah #Community #Days #Special #Session #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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Molly and I will be down in Zillah this weekend, assuming I'm home from Olympia, for Community Days. It's always fun to see all the folks Molly went to school with. I'm still trying to get all caught up around the place, but I did manage to get a trailer welded and a riser in the hay field fixed yesterday. I've still got a ways to go, but little by little I'm getting there.
We've started getting a lot of calls for calves for roping, which is great. I spoke with someone who has several of our calves for practice and he said they're running good and fast. As more people see and rope our calves, the demand should continue rise.
#Red #Dun #Colt #Zillah #Community #Days #Special #Session #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
2011 First Special Legislative Session
2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 15 Update - As predicted, we've been at lunch for the past 2 hours. Another great use of time by the Democrat Majority. I guess they were tired after running a total of THREE bills this morning. Amazing ....
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2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 15 - Sitting back on the House Floor waiting for the day to start at the scheduled 9:00 am. It looks like we have about 12 bills to run today, but the real question is "Will we be working on Thursday"? We couldn't get an answer to that question last night. We've Caucused on all but three of the bills on today's Calendar and should be able to run them quickly, but if history is any indication, the Democrats will have to Caucus for two hours on the various bills, then break for lunch and then run a few bills in the afternoon. Frustrated doesn't even begin to describe my mood this morning.
We've heard that the Democrat Majority wants to run the Capital Budget this morning; unfortunately for them, we can kill HB 2020 if we don't give them 3 votes. That gives us a little power to negotiate for Workers Comp Reform. Based on everything I've heard the last two days, we could be hear a really long time. I still think the Democrat Majority is holding out for the June 16th revenue forecast and hope for some sort of indication revenue is going up. If the last few months are any indication, revenue will not be going up and then the real decisions will have to be made.
#Revenue #forecast #capital #budget #HB #2020 #workers #comp #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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We've heard that the Democrat Majority wants to run the Capital Budget this morning; unfortunately for them, we can kill HB 2020 if we don't give them 3 votes. That gives us a little power to negotiate for Workers Comp Reform. Based on everything I've heard the last two days, we could be hear a really long time. I still think the Democrat Majority is holding out for the June 16th revenue forecast and hope for some sort of indication revenue is going up. If the last few months are any indication, revenue will not be going up and then the real decisions will have to be made.
#Revenue #forecast #capital #budget #HB #2020 #workers #comp #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Monday, May 9, 2011
2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 14 Update - Well I think it's safe to say I won't be home tonight and tomorrow may also be a stretch. Things are getting very interesting ... It appears the 4 Corners (both caucuses from House and the Senate) are meeting with the Governor and are arguing about the budget and now the Capital Budget is in play because the Democrat Majority must get 3 votes from us to pass the bond portion of the Budget. Now the we are relevant, we can play hardball and demand a vote on Workers Compensation Reform.
#Capital #Budget #Workers #Comp #Reform #4 #Corners #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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#Capital #Budget #Workers #Comp #Reform #4 #Corners #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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2011 First Special Legislative Session
Day 14 - We were called back to Olympia today to vote on what could be 18 bills, but then again maybe not. We convened at 11:00 am and then broke for lunch from 12:30 to 2:00 pm ... Seriously, great use of time guys! We finally have a run list of 6 bills for right now. We might work into the evening, might work tomorrow morning or we might be done around 5:00 pm ... Nobody seems to know for sure.
I ended up driving over this morning ... White Pass was clear and beautiful. Had I not been driving back to Olympia the drive would have been great. It looks like the weather is finally turning good in the Yakima Valley with high's in the mid 70's through Wednesday. Let the grass grow, baby. We still have a few cows to turn out and at least on mare that should foal sometime next week.
With any luck I'll be home early tomorrow or Wednesday and have a few days to continue my quest to get things caught up around the place. Slowly but surely, I'll get it done.
#Olympia #White #Pass #Special #Session #15 #th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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I ended up driving over this morning ... White Pass was clear and beautiful. Had I not been driving back to Olympia the drive would have been great. It looks like the weather is finally turning good in the Yakima Valley with high's in the mid 70's through Wednesday. Let the grass grow, baby. We still have a few cows to turn out and at least on mare that should foal sometime next week.
With any luck I'll be home early tomorrow or Wednesday and have a few days to continue my quest to get things caught up around the place. Slowly but surely, I'll get it done.
#Olympia #White #Pass #Special #Session #15 #th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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Monday, May 2, 2011
2011 Legislative Special Session
Day 7 - Back in the saddle again ... Olympia that is. We were called back for what was to be 4 days of work, but then we found out we'd only be considering 11 bills today and the Ways and Means Committee would be meeting on Thursday. Great use of time by the Democrat Majority ... seriously, 3 hour drive to consider 11 bills. A great use of taxpayers money. I have an idea, the next time we're called back I'll bring one of our bulls with me and release it on the Capital Campus ... I'll pick him up when you let use leave for good. Hehehe ...
I spent the last week trying to get caught up around the house. I finally got the irrigation fixed and turned on for a full 2 days before having to turn it back off to head back to Olympia. Now I'm only 29 days behind schedule. We went out and got a load of hay a week ago, only to get within about a mile from home when the truck caught fire. After getting the fire put out and saving the truck, the hay and the trailer I thought to myself, "well that was fun!"
We supplied calves to the Shootout roping in Ellensburg on Saturday. Based on the feedback from the ropers, the calves ran great and everyone was happy. It could be a big deal for us and might lead to supplying calves to a few more ropings in the future. The calves all came back looking good and were turned back onto the calves on Sunday.
It is quite frustrating to be back in Olympia for a total of 11 bills. The Democrat Majority doesn't need our votes to pass anything, yet they can't get their crap together to actually get anything done. Oh well, things will be different in 2012 when we are back in control.
#15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor #hay #Ellensburg #Shootout #irrigation #calves
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I spent the last week trying to get caught up around the house. I finally got the irrigation fixed and turned on for a full 2 days before having to turn it back off to head back to Olympia. Now I'm only 29 days behind schedule. We went out and got a load of hay a week ago, only to get within about a mile from home when the truck caught fire. After getting the fire put out and saving the truck, the hay and the trailer I thought to myself, "well that was fun!"
We supplied calves to the Shootout roping in Ellensburg on Saturday. Based on the feedback from the ropers, the calves ran great and everyone was happy. It could be a big deal for us and might lead to supplying calves to a few more ropings in the future. The calves all came back looking good and were turned back onto the calves on Sunday.
It is quite frustrating to be back in Olympia for a total of 11 bills. The Democrat Majority doesn't need our votes to pass anything, yet they can't get their crap together to actually get anything done. Oh well, things will be different in 2012 when we are back in control.
#15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor #hay #Ellensburg #Shootout #irrigation #calves
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