Showing posts with label HROC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HROC. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Reposted from earlier ... for some reason it didn't post everywhere it was supposed to.

Hello friends, it’s been a busy couple of weeks and things are likely to get busier the rest of the month. We rode in the Sunshine Days Parade Saturday in Sunnyside and saw a lot of our supporters. During a conversation with one of them, I was asked about the Governor’s race and who I was supporting. I have to admit that I was a little surprised by the question, but I responded that I will be voting for Rob McKenna and will work very hard to make sure Jay Inslee does not win. If you think things in Olympia are bad now, Jay Inslee would make it all worse.

With that said, I’d like to suggest that the Governor’s race is not the most critical race we’re watching. While the governor does hire agency directors and set policy, which can impact people’s lives, liberty and property, the governor doesn’t make laws, the governor doesn’t decide how much money to spend or where to spend it and the governor doesn’t pass new taxes. If you want to get Washington back on the right track, it’s much more important that we have a majority in the House of Representatives than any one person in the Governor’s Mansion. We need to pick up eight seats and we have a great group of people running across the state. Take a look right here hroc.us/2012-candidates.

If you want to make a difference, pick one or two of these fine individuals and help them. Doorbell, phone bank, contribute, do something to help them win in November. If not now, when? If not us, who? With your help, we can get Washington working again.


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September 19, 2012

Hello friends, it’s been a busy couple of weeks and things are likely to get busier the rest of the month. We rode in the Sunshine Days Parade Saturday in Sunnyside and saw a lot of our supporters. During a conversation with one of them, I was asked about the Governor’s race and who I was supporting. I have to admit that I was a little surprised by the question, but I responded that I will be voting for Rob McKenna and will work very hard to make sure Jay Inslee does not win. If you think things in Olympia are bad now, Jay Inslee would make it all worse.

With that said, I’d like to suggest that the Governor’s race is not the most critical race we’re watching. While the governor does hire agency directors and set policy, which can impact people’s lives, liberty and property, the governor doesn’t make laws, the governor doesn’t decide how much money to spend or where to spend it and the governor doesn’t pass new taxes. If you want to get Washington back on the right track, it’s much more important that we have a majority in the House of Representatives than any one person in the Governor’s Mansion. We need to pick up eight seats and we have a great group of people running across the state. Take a look right here hroc.us/2012-candidates.

If you want to make a difference, pick one or two of these fine individuals and help them. Doorbell, phone bank, contribute, do something to help them win in November. If not now, when? If not us, who? With your help, we can get Washington working again.


https://chumly.com/n/16becb4

Thursday, February 23, 2012

2012 Regular Legislative Session Day 46

We were able to get a lot done in yesterday’s General Government Appropriations and Oversight Committee meeting, so today’s meeting should be pretty short. We have six bills in the General Government Appropriations and Oversight Committee to take Executive Action on and then we’re done. I have a meeting at noon with Rep’s Overstreet and Shea to discuss a bill and an HROC Meeting at 2:30 PM. Should be a fairly straight forward day for me.

We’re still sitting in the Committee waiting for the Democrats to decide what they want to do on the six bills on the Executive Calendar. Senate Bill 6120 has two proposed amendments that would appear to have the Democrats split and with our no votes the amendments will fail. I love when a plan comes together.


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Friday, January 27, 2012

2012 Regular Legislative Session Day 19

It's Friday baby! I'm in the Labor and Workforce Development Committee this morning listening to testimony on HB 2348 related to the Workforce Investment Act and HB 2265 establishing Washington Works payments to increase graduation rates. HB 2265 will only cost the taxpayers $140 million per biennium.

Last night the State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee met at 6:30 PM to take Executive Action on 10 bills. We made a procedural motion to put the Regulatory Freedom and Accountability Act on the Executive Session calendar, but the motion failed. So much for the Denorcrat Majority wanting to deal with systemic problems with over regulation. We'll keep working on it for the next few days.

Last night the House Republican Organizational Committee met at AWB to elect 3 members to the Board of Directors. I was officially elected as the Eastern Washington representative to the HROC Board of Directors. With 8 seats, we take the majority ... Time to get to work, as soon as session ends.


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