February 8th - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 26

In the Local Government Committee meeting today, we’re hearing three bills. House Bill 1224 allows a county that elected to fully plan under the Growth Management Act (GMA), to remove itself and its cities from the obligation to fully plan under the GMA if the county has 20,000 or fewer inhabitants and other requirements are satisfied; expires the removal authority (opt-out) on December 31, 2014; bars a county that has adopted a removal resolution from re-electing to plan under the GMA for at least 10 years from the date of adoption of the removal resolution; and requires a county that has adopted a removal resolution to adopt development regulations to assure the conservation of designation agricultural, forest, and mineral resource lands. This is a good bill and a first step in providing other jurisdictions the opportunity to end their planning under the GMA. Of course, Futurewise is already messing with the bill and has sent us language for an amendment that completely undermines the intent of the bill. Please contact your Representatives and ask them to oppose the proposed amendment to HB 1224 and move the bill out of committee without an amendment.

House Bill 1368 deletes requirements obligating the State Treasurer to make quarterly transfers of $2.5 million from the Liquor Excise Tax Fund to the State General Fund, thus resulting in additional moneys being transferred to counties, cities, and towns and establishes a new distribution formula for moneys in the Liquor Revolving Fund.

House Bill 1512 establishes and clarifies the authority of water purveyors to supply fire suppression water facilities and services for cities, towns, and counties, and to recover the costs of providing those facilities and services and provides liability protections for purveyors supplying fire suppression water facilities and services.

We may consider several bills for Executive Action on several bills today as well.

#Local #Government #Committee #House #Bill #1224 #1368 #1512 #Executive #Action #Growth #Management #liquor #tax #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Repeal the GMA

Property owners air grievances with Growth Management Act | The Olympia Report:: theolympiareport.com/property-owners-air-grievance...t-act

And we have just the bill to do it ... House Bill 1167.

#Rep #David #Taylor #Growth #Management #GMA #repeal #15th #District
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January 18th - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 5

The Local Government Committee meeting on the Growth Management Act went very, very well. We had 19 members of the public testify and 17 of them testified about the serious problems associated with the Growth Management Act. Some mentioned specific examples of government taking property rights, others discussed the impact regulations have had on businesses and others spoke about the links to international laws and policies. The testimony was spot on and impactful. I had an opportunity to speak with several of the folks in attendance and thanked them for speaking up.

Its days like today that give me hope and remind me that people support freedom and liberty throughout Washington State.

#international #law #local #government #growth #management #agenda #21 #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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January 18th - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 5

The Local Government Committee is starting its workshop to discuss the Growth Management Act ... should be interesting.

#Local #Government #Growth #Management #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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January 18th - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 5

The first week of the 2013 Washington Legislative Session is almost over and I’m looking forward to the weekend. Although I have a lot of work to do and will be working tomorrow, I do get to see Molly. I’ll be speaking at the 2nd Amendment Rally here in Olympia Saturday afternoon as well. I look forward to seeing everyone there.

I’m headed over the House Floor for Caucus and possible Floor action. I don’t expect there to be a lot of excitement today, but if something breaks I’ll be sure to post it here. The Local Government Committee is holding a Growth Management Workshop today at 1:30 in House Hearing Room D. If you live in the Olympia area, please come and share how your property rights have been damaged by the GMA.

#Growth #Management #Local #Government #Committee #Olympia #2nd #Amendment #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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January 16th - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 3

Greetings all. The majority of our "Less Government" bills were on the Introduction Sheet today. Here’s the Intro-Sheet …

apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2013-14/Pdf/Wor...kroom Reports/House Introduction Report/INTRO 2013-004.pdf

Our"Less Government” bills include …

House Bill 1163 regarding administrative procedures that promote accountability, transparency, and economic relief, also known as the Regulatory Freedom and Accountability Act. apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2013-14/Pdf/Bil...House Bills/1163.pdf

House Bill 1164 prohibiting the use of international law to infringe on property rights. This is one of our anti-Agenda 21 bills. apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2013-14/Pdf/Bil...House Bills/1164.pdf

House Bill 1165 prohibits the state of Washington and its political subdivisions from adopting and developing environmental and developmental policies that would infringe or restrict private property rights without due process. apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2013-14/Pdf/Bil...House Bills/1165.pdf

House Bill 1166 requires compensation for government required actions on private property. In other words, the bill requires compensation for regulatory takings of property. apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2013-14/Pdf/Bil...House Bills/1166.pdf

House Bill 1167 repeals the Growth Management Act. apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2013-14/Pdf/Bil...House Bills/1167.pdf

House Bill 1168 adopts the Washington State Health Care Freedom Act. This bill is also known as the Healthcare Freedom Act and would opt Washington out of Obamacare. apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2013-14/Pdf/Bil...House Bills/1168.pdf

Lastly, House Bill 1169 regarding reevaluating the delegation of authority to state agencies in regards to programs that address greenhouse gas emissions. This bill is also know as the Energy Freedom Act. apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2013-14/Pdf/Bil...House Bills/1169.pdf

#Less #Government #Freedom #Agenda #growth #management #obamacare #energy #Agenda-21 #international #law #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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April 17, 2012

Now that I’m back from Olympia and getting into the groove of regular life, I decided it was time to send out a post. Here goes ...

Molly called me this morning and said she just bought unleaded fuel for $4.27 a gallon. Folks, this is not by accident, it is designed specifically to make people more dependent on government. Look at it this way ... if fuel is expensive, people begin to look for cheaper alternatives and public transit is one of those alternatives. Who runs public transit ... government. The Growth Management Act is specifically designed to MAKE people live in cities, where government has greater control over their lives. Ever heard of Agenda 21 or Smart Growth? Washington’s version is the Growth Management Act and its implementation deprives people of life and property each and every day around the state. Every year in Olympia, we see bills specifically designed to"encourage” people to use transit. There are even bills to require transit be designed into private development, yet the majority in Olympia will fight to ensure regulatory schemes are in place to discourage any development ever occur. Their solution ... TAX. Tax the people, tax businesses, tax fuel, tax food, tax, tax tax.

People wake up. We still have time to put this state and nation on the right path. Start asking questions and make people accountable for their responses. No longer accept status quo, demand reform, demand a future for our children. If not now WHEN and if not us WHO!

Two of my favorite quotes ...
"Important principles, may and must be inflexible.” Abraham Lincoln

When asked what is strategy was to win the Cold War, Ronald Reagan said,"We win, they lose.”

We must all adopt these quotes and let them drive how we approach politics in Washington and the United States. We must be vigilant in our stand against tyranny, unwavering on important principles and simply win the fight we are engaged in.

#Abraham #Lincoln #Ronald #Reagan #Agenda #21 #Smart #Growth #Growth #Management #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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2012 Regular Legislative Session Day 10

Ok, so my email and text messages starting blowing up around 9:45 last night. It seems Conservation Northwest decided to bring their dog and pony show to Yakima to demonstrate how useful and important wolves are to the ecosystem. Folks this is a sham, nothing but a propaganda campaign designed to fool people into believing wolves aren’t dangerous. Isn’t it ironic that Conservation Northwest decided to hold their public forum in Yakima when one of the biggest critics of the State’s Wolf Management and Conservation Plan is sitting in Olympia?

For the record, Conservation Northwest used to be known as the Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, a group who has filed many lawsuits against local, state and federal agencies costing the taxpayers of Washington State millions. Please do your own research, look at the information coming out of Idaho, Montana and Oregon and make your own conclusions. Also, please watch www.facebook.com/CryingWolfDoc for additional information.

Sitting in the State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee this morning, listening to a work session about the important economic benefit tribes have to Washington State. This is all in an effort to pass Tribal civil and criminal retrocession. There are many, many issues associated with tribal retrocession.

It’s still snowing here in Olympia and it sounds like we could get another 8 inches before it starts to rain. Ugh!

#tribal #retrocession #State #Government #Conservation #Northwest #Ecosystem #Alliance #wolf #management #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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2011 2nd Special Legislative Session Day 5

I really don't know where to begin today's post. Hmm, let's see ... we still haven't done a dang thing in Olympia. Today was filled with committee meetings, but no votes were taken for the 5th straight day. We did get to start moving into our new offices and they are really nice. My office window looks directly onto the Capital Dome ... sweet!

Next week looks to be as exciting as this week was. Floor action on Monday and (as of right now) nothing but committee meetings the rest of the week. {sigh}

Bruce and I are doing a tele-townhall on Thursday, which is a great way to hear from constituents back home.

We're waiting to see what the Fish and Wildlife Commission does with the draft Wolf Management Plan. Several of us sent a letter to the Commission asking them to table the decision until after the US Fish and Wildlife Service completes their assessment in February. Hopefully they'll table it, but if they don't we'll begin looking at ways to stop the plans implementation. Folks, Washington State cannot support 15 breeding pairs of wolves. Not good!

Have a good weekend!

#Olympia #special #session #fish #wildlife #commission #wolf #management #plan #USFWS #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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June 27, 2011

We have about 2 hours worth of hay to finish and we're finally done. I'm hauling a cow/calf pair down to Prosser later this morning after a radio interview with a Spokane station with my good friend Rep. Matt Shea. I had a really nice weekend with the family and got to play some softball in the Shark in the Park tournament in Yakima.

The radio interview dealt with land use, growth management and coordination. I discussed how citizens and local government can take back control from state and federal agencies using Coordination. There's a 10th Amendment/Coordination workshop in Seattle on August 12th and 13th. Anyone interested should contact Trademark America (www.trademarkamerica.org) and plan on attending the workshop.

Well off to work for the day.

#Matt #Shea #radio #coordination #growth #management #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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2011 Legislative Session

Days 53 and 54 - I'm sorry I missed posting yesterday. We've had a busy couple of days on the House Floor and the Democrat Majority has passed a lot of really bad legislation. I'm sitting in a hearing before the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Comittee right now ... They're hearing one of my wolf bills (HB1109) and the Greenie-Weenies are out in force this morning opposing the bill. I would encourage everyone to listen to the hearing on TVW to hear all the BIG concerns people have with Legislative oversight of the Wolf Management and Conservation Plan. It sounds like legislator's aren't smart enough to understand the complexities of wolf management. Please, please don't let the Legislature have any oversight no matter what the cost!

 #Wolf  #management  #WA  #State  #Rep  #David  #Taylor  #15th  #District
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2011 Legislative Session

Days 33, 34 and 35 - Not a lot happened on Friday, mostly meetings. Bruce, Jim and I did meet with a bunch of students from Skamania County. We were able to take them down onto the House Floor, showed them our desks and had a picture taken with all of them. I really enjoyed visiting with them.

I'm home for the weekend ... planning on moving a few cows around and hauling hay from our storage area. I can't tell you how happy I am to be home, even if it's only for about 48 hours.

I received notice House Bill 1109 will receive a hearing on Wednesday, February 16th at 1:30. HB 1109 is one of our Wolf Management Bills and it requires Legislative approval of the State's Environmental Impact Statement and Wolf Conservation and Management Plan. We fully expect the environmental community to be out in force opposing the bill, so we need our folks there as well. Please let everyone know.

 #House  #Bill  #1109  #Rep  #David  #Taylor  #Wolf  #Management
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2011 Legislative Session

TVW - Washington State Public Affairs Network: MEDIA:House Floor Debate:  www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?evid=2011020040&...hcp=1

Day 26 - Today was National Guard Day at the Capital. It was a great, great day, in which the House passed a Resolution honoring the WA National Guard and passed HB 1000. As the Ranking Republican on the State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee, I was pleased to support HB 1000 in committee and on the House Floor (see attached @ 23 minutes). My brother-in-law, Lt. Peter Brown USMC, is currently serving in Afghanistan and I am proud to support a bill that will ensure his vote is counted in an election.

I'll be in Olympia over the weekend working on a couple of bills. We introduced HB 1840 today. Several of our members have been inundated by email because of my three Wolf Management Bills. Well, as you can imagine, I was felling a little guilty about causing a landslide of email being sent to them. HB 1840 should, hopefully, bring a little balance to the discussion ... I would encourage everyone to read the bill.

 #David  #Taylor  #15th  #District  #wolf  #management  #HB  #1840  #WA  #National  #Guard
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We had a busy weekend down in Klickitat County. Saturday we attended the Huckleberry Festival in Bingen and I spent 30 minutes in the dunk tank to help raise money for the Sheriff's Toys for Tots program. On Sunday we attended the TEA Party in Dallesport ... what a great turnout. They estimated the crowd to be over 1,700 people from all over the Gorge. Molly and I got to meet Lars Larson, who shares many of my concerns with Wolf Management. It sounds like I may be on his radio show to discuss it ... holy cow! It's going to be a busy week, but I'm looking forward to the challenges and opportunities it will surely bring.

"Never, 'for the sake of peace and quite,' deny your own experience and convictions." - Dag Hammarskjold

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