Showing posts with label cougars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cougars. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

May 30, 2012

Good morning friends. Another beautiful, albeit cloudy, day in the Moxee Valley. The home improvement projects are progressing nicely, with only a few minor bumps along the way. A special thanks to Eric Torres for his advice on fixing some of those"special little gifts” left by the previous owner of our house. I’ve come to realize why they wallpapered an entire wall in the kitchen and living room.

I do need to issue a dire warning for everyone in East Valley ... Tiffany passed her driving test yesterday and will have her drivers license in six days. All kidding aside, I’m so proud of her for really paying attention to our driving lessons and passing her test. Now the real worry of a parent.

Matt Shea, Jason Overstreet and I are looking for a few days to get away in the near future. We’re talking about a fishing trip, but have not decided where to go yet. Joel Kretz is having problems with cougars again, so we might go up and give him a hand dealing with his"problem”. Regardless, a few days with my fellow patriots would do me good.

It’s time to get back to work measuring walls, scraping wallpaper and tearing out flooring. I hope everyone has a great day. God bless.


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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

2011 Legislative Session

Day 94 - The Senate unveiled their proposed Operating Budget last night and it's interesting at best. In addition to even greater cuts to K-12 Education, it also relies on $350 million in what most certainly will be ruled tax increases. Reliance on these tax increases may put the entire budget process in jeopardy.

We lost the Cougar Bill to yesterday's cut-off. This is very bad news to the citizens of the 15th District, but the is one more opportunity to get the program extended and we'll be fighting to see it happen. The bill would have extended the pilot program another 5 years and continue to allow counties to opt into the program. Keep in mind that last summer there were three different cougars reported in the Zillah area.

We're going to be running the Concurrence/Dispute Calendar for the next couple of days. The Concurrence/Dispute Calendar are the bills which passed the House, but were amended in the Senate and is the House's opportunity to concur or dispute the amendment. The Ways and Means Committee will be meeting the next three afternoons on bill which are necessarily to implement the budget. We'll also be on the Floor Saturday and Sunday this weekend. Thankfully there are only 11 more days in the Regular Session, but a Special Session may be looming on horizon.


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