Supreme Court: County Conservation District Tax Unconstitutional

February 22, 2012 by Bill | 2 comments

A recent Supreme Court decision, that County’s Conservation District Tax is unconstitutional appears to indicate that assessment tax on Island County property owners will increase at least 5 cents an acre.

The county commissioners held a special session Tuesday morning to discuss repealing or revising a 2009 ordinance that imposed a special assessment of $5 per parcel to fund programs of the Whidbey Island and Snohomish County conservation districts.

In the end, the commissioners elected to take the repeal off the table and forwarded two version of the revised ordinance to a March 12 public hearing i.e.

an assessment of 5 cents an acre in addition to the flat-fee of $5 a parcel, and…

… Commissioner Emerson’s proposal that the ordinance be changed so that it expires in three years, instead of the current eight years.

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Washington State legislated Abortions on your watch.

February 22, 2012 by M1324W | 1 comment

Abortion Issues on Your Watch:

WA, State House of Representatives have approved HB-2330 (52-46) requiring all Insurance policies that offer maternity coverage to also cover abortions. According to the Family Policy Institute of WA, this approach is consistent with Washington’s approach of denying “choice” to anyone that does not agree with their forced ideology.

House Minority Whip Rep. Bill Hinkle (R-Moses Lake) states this is a violation of the Hyde Amendment which bans the use of federal funds to pay for abortions.

I must call your attention to the WA State Constitution and in brief:

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PART 2: Whidbey Environmental Action Network teams with Island County leadership in wetland dispute

February 20, 2012 by Bill | No comments

I think it appropriate to post the cover letter to the Emersons from Ed Kilduff about his “peer review” of the SNR report.
This puts  Steve Erickson, WEAN “wannna be” wetland guru and his 5 page analysis of Kilduff’s report into a proper perspective
 

Whidbey Environmental Action Network teams with Island County leadership in wetland dispute.

February 20, 2012 by Ken | 9 comments

Steve Erickson, a self-anointed and unlicensed wetland expert of Whidbey Environmental Action Network (WEAN) weighed in with his unqualified interpretation, and analysis of the latest Emerson wetland peer review compiled by Ed Kilduff. WEANies are working behind the scenes with two Island County Commissioners and Planning Director Robert Pederson in an attempt first to discredit Steve Neugebauer and now Ed Kilduff.

Both Steve Neugebauer and Ed Kilduff are highly qualified professionals licensed by the State of Washington to practice geology, hydro-geology, and engineering geology yet the WEANies proclaim in a five page memorandum that both Kilduff and Neugebauer are incompetent. This scenario is like a chimpanzee proclaiming that an astronaut is not competent enough to fly the space shuttle.

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Washington state in play?

February 19, 2012 by Cliff | No comments

Washington state in play?
February 18, 2012 by Don Surber
Charleston Daily Mail

Once Washington state was reliably Republican. Then Michael Dukakis flipped the state in 1988 and it has voted Democratic in every single presidential race since then. Most experts would say it is a safe Democratic state for President Obama. Even I am not seeing a scenario where it would flip. Oregon? Sure. But Washington state? Don’t be silly.

However, a Survey USA poll for KING-TV in Seattle of 650 registered voters showed Barack Obama is in trouble in the Evergreen State on this Washington’s Birthday weekend.

Read the rest of the story here at the Charleston Daily Mail

http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/51734

Celebrate Gay Marriage with the Island County Libertarian Republican Party Chair!

February 18, 2012 by RedDot | 4 comments

Question of the day: Who said “Imagine communities where tolerance is a way of life – where any adult can marry another regardless of gender”?

Hint: Nope, it’s not John Lennon and the Beatles.

Answer:  It’s the current ICRP Chairman – Brett Wilhelm in his 2004 Candidate Statement running as a Libertarian for Washington 10th District Senate seat against April Axthelm, Republican, and Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, Democrat. 2004 Online Voters’ Guide, WA Secretary of State

Clearly, he lost that race and prevented the Republican from winning. So, six years later, he schmoozes his way into the Republican Party and gets elected as Republican chair. He has now made it almost impossible for any Republican who does not support Ron Paul to have a voice in the Party.

Republicans, UNITE! Attend the Caucuses in your area and express your Presidential preference for any Republican candidate except Ron Paul! (Unless you support gay marriage, legalizing “weed” and other social drugs, allowing crimes to be committed if you only hurt yourself, allowing rogue nations to have nuclear weapons, giving amnesty to illegal aliens, and open borders. Oh, and emasculating our military!)

If you want to defeat Obama and save our country from Anarchy and Socialism, don’t vote for Ron Paul! Vote Romney, Santorum or Gingrich. We KNOW they are real Americans!

 

Rob McKenna leads Washington Governors race in 2 local polls

February 17, 2012 by Cliff | No comments

The latest KING 5 poll has Rob McKenna in the lead with 49% and Inslee 39%. That is a 10 point lead:

http://www.king5.com/news/politics/KING-5-poll-McKenna-widens-lead-over-Inslee-139471773.html

The latest Elway poll shows McKenna up 45-36 with a 9 point lead:

http://publicola.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Elway-Poll-0212-Gov-Race.pdf

Let’s hope this lead widens in the coming months, we really need adults in charge in Washington State.

Angie Homola is incompetent

February 17, 2012 by Ken | 3 comments

Describe Angie Homola in one word: incompetent. What other word could possibly be used to describe her short tenure as an Island County employee in the planning department? After all she did get fired for incompetence. On November 19, 2003, Homola signed off Larsen permit tracking number 03-1105. “What is alarming is that dwelling units require certain minimal facilities… A kitchen is one of the most basic and minimal residential requirements of the code for a dwelling. The lack of a kitchen or even anything resembling a kitchen should never have been missed. A kitchen is an elementary concept in first day plan and review or design for a dwelling.”

Incompetent accurately describes her logic to “opt out” of the Voluntary Stewardship Program (VSP). Homola elected to “opt out” because she had too many unresolved questions. Homola had six months to get those questions resolved yet she waited until the last minute of the last day to ask those questions.

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Petitions to Save Traditonal Marriage

February 16, 2012 by RedDot | No comments

Petitions to Save Traditional Marriage are available at this website. We must have 150,000 signature  by June to get this on the ballot, so please go to http://preservemarriagewashington.com and request petitions. Get them to your family, friends and church congregations. Thanks!

Island County Republican Precinct Caucus information

February 13, 2012 by Cliff | 3 comments

This information is being published because the local Republican party has not as of yet published anything on our local caucus except for the basic bare bones information…they seem to want to keep the caucus to themselves…I wonder why?*

Here is a link to the Notice of Caucus published by the Island County Republican Party:
Notice of 2012 Republican Precinct Caucuses

Precinct caucuses will be held March 3. The meetings will start at 10 a.m., the voting is scheduled for 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and the doors open at 9:15.

Island County is divided into 82 voting precincts. On March 3, people who consider themselves Republicans* will attend pooled caucus. These pooled caucuses are held at the following locations:

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Central Whidbey Fire District asks voters to approve tax hike.

February 9, 2012 by Ken | 4 comments

Central Whidbey Fire District asks voters to approve a tax hike.  In the name of volunteerism, Central Whidbey Fire District is asking for a tax increase of 34% despite the fact that this district has fewer people, and makes fewer calls. When Taxing districts want more money they always work their sales pitch using an emotional perspective.  In this case,  If you don’t approve this tax hike people will die!

Here is a breakdown and comparison of all three fire districts.

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Statewide comparisons of Island County property taxes

February 8, 2012 by Cliff | No comments

A little more information on the property tax statistics here in Island County.

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Commissioner Homola Again States Bogus Tax Ranking for Tax Increase

February 6, 2012 by Bill | 4 comments

At a recent Freeland FAIRS (Freeland Advocates for Informed Responsible Solutions) meeting one of the members reported attending several of the workshops at the Puget Sound Partnership’s Sound Waters Event.

One of the Workshops was conducted by Commissioner Homola.

She was reported as saying that property taxes should be raised in Island County and she is again preaching in public meetings, that Island County property taxes are among the lowest in the state as justification for her tax increase.-

Doesn’t this all sound like “deja vu all over again” to you?

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Washington State Republican Caucuses, the last hope for a scoundrel

February 4, 2012 by Cliff | 3 comments

The Island County Republican Caucus will be held on 10:00 March 3rd at the following locations:

1- Lost Lake Club House on Camano Island – 1469 Lake Drive, Camano Island

2- Oak Harbor High School on North Whidbey Island – Student Union Building at Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor.

3- South Whidbey High School on South Whidbey Island – South Whidbey High School, 5675 Maxwelton Road, Langley.

This year our caucuses will have the great honor of being manipulated by a scoundrel running in Republican clothing.

The cult of Ron Paul, who’s leader Ron Paul has failed in running under the libertarian party name has declared that he is a Republican and will be deluging our Republican Party Caucuses with his cult of followers.

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Washington State Public School Accountability Index

February 1, 2012 by Cliff | 1 comment

Washington Policy Center’s Public School Accountability Index rates the quality of more than 2,000 public schools across the state. The Index is based on data compiled by the State Board of Education’s 2011 Achievement Index.

http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/research/education/public-school-accountability-index

Check and see where our local schools are on the list…

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