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Politics has no place in Gang Legislation
Gang Legislation is about protecting our residents from criminal street gangs, it has nothing to with “racial profiling” as the ACLU would have you believe. Almost as quickly as the Senate Democrats in Washington State removed the 2/3rd’s requirement...
Stormwater Funding Bill – We need your help!
This arrived in my email this morning. Please take a moment and contact your State Legislators to tell them to support this much needed legislation. To: Mayors, Councilmembers, City Managers/Administrators, and Public Works Directors SHB 1614 is eligible...
Association of Washington Cities - Annual Conference
If you were wondering, why I haven't posted in a week or so, it's because I have been attending the Association of Washington Cities - Annual Conference in Yakima, WA. It was without a doubt the best AWC Conference I have attended since started...
Posted: 06-21-2008 14:22 by jim® | with 2 comment(s)
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Vice Chair Appointment to the YVCOG
Just a quick note to let you all know that on February 20, 2008 the Executive Committee of the Yakima Valley Conference of Governments voted unanimously to appoint me Vice Chairman. Having only served on the committee since 2007 this is a great honor...
Gang bill adopted by lawmakers
http://www.dailysunnews.com/ArcStoryPage.asp?Database=Story&StoryID=12771 Way to go Charles! - Finally some good news! - I can't tell you how hard I fought for this legislation, and how many times I spoke to people and groups about Sunnyside's...
Why Black Rock?
When I was first elected to the Sunnyside City Council I was introduced to some gentlemen who were trying to get the Federal government to help address the issues of water in the Yakima Valley, they had a plan (a good plan) - and were doing their best...
Editorial: Strong Mayor Form of Government
Re: the recent editorial by John Fannin, "Strong mayor form of government would be ideal for city of Sunnyside," dated Oct. 3, 2007. Mr. Fannin's suggestion of changing our form of government because of the recent issues with the city manager...