Hominid Views

It is worth breaking the summary down into “national” to me and “local” to me. Local means interesting stuff in Washington state.
On the national front, things didn’t quite go like I expected, but not too far off. In Virginia, it has been clear for some time that McDonald [...]

There were some polls released today that should be of interest for Washington state folks.
The Washington Poll released some key results for the upcoming ongoing election. Initiative 1033 and Referendum 71 were polled statewide on a sample of 724 individuals. They also polled the King County Executive race [...]

Susan Hutchison is running against Dow Constantine for King County Executive here in Washington state. One of the odd things about this race is that it is called a “non-partisan” race. That’s simply nonsense.
The Democratic candidate, Dow Constantine, is a self-avowed progressive.
Susan Hutchison? [...]

Subtitle: LIAR GATE and How it Relates to Lying Dave Reichert
Many have addressed the Neocon lying smear campaign belittling the Economics degree Darcy Burner earned from Harvard University, including Goldy at Horsesass.org, the Huffington Post, and even Harvard University Professor Harry Lewis.
Given that most have discussed details about a “concentration” in Economics at Harvard and [...]

King County has a program to surgically stop unwanted pregnancies. The one-day program is tomorrow.
Here’s how it works:

King County will issue 200 vouchers for free spay or neuter surgeries. The vouchers will be available on an in-person, first-come, first-served basis starting tomorrow at the King County animal shelters in Kent [...]

A new SurveyUSA poll of 624 King County voters, 34% of whom have already cast a ballot, looks at the King County Prosecutor’s race.
The poll shows Satterberg with a remarkable 50% to 42% lead with just 8% undecided. I ran 100,000 simulated elections of 624 voters each voting [...]

Larry Mitchell
Redmond Prosecutor
P.O. Box 97010
Redmond, WA 98073-9710
c/o City Clerk
Cc: King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
Dear Mr. Mitchell,
Is the City of Redmond picking up the tab by prosecuting Jane Hague for drunk driving?
I asked this question of someone who works in the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s office and he thought perhaps so—that normally [...]

Noemie Maxwell at Washblog posts a very interesting interview with King County Council candidate Richard Pope.
If you are a voter in the county district or are just interested in cutting through the political hyperbole (namely, the Wingnut crap being flung Richard’s way), check-out the interview.

Supposedly, Dan Satterberg, the GOP Candidate for King County Prosecutor, is independent. Sure…it looks like he was making partisan decisions while serving on the King County Canvassing board during the 2004 gubernatorial election. Yeah…he refused to prosecute GOP operative Lori Sotelo for falsely disenfranchising thousands of voters. But…none of [...]

Jimmy rocks. And he just might just be the newest member of the Richland, WA city council.
Go Jimmy!
Update: The mainstream media notices.

This evening I pointed out at Horses Ass that a new poll puts Bill Sherman ahead of Dan Satterberg 49% to 43% in the race for King County Prosecutor. The result comes from a KING 5-commissioned poll, and the crosstabs are available here.
I added an update pointing out that

Statistically, the meaning [...]

Today’s Seattle P-I covers the candidate filings for this year’s elections. And, once again, blog commenter and political troublemaker, Richard Pope’s name comes up:

Serial candidate and municipal gadfly Richard Pope filed against Councilwoman Jane Hague, R-Kirkland. Although he has run as a Republican in several past races, Pope is a Democrat this time.

My reaction [...]

Having grown up using the Illinois toll roads, I really hate tolls. But I hate traffic jams, pot holes, unsafe highways, collapsed highway infrastructure, and sinking floating bridges even worse than tolls. So, perhaps this solution to funding our regional transportation infrastructure will grow on me.

A report prepared at the direction [...]

I’m shocked. shocked, I tell you!
Last week we learned that a prominent King County Republican had difficulties with his sexual urges.
So much for the party of family values.
Now we learn that this same guy, while serving as the bookkeeper for King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng’s campaign, swiped $72,000.

In a letter [...]