NO, REALLY. OLYMPIA NEEDS ADULT SUPERVISION.

Our beloved State Legislature did it again.

They increased spending by $308 million dollars.

This is a 33% increase.

Since Christine became Governor, her new spending has now reached $8.5 BILLION in new spending. (and I thought the last two decades of Democrat Governorship was bad.)

How are they going to pay for this? Our evergreen state now has a $2.4 BILLION deficit and it is like a teenager with a credit card.

Now, many items are missing from the current budget. What are we spending our hard earned tax money on?

1) Not the SR-520 Bridge

2) Not the I-90 Bridge

3) No, we're not replacing the Alaska Way Viaduct

4) Not the property tax relief that the Grinch who Stole Your Paycheck promised in November last year.

5) No funding for her feelgood Family Leave program

6) No final recommendations for her basic education funding

7) No Sonics for Seattle, Key Arena will not be renovated

Putting all this off until 2009 appears to me to be the lacking adult responsibility that seems so prevalent in Olympia these days.

24 years of Democrat control of the governors mansion is enough. How are we going to pay for this new $2.4 BILLION deficit.

Remember what Gregoire said over in Spokane, " the citizens of Washington will just need to be educated on why a State Income tax is a good thing."

Like I need more money taken out of my paycheck.

Washington's working class and business class are going to pay for universal health care for those who choose not to work, and for those who broke in to our country illegally.

The roads will still not be upgraded properly, Social pograms will increase, and you and I will add several more hours a week not to pay for what you and I need, but to fund the unsupervised spending habits of the elite progressive agenda.

Gee, thanks...

OBAMA'S SENATE VOTES OFFER CLUES TO HIS POTENTIAL PRESIDENCY

(Guest Writer: gk)
Barack Obama has cast more than 1,100 votes since entering the U.S. Senate in January 2005, and those votes indicate the likely position he would take on several issues as president.
In each of his three years in the Senate, Obama has voted with the majority of Democrats at least 96 percent of the time.
Here is where he has stood on key measures in the Senate, according to MSNBC:
Obama voted against the confirmation of John Roberts for the Supreme Court, saying he “far more often used his formidable skills on behalf of the strong in opposition to the weak.”
He also cast a vote against Samuel Alito and even voted in favor of a filibuster to stall his confirmation.
Obama opposed a bill in 2006 that would have denied citizenship or other legal status to illegal immigrants, and voted last year against a measure that would have allowed police to question people about their immigration status under certain circumstance.
He voted in favor of the immigration reform bill sponsored by John McCain and Ted Kennedy that would have allowed many illegal aliens to become legal residents.
Last October Obama voted for an act that would have allowed illegal immigrants who become permanent legal residents to qualify for lower in-state tuition rates at state universities. That measure was opposed by Democrats in a number of swing states that could be pivotal in this year’s election, MSNBC observed.
The Illinois Senator voted against a 2006 bill to prohibit the transportation of a minor girl across state lines to get an abortion if this would circumvent parental consent.
Obama voted against a bill extending the cuts in capital gains and dividends tax rates that Congress enacted in 2003, and against the repeal of the tax on inherited wealth, the estate tax.
In June 2006, Obama voted against a bill that would have required President Bush to withdraw most U.S. troops from Iraq by July 1, 2007. But this past September, he joined 27 other Democrats in voting for a bill ordering Bush to begin withdrawing most American forces within 90 days. The bill failed to pass.
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(Please pray for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm’s way around the world, and for their families— Of all the gifts you can give them, PRAYER is the best!) gk

NICE TO MEET YOU, FINALLY!!!

What a weekend!
I put a bunch of miles on the bike, met with lots of folks, and had a great weekend.
Saturday I put most of my miles on the bike, but even though Sunday was cloudy, it was still nice. The only rain I got hit with was on my way home Friday evening from Chihuahua's in Ferndale. But so what. Rain is good!

Guess what? I met with Sam Taylor and his wife, and my wife came along for the ride!
That was a pleasant evening. It was nice to actually meet with Sam eyeball to eyeball. His wife is a very nice and classy lady. And of course, the food at Chihuahua's was excellent as always.
I love my good food, beer, and Tequila poppers!

Anyway, Sam has a pretty good sense of humor and we talked about mostly non political non blogging fun stuff, but we did talk about the blogs and politics a little. It's good to meet folks who are involved in politics or report on politics, but who understand that there is so much more to life than politics.

Sam, meeting you and your gracious wife was a great way to start the weekend!
We'll have to do it again sometime!

By the Way, Councilman Conductor Buchanan, Sam knows who I R now...