Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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PASCO - Batten down the hatches. The first storm of the 2022-23 winter storm is moving into Eastern Washington, bringing with it snow in some areas and high winds across the Columbia Basin. As a result, the National Weather Service has issued a high wind watch for Franklin, Grant, Benton, Walla Walla and other counties in Washington and Oregon. The watch will go into effect mid-day Friday and extend through Saturday morning, meteorologists said. According to the National Weath...
When the halls of government offices exude consensus and the hive mind takes over, the good ole boy network is usually at play. To open the doors of transparency, it takes new leadership willing to stand up to the closed-minded policy wonks, controlling bureaucrats and self-absorbed politicians. Four years ago, that’s what Clint Didier did when he was elected as a Franklin County commissioner. And his efforts haven’t gone unnoticed – in either the clandestine backrooms of county government or in public. During his term as a...
PASCO — Two employees in the Franklin County Auditor's Office have been promoted. Tim Anderson will serve as the new director of finance and Suleima Wallwin as the new election manager for Franklin County. Franklin County Auditor Matt Beaton announced the promotions Thursday, Nov. 3. Tim has served as an accounting supervisor with the Auditor’s Office for more than 10 years, Beaton said. Prior to that, he served in the State Auditor’s Office. Suleima was the administrative assistant to Beaton and supervisor for the Frank...
I recently had the opportunity to review all 50 state constitutions and confirmed an important fact for the current capital gains income tax litigation. Although most state constitutions mention how real, personal, tangible or intangible property should be taxed, the vast majority don’t define those terms. Of those that define property, Washington’s constitution has the broadest definition. This is why our state Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that in order to impose a gra...
As the college football season continues into the last third of the season you can see how fortunes have changed for some teams. My Eastern Eagles have fallen on hard times as several injuries have led to young players getting playing time and valuable experience. However, with the inexperience and youth factor it has meant a fair amount of missed blocks and tackles and some opponents have looked like All-Americans. Case in point, on Saturday the Portland State QB juked and ra...
You and I may not always agree on who the bums are, but we know that “You’re out!” is a cornerstone of our democracy. Lobbyists, dark money and blind ambition can be thwarted, but only If we vote, and this November, only if we vote against candidates who refuse to accept election outcomes unless they win. Heads I win, tails you lose will not work. Our democracy is on the brink of skidding off the rails into the ditch of autocracy, and the chaos and economic meltdown that history leads us to expect will follow. Those Venez...
Partisan state senator Mark Schoesler misses the mark again when he complains about the supposed tax and services imbalance between the two different sides of Washington. He calls free public transportation for west side children discriminatory against eastern Washington taxpayers, who supposedly have to “pick up the tab.” However, children are children, no matter where they live and whether their parents are Democrats or not. Why wouldn’t most voters be happy to pay the extra pittance in taxes to keep children out of the r...