Citizen Review Online January 2005 News & Views

January 30, 2005

January 29, 2005

John Stossel Takes on Myths, Lies and Nasty Behavior - Think Gas Is More Expensive, Urban Sprawl Is Bad? Think Again - ABC News 20/20

January 26, 2005

Pro-Rossi group finds felons voted in county - The Olympian

Murray tries again with Wild Sky wilderness bill - Seattle P-I

Proposal would ease creation of new county - King County Journal

Legislative support grows for road and bridge tolls - King 5 News

Eyman will try to guard initiatives - The News Tribune

Cascade Land Conservancy preserves part of Middle Fork - Snoqualmie Valley Record

January 25, 2005

Rural rage festers in King County -Seattle Times

January 24, 2005

Olympia talks nervously of tax hikes - King County Journal

Performance Audits make tax hikes unnecessary by Tim Eyman

Cattle producers firm on keeping border closed - CPoW group calls for crucial regulations to be met before cattle trade resumes - by Jamie Henneman, CPoW

House focusing on Priorities of Government (POG) - editorial by Evergreen Freedom Foundation

Scores of felons voted illegally - GOP works to compile list of felons who voted - Man learns his votes were illegal for years - Seattle Times

GOP had lousy year with Vance at helm - The Daily Herald opinion piece

"There ought to be a law..." TRACKSIDE © by John D’Aloia Jr.

January 22, 2005

Rancher wins $600K in suit against enviros -Arizona Daily Star

Land trusts get into the 'landlord' market in Seattle - Program can lop $70,000 off cost of home - Land trust procedure gives certain buyers a chance in pricey Seattle market - Seattle P-I

Water outlook for summer getting bleak, say 'water managers' -King 5 News

January 21, 2005

Vying for chair of the State GOP: Experience is Important to Sharon Bumala by Lois Krafsky-Perry

Permit required to collect rainwater in Washington State? News with Views

Judge keeps governor's suit trial on same pace, will hear arguments Feb. 4 - The Olympian

No Place to Hide: Freedom and Identity - Peter Jennings and the Fight Against Terrorism in the Digital Age - ABC News

Beyond the UN - by Henry Lamb, for News with Views

January 20, 2005

Presidential Inaugurial Ceremony - The White House

Challenges to CAO remain despite referendum ruling - Snoqualmie Valley Record

Republicans in court to contest governor's election - King 5 News

Vance to seek second term as state GOP chairman - King County Journal

Electronic tax filing now free for all at IRS Web site - USA Today/Yahoo News

January 16, 2005

Driver's Licenses Spark Privacy Debate -Yahoo News

Wind farms in rural West Virginia and Pennsylvania slay hundreds of bats by Gretchen Randall for ecologic Powerhouse

Book Review: Environmentalist Propaganda for Kids

January 15, 2005

Dungeness Drama: Commentary about the Dungeness River, the endangered salmon and the fisheries and the people -commentary by Pat Neal for the Sequim Gazette

GOP seeks criminal records - Seattle Times

'Personal legacies' and our new governor - Opinion by Robert L. Jamieson, Jr., Seattle P-I

McKenna off to good start -Opinion by The Olympian

Federal Court Says Endangered Species Listing Of Klamath Coho Is Bogus -Report by Pacific Legal Fountain

Klamath Falls Farmers Destroyed by Illegal Specis Listing - opinion by Devvy Kidd for News with Views

Bush issues executive order forming advisory committee on income tax reform - News with Views

Reject Environmentalism, Not DDT - DDT could help prevent malaria among tsunami survivors, but environmental ideology forbids its use - By Keith Lockitch for Eco-Logic Powerhouse

January 14, 2005

Hearing on Rossi's election challenge postponed - King 5 News

Pomp, circumstance and shadows at Gregoire inauguration - King 5 News

January 12, 2005

Gregoire sworn in as Washington's governor: Text of Gov. Christine Gregoire's inauguration speech - King 5 News

Statement from Dino Rossi - News Release

Locke gives farewell speech -The News Tribune

Judge rules out ballot fight on land-use rules - Seattle Times

Senate Report on Environmental Organizations

January 11, 2005

Protesters turn out for, against Gregoire certification -King 5 News

U.S. 95 project arrives in court - Transportation officials denounce Sierra Club lawsuit - LV Review Journal

Eyman's I-900 will be the 900 pound gorilla in 2005 - "I-900 will forever revolutionize government in Washington"-Press Release from Tim Eyman

Performance audit bill drafted in Senate - Modeled after EFF's performance audit pledge

January 10, 2005

One issue consumes fractious Legislature - The News Tribune

Surveillance camera catches TSA employee rifling luggage - Eyewitness News 4, Arizona

January 9, 2005

Deadline for comments around the corner on Clallam County comprehensive plan and critical areas code amendments

Rossi will challenge election in court -King 5 News

Rossi files suit for a new vote - Trying to nullify Gregoire win, Republican cites series of errors - Seattle P-I

Book Review: STATE OF FEAR by Michael Crichton, reviewed by DON AMADOR

Northern Idaho: Wolves coming closer - Spokesman-Review

January 7, 2005

Deadline for comments around the corner on Clallam County watershed management plan

State lawmakers urge probe into $58 million graving yard abandonment - PDN

Hold off confirming governor's election until serious questions are resolved, says Farm Bureau

Two men file court challenges to governor's election - King 5 News

January 6, 2005

GOP alleges 'illegal' votes in governor's race -Democrats dismiss calls for revote -Gregoire: Join me in the middle -King 5 News

Kretz appointed to essential committees during first term -New state representative has unique chance to address the issues in Eastern Washington - News release

Tennessee: No more freebies for him, councilman says - The Tennessean

January 5, 2005

WASHINGTON FARM BUREAU NEWSWATCH

January 4, 2005

Votes tallied, but where are voters? GOP charges there are more ballots for governor than people registered in five counties -The News Tribune

GOP questions vote discrepancies: 8,500 and counting - King 5 News

January 3, 2005

King County shows gap in voters - Officials stress that report is preliminary - The Olympian

Revote Washington - Citizens call for a simple revote on governor's election race

Questions about the Rossi/Gregoire election process -Revote Washington