Sunday, April 29, 2007
Endresen To Resign in June
Amid a lot of local speculation about whether or not she would seek a fourth term, County Commissioner Chris Endresen surprised everyone by announcing on Sunday, April 29, that she will resign in June. According to onlne reports from the Port Orchard Independent as well as as the Kitsap Sun Web sites, Endresen has accepted a position as the State Director of U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell's office.
In her new position, Endresen will oversee five offices across the state -- Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, Everett and Tri-Cities, from her office in the Federal Building in downtown Seattle. She will reportedly oversee 18 people in those locations. She said she will continue to reside in Poulsbo and commute.
The 50-year-old Endresen is the current vice president of the Washington State Association of Counties (WASC), as well as representing Kitsap County on a myriad of local, regional and statewide boards and commissions. She is also a recent graduate of the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington.
In March, two-term Republican Commissioner Jan Angel announced she wouldn't seek a third term. With Endresen out of the picture, 26-year old Democrat Josh Brown will become the county's senior commissioner. Angel and Brown, will appoint Endresen's replacement within five days of her resignation. If they can't agree, the appointment will be made by the governor.
THE ABOVE ARTICLE POSTED BY West Sound Politics @ 4/29/2007 10:28:00 PM
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Monday, April 23, 2007
Time For A Progress Report From SEED
With the money former county commissioner Tim Botkin has secured and has committed from the Feds, the state legislature, the Port of Bremerton, Kitsap County and all the other 100 percent taxpayer-funded sources, SEED should be approaching the $4 million mark in funding.
Meanwhile all a Google search for Kitsap SEED finds is a link to the Port of Bremerton, with a small number of press releases, and a defunct website for the project itself.
With that kind of money at stake, isn't it time Botkin named the companies he's actually got signed on the dotted line for this project, the number of prospective jobs they'll bring to Kitsap County, and when we can expect to start seeing them -- before he gets any deeper into the taxpayer's pocket?
THE ABOVE ARTICLE POSTED BY West Sound Politics @ 4/23/2007 08:40:00 AM
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Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Misinformation and Lies Win. ISC Withdraws Track Proposal
"We just don't see any point in beating our head against the wall any more," said a resigned Grant Lynch, vice president of International Speedway Corporation (ISC), in discussing the news that the Daytona Beach, Florida speedway developer was shutting down its efforts to build a NASCAR-style speedway in Kitsap County.
It is a clear victory for for the purveyors of misinformation and blatant lies -- not to mention a complete and total lack of political cojones on the part of our elected officials. I believe it is a very sad commentary on the state of our county and our legislature when what amounts to 12 or so people can organize a disinformation campaign so effective it intimidates our public officials to the point of pure cowardice.
Phil Rockefeller, Sherry Appleton, Pat Lantz, and Larry Seaquist have proven they don't deserve to represent us. However, instead of having the humility to be ashamed for their gross inadequacy as representatives, they'll be doing a victory dance as they vote to raise our taxes again -- when they could have funded what they'll make US pay for from the revenue the speedway would have generated.
We got what we voted for... Cowards.
THE ABOVE ARTICLE POSTED BY West Sound Politics @ 4/03/2007 10:29:00 AM
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Abel to Bow Out as P.O. Mayor
In a press release issued the afternoon of April 2, Port Orchard Mayor Kim Abel announced she will not seek a second term as mayor.
She has been rumored for some time to be considering a run for county commissioner, to try and capture the seat being left vacant by Jan Angel's surprise announcement on March 28 that she wouldn't seek a third term.
However, Abel told the Business Journal that she hasn't made a decision on doing running for commissioner -- and doesn't intend to make one in the near future. She was careful to not rule out the possibility, and did say she might revisit the commissioner's race as the time got closer. But she also stated there were other opportunities that she would like to explore as well, besides being an elected official.
More if it develops...
THE ABOVE ARTICLE POSTED BY West Sound Politics @ 4/03/2007 10:27:00 AM
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