Iowa Caucuses wide open for both political parties

Tomorrow contest the Iowa Caucuses will be wide open.  The winner is the voter who cast the ballot here decide would be the best choice.  In the GOP contest some people have said Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul could win.  Question who will be the real winner the Iowa voter who goes an breaks bread with their friends that who will win.  They may bring some gin to this event.  

In the Democrat contest we know the winner will not be Martin O'Malley the real question is how many socialist and people who want a higher cost of living show up if the Marxist show up then Bernie Sanders aka Freddie Munster will show up.  Members of the NAACP a group of bigots may also show up here.  

If Common  sense Democrats show up then Hillary Clinton wins this contest who really belongs in an orange jump suit not running for the presidency.  She still needs to tell us what really happened at Bengazi.  She is just brushing it off.  She is waiting for a surprise pardon from Barack Obama.  

GOP no prediction, Democrat prediction Bernie Sanders wins.

Carolina Panthers will be the next Super Bowl Champions

Here is why the Carolina Panthers will be the next Super Bowl champions.  There team is built the same way as the 2013 Seattle Seahawks.  Where the offense and defense both score.  Taken the last time the Denver Broncos showed up in the super bowl they got slaughtered.  I am predicting Carolina Panthers 50 and Denver Broncos 7.  I reason I am predicting this high is because this is what they have done all year long.  Denver has strengthen their defense since the 2013 season.  They still do not have a great offense.  Plus Peyton Manning is showing his age.  Prediction he will not play a full game and his apprentice Brock Osweiller will also play in the game.  Cam Newton will play a full game.  They will really start to capture at every turn.  The only game the Carolina Panthers was against the Atlanta Falcons which they forgot to show up.  Dan Quinn the current coach of Falcons his previous job as defensive coordinator for the Seahawks.  Ron Rivera was a member of the famous awesome 1985 Chicago Bears now Gary Kubiak was a backup quarterback to John Elway in the 1997 and 1998 Denver Broncos.  I saw Lombardi trophy goes to Charlotte not Denver. 

Muldoon Tax Service does not follow local laws in advertising

Yesterday Morning January 28, 2016.  I saw this tax business do advertising the east side of Muldoon between the Carrs entrance and Northern Lights Blvd.  They have displayed their advertising on a utility pole near the bus stop.  This is a complete violation of municipal law.  These poles belong to the utility company they are not billboards for people to advertise their personal stuff.  If a lineman has to climb a pole to restore service.  By having to remove these extra stuff that is against the law will cause a delayed response in restoring service.  They also have a poster attached to a state sign advertising their tax service.  The sign is located at says Northern Lights Boulevard.  It is below the sign.  Please do not patronize this business.  We can not have a professional tax service who has a disregard for the local and state laws and wants to do free advertising.  Hopefully the municipality and the state will be giving this business an expensive lesson in advertising by issuing them a fine or a ticket.  Illegal advertising does not pay.

After talking to the manager Lila she told me a local district office of H&R Block makes the decision where to advertise and where to hang them up.  Apparently forgot to look up the local laws of Anchorage, Alaska before hanging up advertisements.  I showed the places where they were hanged mentioned that one is owned by the State of Alaska and the other is a utility pole owned by the electric company.   They have remove the post on the State directional sign still have it on the telephone pole.  

Message to Anchorage developers want tax break for properties in Anchorage

Hey Anchorage developers want a tax break to develop your properties then fix them up for first and stop making them look like an eye soar.  Once your property has met the expectations then come to the Anchorage Assembly or the taxpayers see if you get a break.  Not get a tax break first.  That is like going somewhere paying for the service first then finding out the workmanship is crap.  Do the work first then seek payment from the taxpayer. 

Voters must approval any disolve of any special district in the State of Washington

Voters of Kittitas County voted to create a county wide parks and recreation district for the purpose of managing the county's parks in 2004 by ballot initative was fully established in 2005.  This was created for the purpose to allow more citizen involvement of managing county parks with the boundary of Kittitas County.  These parks are not in any incorporated city boundaries only within the incorporated areas of Kittitas County.  This also has made it easier for the board of commissioner to be able to concentrate on other areas of county operations such as county public works.  If the recommendation due to lack of voter confidence due to not being able to approve any voter approved levies.  Elected commissioners are required to meet to discuss this matter may only dissolve if the voters of Kittitas County approve it by over 50 percent.  If this is the direction the voters want to go then the management of the county parks go right back to the commissioner plate in accordance to the Revised Code of Washington.  Let's pray whatever decision this parks and recreation district takes will be in the best interest of Kittitas County.  Remember only the voters can do this not a board. 

Ethan Berkowitz's real vision of the Fairview Neighborhood in Anchorage

Earlier this month while on my business trip slash vacation.  I visited Oldtown Portland where I saw 25 homeless people sleeping in doorway really close to a joke city agency called the Portland Development Commission.  Ethan really wants to turn Anchorage into another Portland or Seattle.  He is tired having to take a three to four hour flight to find crazy.  His plan for Fairview is empty shops and making it the place where homeless can come to Anchorage sleep in the streets and call it home.  His homeless coordinator is a joke.  

In response to Chris Constant's piece in the Alaska Dispatch News about the pedestrian safety.  Here is the truth about all of these accidents.  Every one was the fault of the pedestrian since they were intoxicated had no sense of where they were walking on most cases.  Drivers had very little reaction time.  I really want to respond to the first death Phillip Chowok, Jr who was 41 who I went to high school with at Kodiak High School in the late 1980's and I have been a friend to him since then was evicted from the Black Angus Inn and had ran into traffic was a hit by a very experienced driver Shrepend Arapi which I was his dispatcher at Alaska Yellow Cab.  He was driving tow truck he did not have time to react.  The light at 15th and Gambell is not the problem plus neither is the light at 13th and Gambell.  The real problem is the fact we have an Oaken Keg at 13th and Gambell at the smallest Carrs Grocery Store.  If we have Carrs close the liquor store there you would solve most of this problem.  His solution for Fairview is have them sleep in the doorway while the homeless coordinator throws them a roll of toilet paper.  Chris and Fairview Community Council want something done go to the 8th floor bow down in front of Darth Berkowitz your mayor say your excellency can we have safe streets please.   

AFC Championship Title Game Prediction

Congratulations to the Patriots and Broncos advancing to the Title Game.

This game is the first game on Sunday at 1:05pm at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado.  This is a repeat of the 2013 AFC Title Game.  There is also a rivalry between Tom Brady vs Peyton Manning.  Peyton has been at the losing end of most of the match ups starting in 2001 when he was a quarterback with the Colts. 

My prediction since Mile High Stadium is very hard for opponents to win.  I am going to predict the Denver Broncos will win against the New England Patriots will advance to Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara.  

 

We need to convince the City of Cle Elum to preserve theatre

Cle Elum needs to have a place where people can enjoy community plays.  Robert Michael Nevills the visionary behind this place before he passed away in December 2013.  He visioned this place as a place where people would enjoy local performances.  Currently the Upper Kittitas County arts have been using a venue in Roslyn where is the same place.  Mr Nevills would take his drama class from time to time to rehearse performances.  We need to convince the landlords the City of Cle Elum and Cle Elum taxpayers to help fund a venture to pay to help restore this theatre back to the days when it opened in 1923.  I am sure the Farm and Home across the street could donate or give a discount to the group the paint and hardware needed to make this happen.  This place could once again make welcome a community become the center of the community once again like it was in 1923.  This 93 year old building can have life put back in it. 

Allowing transgender children in the opposite sex bathrooms has lead to increase of school rapes

Allowing transgender children in the opposite sex bathroom has lead to increase sexual assault in bathrooms.  Many of us conservative warned lawmakers that these laws would increase sexual violence in bathrooms.  You did not listen.  You read Title 9 wrong which allowed transgender students to use the bathroom they identify with.  Males who have male genitals must use the males bathroom same with females.  Between 3rd grade and seniors there is this thing called puberty.  If a genetic girl who identifies as a boy walks into a boy's bathroom.  First of all most boys who do a number 1 stand up.  A genetic boy can do that transgender boy can not.  Then there is the chest issue.  Usually after the age of age of nine genetic girls usually start to have two friends in front of them.  Boys get attracted to that.  Since laws prohibit cameras in bathrooms perfect place for a unreported rape to occur.   Because it is a he said she said or vice versa.  Boys will grab those things be cruel in that manner.  Liberal response is child will not notice.  Yes they will.  That is why if you are born of that sex you use that bathroom period.  God designed bodies not human scientist.  Please end this idea you can use the bathroom you identify with that gender you use that bathroom.  Boys use boys bathrooms and girls use girls bathroom.  End of discussion.  The pictures are first one is a genetic girl around the age of nine or ten.  The second one is Nicole Maines a transgender female who is and will always be a boy.  She will never bear children or have that monthly reminder like genetic girls.  She has decided to not to listen to her male body which she will always have regardless.  If they find her in skeleton like state she will be identified as male not female.  She has no uterus, no vagina and ovaries.  Please tell all transgender people you will use the bathroom you are assigned at birth that is what god made you. 

AFC Playoff Prediction the Divisional Round

Congrats to the Chiefs and Steelers in advancing to the next round.  

Here are my predictions for the AFC Division Round. 

First game is on Saturday, January 16th at 4:35pm EST at Foxborough where Alex Smith and the Chiefs will head to Massachusetts to face Tom Brady and the Patriots.  Usually most teams go here they usually get sent to be defeated.  I am predicting an upset and Kansas City advances to the Championship Game.

Final game will be Sunday, January 17th, 2016 at 2:40pm MST at Mile High Stadium in Denver.  This field is similar to Foxborough very seldomly does a team come out of this stadium and win unless it is the home team.  You also have the high altitude when this city is above 5000 feet above sea level.  You have Ben Rothlesberger and Steelers coming to Denver to beat Peyton Manning and Broncos.  My prediction is an upset where Denver will advance to the championship game.  The reason the prediction has been reversed due to Pittsburgh Steeler's Antonio Brown out due to a concussion. 

My prediction is that the AFC Championship Game will be in Kansas City.  It will be Chiefs vs the Broncos.  

NFC Playoff Prediction the Divisional Round

Cardinals and Panthers had a week to rest.
 
I admit I do have a bias in this conference.  I will favor the Seahawks in the final game

Here are the match ups 

Saturday at 2:15pm MT in Glendale, Arizona the sight of Super Bowl 49 in the Superstitions you have Aaron Rogers and the Green Bay Packers taking on the Arizona Cardinals.  My prediction is that the Arizona Cardinals will win this game hopefully play my team the Seattle Seahawks in a championship game that will get the Seahawks to the 3rd Super Bowl appearance in Santa Clara.  

Final game will be at 1:05pm EST in Charlotte where the best quarterback Russell Wilson will take on Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers.  Every time since 2012 these teams matched up in the regular season the score was close.  I expect this game to be close as well.  I am predicting an upset Seahawks they go to the Superstitions where they will defeat their division rival the Cardinals and head to Santa Clara for Super 50 there third straight Super Bowl appearance.  

Watch football lets see what happens 

Austin City Council will rename Bowie Street in honor of David Bowie at next meeting

Austin's music community has asked city leadership to rename Bowie Street after Rock and Roll Artist David Bowie Street.  This will be taken up at the next city council meeting.  Citizens in support of this resolution are asked to where shirts with the David Bowie.  Please tell your city council you want this street renamed.

Time to make every borough and census area a local school district in Alaska

Yesterday the Alaska Supreme Court upheld that the legislature can require local contributions if the local area also wants state funding.  In 1964 a Democrat the founding Governor Bill Egan mentioned that each area of the state should become a borough most of rural Alaska rejected this that is why some parts of Alaska are in a borough and some are not.  The unorganized ones got 100 percent state funding that is uneven way of funding state funding for education.  There are two ways of funding this.  

One way is to make every census area a borough if you do this.  I recommend the native corporations help in putting the borough government together.  

Second way is put each government census area in a current organized borough this will form more bureaus quickly.

Final way if to allow more than one school district in a borough this allows an area to receive more localized funding.  

Now that the Supreme Court of Alaska has demanded local contributions to public education question is how much should a people of municipality for their public school.  Great Alaska Scam will have to accept the funding formula used.  

NFC Playoff Prediction Wild Card Prediction

While Carson Palmer and Cam Newton are drinking beers to figure who to face in the division.

Since the author of the blog is a Seahawks fan there is a complete bias in this conference.  

These games are on Sunday.  First game and Currently the best team in NFC champs Seattle Seahawks who are on the plane heading to Minnesota Vikings will play in Minneapolis at 10:05am.  My prediction is that Minnesota will be eliminated.  Seahawks will head to Charlotte to face Cam Newton.

Final game of the day will be in DC where the Greeen Bay Packers will travel to DC to face the Redskins.  That will be at 5:40pm at Fedex Field.  The prediction I have is that the Packers will be eliminated the Redskins will be advance to face Carson Palmer in the Supersitions 
 

AFC Playoff Prediction Wild Card prediction

While Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are having beers to see who they will face in the divisional round.  

First game you have the Kansas City Chiefs #5 vs Houston Texans #4 will play at 4:35 CT in Houston.  I am predicting that Kansas City win against the Houston Texans.  Will face Tom Brady next week.  


Final game is at 9:15 ET in Cincinnati where the Pittsburgh Steelers #5 will play Cincinnati Bengals.  I am predicting that Pittsburgh will advance and head to Mile High next and play Peyton Manning.  

We shall see how this will work.  

Vote yes Upper Kittitas County EMS Levy good idea on February 9th, 2016

This levy for emergency medical services for Upper Kittitas County Hospital District 2 help continue to pay for the operating expenses of providing ambulance services for the Northern half of Kittitas County that is a large area from Snoqualmie Pass to the west to Thorp to the east and south with Blewitt Pass and Liberty to the north.  With a quarter of your pocket per a $1,000 in property assessment value from the county property assessor.  The average property in Cle Elum is $190,000 you pay $22.50 every six month meaning you pay $45.00 a year which is a bargain to provide emergency transport for the whole district.

Change of guard at Cle Elum Mayors Office

According to the Northern Kittitas County Tribune fresh of the press today.  Cle Elum mayor transitioned from Charlie Glondo who served from 2003-2015 for three four year term served consecutively.  Now it is Jay McGowan who actually looked like my Dad with a I am sure a Phil Robertson and Si Robertson personality.  You have to funny personality in public service and patience kind of raising children or supervising employees.  However just remember Cle Elum the Mayor and City Council or any government board appointed or elected whether gets a salary or volunteer they serve to listen to you.  There is a procedure they must by their city charter they have.  Unless you are invited as an agenda item or request to be an agenda item.  Usually most municipality have a period where residents can voice their concerns usually average is 3 minutes that average in most towns in America. If you go over the council president or mayor who ever has the gavel. Cle Elum that is the mayor.  This blog congrats Jay McGowan for stepping up to the plate to be mayor he took that job on my 44th birthday last Wednesday on December 30th.  We thank Charlie Glondo for his service.  Last Tuesday, January 5, 2016 while I was giving a hand to Charlie at his business I thanked him for his service and he told me with Jay's experience of 27 years at the Cle Elum City Council meetings.  Each person even they have worked together has different management styles.  Remember the mayor is the chief executive of the city since Cle Elum like most cities has this type of government unless the city choose to have their charter through the voters to have a council-manager type government.  Jay will have a different approach then Charlie and city supervisors will have to get use to it.

We wish Seattle lone socialist Jim McDermott Congressman luck in retirement

Jim McDermott Seattle Socialist Congressman.  Jim has been involved in state politics as a representative starting in 1971.  Then he has been Seattle's Congressman since 1989.  Due to redistricting in 2013 he lost the International District and Columbia City area of Seattle to Adam Smith gained Edmonds north of Seattle and Burien and Normandy Park south of Seattle.  This blog salutes his retirement and hand the seat to the next socialist.  My conservative friends this does not open a gain unlike the 6th Congressional 4 years ago where we could find a possible Republican against Derek Kilmer from Gig Harbor to possibly overturn this seat this still could happen there.  This area is a complete socialist unless the Pacific Northwest Progressive city suddenly has common sense not going to happen sorry dude.  

Let's call this awesome Cle Elum landmark after a great local teacher

Cle Elum you have an awesome landmark which this awesome community has performances.  Robert Michel Nevills who actually like to be called Mike.  He taught many years in Cle Elum High School in Social Studies, Drama and English from the 1970's to around the 2000's.  He was most relaxed during my last quarter of Senior Year in Drama. The Vogue Theatre was actually his idea.  I am glad to see another teacher who was my Senior Class advisior Jim Miller continuing his work by directing local performances.  Let's keep the name the Vogue Theatre but below the name put the name Robert Michel Nevills below the Vogue in honor his commitment to the local Theater and Arts in the Upper Kittitas County.  Today, January 5, 2016 while sitting at a Dairy Queen with my dad I found that my late Granddad Marion's organ that use to be in the Living Room when you came into the main living room at my Grandma's house.  That organ was donated to the theater.  Top picture was in 1923 this theater was build originally as the Lane Theatre. 

You must be in Cle Elum

If you see a person cross nearly half way across to cross the street.  You must be in Cle Elum.  Due to large streets if the merchants does not plow the sidewalk you see them walk on what most cities would be the sidewalk on First Street.  You must be in Cle Elum.  

If a local or someone does a good deed ask where you offers you a ride.  Then you offer to pay.  They refuse your money.  You must be in Cle Elum. this bit also works for Ellensburg too actually.  

People very most friendly even the dog unless you piss of the dog's owner.  You must be in Cle Elum. 

If you see someone who is helping someone who is struggling to load an item in their vehicle without being asked or will help push vehicle out of the ditch or stuck on tires.  You must be in Cle Elum.  

If you see people not use the push walk sign on to cross the street on the South side of the Pennsylvania Avenue and First Street.  You must be in Cle Elum.  

If you hear or see snowmobiles running on Railroad Avenue single file.  You must be in Cle Elum.



In short story I hope you enjoy this Cle Elum version of You might be a Redneck.  Cle Elum and Roslyn is where I graduated high school I will always along with the Snoqualmie Valley towns of  North Bend and Snoqualmie my actual hometown.   

Twenty years ago on January 5, 1996, Jeff Foxworthy went on stage in front of the nation with the comedy routine called You must be a Redneck.  This made him a star. 

Anchorage Mayors Office and City Clerks needs to quit playing politics with referendums

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku_HAXLFEA8

 When you get elected to office or appoint to a office that deals with the public like a municipal clerk or an attorney.  You serve the taxpayers of that jurisdiction.  In my home state that is an elected official know as a County Clerk in some municipalities have an elected position called a city clerk.  Maybe Anchorage need to have elected city clerk and city attorney.  My adopted home town of Cle Elum and Seattle is the city attorney is elected to a 4 year tern why not Anchorage?.  Maybe Anchorage needs to have their Municipal Clerk elected not appointed by the Assembly.  You have two referendums that have been submitted for signatures one is the LGBT Ordinance and the other is legalize Uber.  If citizens want a voice they should have it.  Bernadette Wilson who recently was fired by KFQD because they want to become a progressive radio station.  Want evidence look at the Anchorage Mayors race why did KFQD not throw out Casey Reynolds for being rude to Amy Demboski.  Dave O'Malley a friend of mine has submitted language to allow a competitive taxi service.  The real reason Anchorage Taxi Cab permits owners do not like Uber.  It allows the driver to be the owner cutting out the middle man.  The current taxi system in Anchorage is not working.  New Years Eve, PFD time between October and November more customers than cabs.  Anchorage has plenty of business.  Uber proved it.  Guess what Uber drivers were nicer than Alaska Yellow Cab and Anchorage Checker Cab driver that is a factoid.  When Uber left those driver started acting rude all again.  Uber makes drivers nice.  You do not want to be nice to customers then customers will go to drivers that are.  Most cab drivers are nice that is a fact.  I have a few confrontations with a few drivers been idiots.  Here is what the referendum needs to say for the LGBT initiative.  Should Anchorage AO 2015-96 (S) become law yes or no.  Vote yes you support ordinance.  Vote no you do not support it.  It worked for the recent Anchorage Ordinance 2013-37.  Even conservatives like Amy Demboski and myself felt people should vote on it.  In November 2014 people voted no.  Big Labor won.  In 2012 58 percent said no LGBT ordinance.  Put these on the ballot are you afraid Anchorage Taxicab Permit Owner Association that Uber might outspend you.  I am sorry it sucks to have an even playing field.  Liberals talk about equality unless it does not go there way then they do not want a level playing field.  Arben Lena saying quacks like a duck.  Yes Uber is a taxi your idea has not worked for over 40 years in Anchorage why not.  Are you afraid they might better than you.  Competition makes business.  Uber is good for Anchorage.  Anchorage can have up to 400 cabs guess what still enough business pal.  This pie crap is garbage you know.  You have a former dispatcher that agrees Uber and common sense taxi driver who want to have their own business.  That is the American and Alaskan way.  Guess what ATPOA your days are number when Uber initiative buy the way.  Uber may have gotten in trouble with the State of Alaska.  Guess what maybe they should go after Alaska Yellow Cab and Anchorage Checker Cab for the same garbage they did Uber.  Uber was following the law.  They were going have a dispatch center here in Anchorage not run it from San Francisco they added jobs.  In every major market they have a call center.  They have call centers in Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane and Boise as soon as the politicians quit screwing around in Portland one there.  Uber will employ up to 50 people as call takers and dispatchers.  Local drivers would have a local person to talk to in an emergency.  That was the concern I had too.  If an Uber driver got shoot like back in 1999 you had three Alaska Cab shootings.  In 2001 Alaska Cab became the first technology provider.  These call takers would be more like local experts if they say a destination not on the app.  You can email the person.  They call the person send the cab there.  Uber shows up.  No more sending 10 cabs to Tudor Road Bingo and only 2 show up because the dispatch companies put out a general message you see the same message.  If 6 customers want a cab at Tudor Road Bingo you send six cabs period.  The dispatch companies call it high traffic or problem area.  Really called discrimination based where the call is.