Juveniles who fake their own kidnapping need to be punished severly and fined

Last month in August, 2012 we had a 16 year old girl named Viviana Gaspar Guerro from Mason County near Olympia who did not like the punishment her parents gave her.  She decided to run away triggering an Amber Alert.  She left her house making it look like a kidnapping.  Teenagers like her should be required to spend time in jail and pay fines for using first responder resources when a kidnapping never happened.  They waist the resources of first responders looking for someone who was never lost.  These juveniles who choose to do this should have to pay the complete cost of the operation and spend time in jail.  The juveniles parents will need to pay this penalty.  You should consider this like a false 911 call.

Anchorage Police looking for who set a fire at a loading dock at City Market Downtown

I want to apologize for not writing this blog sooner.  Mayor Dan Sullivan put this out in a Facebook message on June 28th.  Anchorage Police is looking for an idiot who decided to light a match at the New Sagaya Market at 9th Ave and I St in the SE Corner around 9pm, June 1st.  The idiot was wearing a dark jacket with reflective stripe across the shoulders and a dark ball cap.  If anyone was around that area near New Saguya Market around 9th Ave and I St on June 1st, 2012 around 9pm.  Please call Anchorage Police Department dispatch at (907) 786-8900 or Anchorage Crime Stoppers at (907) 561-STOP (7867) or The Arson Hot line at (907) 267-5060.  Let's catch this moron before he strikes again.

Retired Alaska Superintendents should be allowed to be charge of an Alaskan school district on a temporary basis

School Districts in my hometown state of Washington have the option of having a retired superintendent run the school district for one year while they look for a really good superintendent.  Alaska should allow a school district to tap a retired superintendent if a school district needs a superintendent.  This allows the school district to get a great quality of superintendents.  Washington Education Association does not penalize the retired superintendents pension while they run the school district for one year.

Alaska needs to have the top two election system in selecting candidates

Alaska needs to be the next state to adopt the top two election system.  This is the fairest election system it puts the people in charge of the elections not the political parties which is what Alaska was founded on the blanket primary window.  The candidate regardless of party gets selected.  This also prevents races from being decided in the primary.  Many legislative races were decided in a party primary where top two means the two candidates regardless of political party advance.  Their were many races that should be a general election battle instead.  Top Two is the fairest way please tell your lawmakers in Alaska you want the top two primary election system.  My home state of Washington State in 2008 has used the top two election system has worked very well and Louisiana has been using it for years and it works very well.

Time to break up the Washington Department of Social and Health Services

Hopefully the State Senate will help  Auburn State Senator Pam Roach in breaking up this agency since Mike Armstrong was defeated recently in an election.  This is the largest agency in Washington State when someone attempted to take scissors to this agency the State Employee association tells you to go to hell.  The last governor may she rest in peace was a Democrat Governor named Dixie Lee Ray actually address this problem too bad a volcano named Mt St. Helens to remove her from office good thing John Spellman defeated current Seattle communist congressman Jim McDermott in 1980.  The prison system became its own agency.  Now in this monster agency we the following agencies inside they are Public Assistance, Washington State Basic Health (DennyCare) my pet name for this after former 3rd legislative district state representative Dennis Dellwo was in charge of the health care committee during its creation.  Good thing Spokane 6th district did not elect him, Child Protective Services, Mental Health Services.  Juvenile Correction Facilities like Echo Glen in my hometown of Snoqualmie Valley are in this agency.  Now with the recent Powell family tragedy in Pierce County where Chuck and Susan Powell lost both grand children and many other bad stories of children dead due to bloated bureaucracy.  Let's create the following separate agencies have the Department of Social and Health Services RIP hopefully in 2016.  Division of Economic Assistance which will replace the Public Assistance Division.  Washington State Basic Health we can repeal that or at least have faith based organizations take over this.  Child Protective Services let's rename this the Department of Children and Family Services require that first responders be on the advisory board have one mental health professional, two police officers, one legislator from each political party or representative from each political party over the decision of this agency which will give an annual report to the state legislature and the governor.  Mental Institutions like Western State Hospital in Steliacom and Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake can sold to Spokane and Pierce Counties.  Mental Health services should be a county problem not state problem.  Rainer School in Buckley can be sold to the White River School District to do what ever it wishes you can transfer all these residence to the counties they came from again this is a county problem not a state problem.  Juvenile correctional facilities can be transferred to the Department of Corrections that is what a lot of states do.  We need to give Governor Jay Inslee as much of a headache as possible make him see the light or show him the door in 2017.

It is time to create separate public ferry transit agencies to replace the Washington State Ferry system

In 1952 the Washington State government bought the Washington State Ferry system when state rescued the state ferry system from a company that was failing know as Black Ball Transit.  Now for the past 60 years the state has owned the ferry system sometimes at a loss.  Recently they decided to discontinue the direct route from Seattle to Kingston.  This will add time to a customer going directly from Kingston to Seattle.  We could ask Kitsap and San Juan Counties to take over the ferry system create a separate public agencies know as Kitsap and San Juan Ferries or can sell each route separately.  Create a separate regional ferry authority known as Puget Sound Ferry Authority. 

We need to include federal law enforcement experience in top level police administration in Washington State

I guess now that Spokane mayor David Condon has selected a police chief now those running for the legislature when in January 2013 when your elected to the legislature can you include federal experience in high level law administration.  I believe that Frank Straub the new Spokane Police chief can be very up to speed by just reading Spokane Municipal Code and Washington State Public Safety Code without having to go through a state law enforcement training.  This demotes him to a rookie.  Mayor David Condon selected to be in charge not equal to the officers he is in charge off.  Please allow federal law experience to count as state law experience please make it retroactive to 2011 so Frank Straub can be covered through this.