During the budget coup, Rodney Tom’s magical mystery majority relied on Pam Roach coming back into the GOP fold. And as you may remember, there were some issues.
In a letter obtained by The Seattle Times and others, an attorney for Republican Senate Counsel Mike Hoover contends Hoover has been the brunt of abuse from Roach for years. Allowing her back into the caucus — after she had been banned for past behavior — makes Hoover’s job with the Senate untenable, the attorney says.
“Mr. Hoover understandably has no faith that the caucus can or will take any steps to protect him or other staff from Senator Roach’s behavior in the future,” the attorney wrote in the letter to Secretary of the Senate Tom Hoemann.
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Roach, R-Auburn, was banned from her caucus in 2010 over her treatment of Hoover. She was able to vote but was barred from the caucus room where her colleagues discussed legislation, and she could not deal directly with caucus staff or counsel.
In an interview last month, she said she was allowed back into the caucus when she cast a key vote that allowed the Senate Republicans, with the help of three Democrats, to pass their own version of the state budget.
I assume the GOP would have kept her on no matter the situation. But this deal gives her more power, and more opportunities to abuse the staff.
We can pray that the whole “coalition” falls apart by March.
Carl, it would seem you are insinuating that our Republicans are crazy people unfit to govern. What could possibly go wrong?
Does Senator Roach ever indulge in self abuse?
It will be interesting to watch them fail.
re 4: Hmmmmnn….Yes. Yes it will be interesting to watch them fail — if I understand you correctly.
Hoover should carry a gun. There’s ample* precedent.** An armed society is a polite society.
* http://tinyurl.com/c877njn
** http://tinyurl.com/ceqcmrz
re 6: The ones with the armaments don’t seem particularly polite. They seem like loudmouff bullying jerks —
No! You don’t say! You mean like this guy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC_zrGwaoMM