As I reported on Saturday, a Public Disclosure Commission investigation confirmed that King County Republicans had committed major reporting violations during 2006 — the KCRCC filed 56 late reports, and failed to provide employer and occupation information for 90-percent of their big donors. In fact, the reporting violations were so numerous and so serious that PDC staff recommended referring the investigation to the state Attorney General’s office “because the remedies the Commission could impose statutorily are insufficient given the number and significance of the apparent violations.”
The Seattle Times David Postman picks up the story this morning on his blog, but I find it more than a bit surprising that our local papers have gone to press three times since the report was issued Friday afternoon, without a single column inch of coverage. Compare that to the amount of ink the Times alone devoted to similar reporting violations committed by the state Democratic Party:
- Dems admit mistakes to PDC
- Disclosure lapses cost state Democrats $150,000
- Panel: Punish Democrats for violations
- Agency slams Democrats for tardy reporting of campaign donations
- PDC says Democrats broke finance laws
And that wasn’t even an exhaustive search.
I’m just sayin’…
Roger you are an Al Goreaaaaaaaaaaaa lover is this true about Mr. Global Warmer? Maybe you should defend Mr. Old Growth why he flies around in a private jet polluting the planet.
Former vice-president and global warming guru Al Gore Jr. received more than $500,000 in royalties from the owners of zinc mines, according to a report on Tennessean.com.
The mine owners held mineral leases on Gore’s farm near Carthage, Tenn.
Before being shut down in 2003, the mines emitted thousands of pounds of toxic substances.
Reportedly, on several occasions, the water discharged from the mines into nearby rivers had levels of toxins above what was legal.
Now the mines have a new owner and are scheduled to reopen later this year.
Boy, this must be a reeeeeeeeeally sensitive subject for the wingers, if Klake saw fit to jump right in and change the subject.
Klake, here’s the part you’re missing: shut down in 2003
Do you not read and/or understand your own posts?
You’re so fucking stupid.
If a Republican falls in the forest . . . it means Mark Foley fell down and the teenage boy got away.
IOKIYAR
If we know anything at all, it’s that. Even to the “liberal” MSM.
The righties standard approach to truth is deflection. Just listen to any of the right wing hate radio types. As soon as someone proves the truth, and the truth always seems to bother Publicans, then the righties deflect.
They deflect using one of a few tried and true methods.
1) Change the subject
2) Point out an unrelated, old, allegedly true case where “Dems did it too.”
3) Cry voter fraud
4) Attack patriotism or character of their enemies
This is the standard approach used by all Publicans when faced with an INCONVENIENT TRUTH. In this case, the Publican party got caught cheating. No doubt, there are 1000s more cases where they DIDN’T get caught. But this time, we got em. And the Times has become a Publican organ so they are using deflection technique number one. Change the subject…in this case by ignoring it.
Must be that right wing bias the Seattle media is so famous for!
Well, that settles it for me.
If what you say is true, then all companies should be able to pollute as much or even more than Al Gore!
If Al Gore rides in vehicles and uses other ordinary conveyances, then it logically follows that global warming is a fiction.
And Tennesseean.com did state that they are non-partisan (even though they are a claque of trash collecting WingNutz (tm. So, it must be true!
I hate to appear cynical, but do you suppose conservative advertisers with big bucks want not only advertising space, but a say in what news is important and what isn’t?
Nahhhhhhhhh! The Blethen’s integrity is higher than a mere $$$$$ dollar sign!
gbs the piss ant you sure have lots of days off at burger king.hows that bad conduct discharge working out for you.
In 2008, some Democrat is going to win the Presidency even with all the SwiftBoating they can throw at every Democratic candidate.
The Republicans look and sound like crap this year. Every one of them is clinging to the same failed and/or rejected policies that made them famous. Won’t work.
The Dems issues a few years ago were of a like kind except that some fed race money was involved and the period of noncompliance was much shorter. The party and by party I mean central committee, placed another high level of review between when the mail is opened and the reports are sent and assumed to be in order. This oversite has solved the problem and though it comes with an opperating cost, it was the right response.
AS for KC GOP, they have long played fast and furious with the pdc laws and have been quick to launder money for the likes of Skip Rowley when he wanted to provide 90% of the funding for a slate of Issaquah city council races in 07 but not be identified as the funder.
THE SEATTLE TIMES FISH WRAPPER IS A REPUBLICAN PAPER BECAUSE OF BLETHEN’S OBSESSION WITH THE ESTATE TAX AND THE REPUBLICAN’S DESIRE TO SUCK UP TO ULTRA-WEALTHY TYPES WHO WANT TO BREED AN ARISTOCRACY. AS IF THEIR KIDS DIDN’T GET THE BEST OF EVERYTHING SOCIETY HAD TO OFFER THEM.
I’LL NEVER GIVE THAT PAPER A DIME, NOT A DIME. WHEN THEY CALL MY HOUSE, I HANG UP.
IF SOMEBODY WILL TELL ME THEIR BIGGEST ADVERTISERS, I’LL AVOID THOSE BUSINESSES AS WELL. HIT ‘EM WHERE IT HURT, IN THE POCKET BOOK.
FRANK, PAY YOUR TAXES OR SELL OUT TO KNIGHT-RIDDER.
Now who needs a WHAAAAAAmbulance?
Particle Man @ 13
Do you think that explains the thousands of dollars that the King County GOP dumped into each of several technically non-partisan Issaquah City Council races in 2005? (At the same time, the county GOP gave absolutely ZERO to the GOP candidate in heavily-Democrat King County Council District 2.)
When you cheat and lose, no one gives a damn. It is only successful cheaters who get vilified.
YO @ 11:
Everything in my life worked out better for me than it did for you.
Ask PacMan. Go on, I dare you. Ask him about my car keys. Ask him what type of cars they go to. (notice the pluralism) Ask him about the Crest I have on my keychain.
Go on. Ask him.
Dumb ass.
YOS the Socialist Democrat Party makes the biggest donation.
YOS LIB BRO says:
I’LL NEVER GIVE THAT PAPER A DIME, NOT A DIME. WHEN THEY CALL MY HOUSE, I HANG UP.
IF SOMEBODY WILL TELL ME THEIR BIGGEST ADVERTISERS, I’LL AVOID THOSE BUSINESSES AS WELL. HIT ‘EM WHERE IT HURT, IN THE POCKET BOOK.
FRANK, PAY YOUR TAXES OR SELL OUT TO KNIGHT-RIDDER.
03/19/2007 at 11:51 am
YOS LIB BROTHER:
Macy’s (formerly the Bon Marche) is by far their biggest advertiser.
I hear you about not taking the Seattle Times. I cancelled my subscription back in 2000 when the Times put its support behind Bush.
If you want to know who their advertiser’s are without paying any money, check their web site, or pick up a used paper in a coffee shop. Preferably a Sunday paper. That’s when they get the most advertisers.
GBS
Richard Pope @ 17
Skip Rowley is one of the states top GOP contributers over the past few years but has most of his financial interests in Issaquah including a large underdeveloped block of land on both sides of State Route 900 along I-90 and he is keenly interested in seeing a new road (the SE Bypass) built over in the SE corner of town as result of how that road will help his traffic concurency numbers. In that election, for every office their was a pro and con candidate and Rowley wrote huge checks to the KC GOP and an equal amount of money was given to those candidates or used for GOP robocalls focused on those races.
Over time the Rowley money in local and legislative races has become a negative and the KC GOP has been a willing partner in a wink wink coincidental flow through of cash to races he is interested in. Rossi in his second senate race got 15K from the KC GOP the same day they reported a 15K check from Rowley, as an example. In these more recent races a few of the candidates got something like 8-10K from Rowley via the KC GOP and raised only another $200 bucks or so and this in a town of less than 15,000 people.
Also Skip Rowley, Richard Sims, Rowley Enterprises, Kerry Mcgill are all Rowley entity officers and or family.
@20 KLAKE IS A NAZI.
ROGER, I’VE FINALLY COME AROUND TO YOUR VIEWPOINT. ALL ALONG I THOUGHT KLAKE WAS JUST A DRUNK, EASY TO IGNORE. SINCE HE’S JUMPED ON THE WAGON HIS JACKBOOTING HAS BECOME CLEAR.
THANK YOU GBS AND THANKFULLY I HARDLY EVER BOTHER WITH MACY’S. I SHOULDN’T BOTHER WITH NORDSTROM’S EITHER SINCE THAT FAMILY IS ALMOST AS BAD AS BLETHEN’S. UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S THE NICEST PLACE TO BUY SHOES AROUND HERE THAT I KNOW.
IF ANYONE KNOWS OF A BETTER PLACE WITH THE SELECTION AND SERVICE OF NORDSTROM’S LET ME KNOW.
MACY’S: YOU’RE ON NOTICE – DUMP FRANK!
“Compare that to the amount of ink the Times alone devoted to similar reporting violations committed by the state Democratic Party”
What do you expect from the Republican Times? This is a family-owned business worth $900 million, whose owners think the most critical issue facing America is the inheritance tax! You don’t think they’re going to jeopardize their advertising income from all the BIAW dues-paying homebuilders, do you?
@24 klake is too stupid to be an actual Nazi. That’s why I call him a “nazi” with a small “n”. But you’re right about one thing — he’s not just another street drunk. He mixes his booze with wingnut kool-aid, and has been in a persistent vegetative state for several years now.
Yo YOS @ 11\GBS @ 19
apparantly getting the discharge worked out well for GBS. not that it matters much to me as i have my own. anyway…..back to the subject at hand let’s not forget the republican agenda succeeded six years ago with the help of billions of corrupt dollars, and the famous party discipline that allowed them to pass so many extremist bills was the result of this corruption.
This is the most fiscally-irresponsible administration in American history, and vote-buying is the reason why. Every time a Republican starts to waver, Rove brings out the carrat-stick with the smell of a hundred thousand or more into his/her campaign fund. this vote-buying, shut-your-mouth crap is resulting in the unforgivable deficits. Talk about falling in the forest…I think its more like mount saint hellens erupting from the lava within.
man i love this country…….!!!!!!
oh yeah…one more thing…..
conservativism as we knew it is a thing of the past. Its been replaced by low taxes and militarism (which hasn’t been very successful). Fiscal responsibility and limited government are utterly gone. The Bill of Rights is nothing more than a historical document, a fading memory.
The past 6 years has proven that conservatives are no longer Republicans, they are now liberals, but I don’t really expect any of them to figure that out.
i am going to bed now. perhaps if i pray first i may have a decent dream. too late, i just changed he tv channel to who……. rove, exercising his 5th admendment right on the valerie plane question.
good night pleasant dreams and hello nightmares.