July 31, 2004
Hanford plant
undergoes emergency shutdown -News Tribune
Hundreds evacuated
in Eastern Washington wildfires -
King 5 News
July
30, 2004
ESA Challenged
in Congress and Supreme Court -LMNS
Property rights
advocates work to restore Oregon's Property Rights -
LMNS
Florida Aqua-farmers
Face Extinction -LMNS
Judge rules against
dam spill reduction - Report shows that move would endanger Snake River
chinook -
Spokesman-Review
Court ruling
favors fish over more electricity from river dams -
Seattle Times
Bloggers:
The new media or a fad? -
Seattle P-I
Port Angeles,
WA: Fluoride hearing concludes on contentious note -
PDN
July
29, 2004
Capitola Council
Downsizes New Homes Unhappy with Growing Number of Bigger Homes, Council
Adopts New Zoning Ordinances - The Mid-County Post
Scenic byways
are a global occurrence
- Brainerd Dispatch
Fluoride opponents
make their case to Port Angeles City Council -
PDN
July
28, 2004
State restricts
water from Little Spokane - 136 properties with ‘junior' water rights
lose supply - Spokesman-Review
Senior Leaders
Highlight Day One at Dem Convention -
Talon News
MORRISON:
Kerry's dance partners should concern property owners -
Opinion by Joyce Morrison for The Illinois Leader
11,400-Acre
Klamath Valley Ranch 'Protected' -Environmental
News Network
Opinion: Universal
mental health screening would be a waste of resources -
Illinois Leader
July
27, 2004
Judge faces a
fight for job - A challenger will try to unseat a Snohomish County jurist
whom lawyers often avoid -
The Daily Herald
Boise Cascade
selling timber and paper assets -Bloomberg
News/Seattle Times
July
26, 2004
Government
agency spends tax dollars on 'artist in residence'? We should pay attention
to New Zealand! TRACKSIDE
© by John D’Aloia Jr.
Farr co-authors
sweeping ocean bill
- Santa Cruz Sentinal
Partners and
Agendas -
by Jim Beers for Alliance for America
Conservationists
work to salvage forgotten prairies - Burning invasive plants, reseeding
all part of effort - The Columbian
Slow-down
offense: Can Gregoire hang on to win governor's mansion?
- AP
Minimum wage
hike waits in the wings -
Puget Sound Business Journal
Texas Speaker
Preaches Politics From the Pulpit -
Yakima-Herald
State DOT fined
$171,000 for destroying wetlands - Tax dollars move from one agency
to another -
King County Business Journal
Up from the ooze,
into the mud -- a brief history of American political evolution -WA
Post
July
25, 2004
Letter to the
Editor: Educate yourselves about presidential candidates
Kerry Trails
Bush in Electoral Votes -
AP
July
22, 2004
Lawmaker
says Wild Sky too big
- Wild Sky bill hits House roadblock-
The Daily Herald / Seattle Times
Regional EPA
director quits - He takes legal job in private sector -Spokesman-Review
Bill to Protect
Rare Cats Worldwide - U.S. taxpayers to fund international endangered
cats, dogs as listed by United Nations & Endangered Species Act
- LMNS
Does Anyone Have
a Flyswatter? - California city trying to provide land for 'flyways'
for the benefit of endangered flies -
LMNS / Press-Enterprise
July
22, 2004
Environmentalists
File Record Number of Lawsuits
- LMNS
S. 2543 -
National Heritage Partnership Act - Heads to Full Senate - Property
rights advocates argue against the bill -
LMNS
July
21, 2004
One family’s
history of the Hoh River Valley and changes from yesterday to today
from Marilyn Lewis, Hoh River Valley
Land-use wars
brewing in rural King County
- King 5 News
Citizens'
Alliance for Property Rights - speaking out against the Critical Areas
Code in King County
Letter to the
Editor: Why stem-cell research?
Archbishop
warns Catholic politicians on abortion - Supporters' view at odds with
faith, Brunett says -
Seattle P-I
The truth about
global warming - it's the Sun that's to blame -
UK Telegraph News
July
20, 2004
WA: Wild Sky
bill has Sax worried - The Republican county councilman will testify
this week before Congress -
The Herald
Wild Sky Wilderness
Proposal -Letter to the Editor from Sharon Shumate
WA: Stevens
County planners get time for study - Commissioners again impose six-month
development moratorium -
Spokesman-Review
WA: Pierce County
revamps habitat rules - Over 600 pages of proposed ordinances up for
review -
The News Tribune
Recent Congressional
Votes - July 2004
Internet Explorer
besieged by hackers and critics -
Seattle Times - RELATED
STORY: Is
another MSBlast attack on its way?-ZDNet
Pastors working
to register voters -King
5 News
Hood Canal Bridge
work will sever crucial traffic link
- Bremerton Sun
Judge denies
Republican lawmakers intervenor status in marriage definition lawsuit
- Longview
Daily News
Deadly Fairfax
Fire Shows Growing Peril - Fire experts say houses built too close together
highlight danger -
WA Post
July
19, 2004
How treaties
trump the Constitution by
Henry Lamb for News with Views
National Governors
Conference Begins -
KOMO News
Pumas versus
humans - Reintroducing dangerous animals where they no longer exist
-TRACKSIDE
© by John D’Aloia Jr.
Oroville council
OKs miners' rally -
Omak Chronicle
Car tab refunds
postponed -
News Tribune
Attorney general
strains to withhold public information -
Opinion, The News Tribune
July
16, 2004
Sump endorses
Kretz for State Representative - Long time legislator notes Kretz as
the best choice for the Seventh District
Rossi: Business
climate 'terrible' -
The Columbian
Surrender
to Wildfire
New Texas Wildlife
Refuge in the Planning Stages -
ENS
State rejects
Premera Blue Cross' for-profit plan- Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler
issued ruling - Seattle Times
Premera case
highlights lack of competition in region. Options limited for health
care -
Opinion by Spokesman-Review
Stormwater,
Sequim UGA top list of planning recommendations -
Sequim Gazette
Firefighters
will let some blazes burn this summer -
Reno Gazette-Journal -
along with reader comments, letters to the editor and related stories
State study
revives idea of new Western Washington highway -
Seattle Times
July
15, 2004
Mount Rainier
Park can add 800 acres, Senate panel says -
News Tribune
It takes
a tree-hugger to raze a forest
- Editorial, Seattle Times
Separating
Church and State by
Fred Gielow f or eco-logic Powerhouse
Where will we
get our food? by
Joyce Morrison for eco-logic Powerhouse
Nethercutt
opposes constitutional change to ban gay marriage -
Seattle Times
Verdi, Nev.:
Kerry proposes $100 million for Forest Restoration Corps
- News Tribune
How to Eat
an Elephant: "Think Globally, Act Locally" by
Betty Freauf for News with Views
July
14, 2004
FREEDOM 21
National Conference opens in Reno, July 21-24 - News
with Views
Voting Machine
Critics Rally Across U.S. - Voting Machine Critics Rally
Across the Nation, Seeking Paper Trail by November
- ABC News
Decision on
washed-out Dosewallips rebuild pits environmentalists against local
economy -PT Leader
Juy
13, 2004
Marching
under a socialist flag - Smart Growth, via the GMA, erodes private property
rights in Washington stateby
Henry Lamb for News with Views
Buffer debate
returns - A proposed critical areas ordinance renews debate over the
need for buffers to protect fish and wildlife
- Bremerton Sun
ACTION ALERT:
S. 2543 - the National Heritage Partnership Act Committee Vote Wednesday
- Liberty Matters News Service
Bush plans
to relax 'roadless rule' - Governors could get wilderness areas opened
to development -
San Francisco Chronicle
Plan expands
national forest logging - States would have to petition for protection;
proposal miffs conservationists -
The Olympian
July
12, 2004
Tax deduction
limited - A proposed deduction for sales tax on federal income taxes
would apply to people who itemize their deductions. Only one-third of
Washington residents do so - The Olympian
Double-digit
growth in health-care rates expected for 2005 - Early
results of a survey of health insurance providers show that rates will
increase by double digits again in 2005, though at a lower rate than
last year - Puget Sound Business Journal
The truth
about Canada's ailing health-care system -Opinion
for The Seattle Times
July
9, 2004
Forest Service
offering policy of putting up off-road blocks - Concerned
about environmental damage, the government plans to restrict where vehicles
can leave the beaten forest path -The
Oregonian
Hoh valley residents
not happy with new neighbor -
Owners balk at Western Rivers Conservancy, Hoh River
Trust's involvement with river -
Forks Forum
DCD director fires
county planning manager
- Sequim Gazette
Nation's economy
on track for best growth in 20 years -News
Tribune
Crabbers will
vote again on federal buyout plan - Boat owners to decide on same issue,
but with corrected figures -
Seattle P-I
Urban-rural split
divides officials - Growth management debate ongoing -
Bremerton Sun
BPA plan for salmon
approved -Seattle
Times
July
8, 2004
Wheels of justice
slow down car-tab refunds to motorists -Seattle
Times
Smart Growth
Principles Achieved: Walkable Neighborhoods -
from EPA's website
Flow is slow,
Graham residents say -
News Tribune
Judge Punts Pygmy
Owl De-listing Decision to Fish & Wildlife Service -NAHB
July
7, 2004
Enviro report
sounds alarm on wilderness - The proposed Wild Sky Wilderness is one
of a dozen places considered in trouble by the Campaign for America's
Wilderness - The Herald
Everett's water
tops group's tap survey -
Everett Herald
Danger for
off-roaders in the Burro Mountains - Eco-terrorists trying to hurt people
with off-road areas strewn with nails, wires, says ATVer
- Silver City Daily Press
Open letter
to King County about Critical Areas Ordinance from
Julie K. Smithson
Full
ballot of initiatives makes filing deadline - I-884 education measure
in; Eyman-sponsored I-864 out -The
Olympian
July
6, 2004
Microsoft
security = oxymoron -Opinion,
News Tribune
County promises
more safety monitoring if city cuts off water to PUD,
while PUD slams city's
latest water contract offer -
PNN
Citizens'
Group Loses Pass-Through Appeal
- Yakima-Herald
Off road,
off limits -
King County Journal
July
4, 2004
State will
pay $325,000 in settlement with attorney -Tribnet
Developers
pray Christian video games succeed -
Tribnet
Sales tax, primary
likely on ballot -News
Tribune
Americans
to pay millions for UN's standing army
by Cheryl Chumley for News with Views
Black Rock Rally
Draws a Crowd
- Yakima Herald
US lawmakers request
UN observers for November 2 presidential election
- Yahoo News
July
2, 2004
Critters first
- humans considered last? TRACKSIDE
© by John D’Aloia Jr.
Everybody
Loses - Bill Aims to Increase Feds' Property Taxes -
Americans may be required to purchase an $85 pass before accessing any
public land -
LMNS
Environmentalists
Blame Bush for Babbitt Policy
- Critical-habitat benefits distorted, group claims -
Bush officials accused of trying to limit protected areas -LMNS/Denver
Post
July
1, 2004
Ducks top salmon
predator, study says - Seattle Times
Private Property
May Become Preserved -Fox News
Rossi calls for
crackdown on government red tape -
Longview Daily News
State visitors
can hide their guns -
Herald Tribune
'Top two' system
likely on fall ballot -News
Tribune
The Law of the
Sea Treaty - a Done Deal -
by Joan Veon, for News with Views
Pull the Plug on
the U.N. by
Henry Lamb for News with Views
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