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Bill Collins is very well respected in Olympia and his analysis is spot-on. No word yet from Mayor Nickels...

Sounds like quite the crowd! Looking forward to it.

Send WA DOL an email, use the phrase "pursuant to the public disclosure act ..." and you should get an answer fairly quickly.

Anywhere you know and like your neighbors, and where the feeling is mutual. The rest can be taken care of in due time.

IIRC it is an internal classification and a secondary assignment (there is one at every office of any size since they all have to qualify quarterly). Which means you are going to need to take a trip to Quantico as a student if you want this one. :D

You are welcome. I enjoy the privilege of living in the equivalent of a semi-rural area near a very large city. Most of us moved here because we wanted a safe place to raise our kids and with great schools. Admittedly, we are very much a self-selected bunch (it was interesting to me that folks...

That is a major factor in where I now live. Titan6 - The neighborhood "map" started life as an .xls file but THR doesn't like them. I've converted it to a word table and "pinched" the columns to get them to fit. Reformat as needed, or paste it back into Excel to work with it as you wish...

Last year my island hired an emergency planning coordinator who used a variation on this theme. He encouraged every neighborhood to organize and create a neighborhood preparedness plan. We inventoried our skills (engineers, doctor, ...), assets (generators, tools, etc.), and made a plan for...

And I thought you were trying to kick that Weatherby habit of yours - I guess cold-turkey didn't work... :D

Early mortar, no?

Having worked for a state Attorney General for a number of years I have little doubt that the US Attorney General gets a copy of every brief being filed at the US S.Ct. far in advance of filing. I cannot imagine this administration not discussing the matter in the White House prior to a filing...

A backpack also provides some spine protection, a factor to consider if you ride a lot.

+1 for "The Road" It's as grim a post-apocalyptic tale as I've ever read. I resisted posting a review since I only recall three firearms in it, but it makes just about everything else out there in that genre read like a fairy tale. You may not "enjoy" it, but you will appreciate it.

Hey now Will, I resemble that remark! There are at least a couple hundred of us not-so-rural, used-to-be rednecks on BI (sunscreen, it's a good thing, and not just for necks). :D As for our WA & Seattle electeds (a couple of whom are former employers), I concur that nothing will change...

Buy a pair of the small, relatively cheap muffs that have the headband that can curve around them for storage. They store compactly and fit small heads. My daughter is noise sensitive and I got them for her to wear when I'm working with power tools and she's about. I figure it can't hurt to...