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Earlier this week, I had asked Darcy Burner about the possibility of running for the “caretaker seat” in the first legislative district. Of course she’s not going to readily answer me, no thanks to Dwight Pelz and his decision to try a fireside chat with the slew of democrat candidates that didn’t work. Then for added effect we have the wicked backlash of sour grapes on the whole thing. I’m almost ashamed to say that I’m a democrat because it truly looks like we can’t get our crap together, which is furthest from the truth people.

The point of all this blather? Oh yes, Burner is running and she’s gained all sorts of bonus points for standing up to Pelz on it. Don’t get me wrong. I love Pelz my own self but often we agree to disagree. I think it’s all part of being that melting pot called the Washington State Democrats.

In just as exciting news, I received an email in the inbox stating I had won my precinct committee officer election because no one contested me. I’m going to quote my email because I’m so excited.

The office you filed for will not appear on Snohomish County’s August 7, 2012 Primary ballot.  You are considered elected to the Precinct Committee Officer (PCO) position as a result of being the only person to file for the position for your party in your precinct.

It’s so much nicer than this story isn’t it? A fairly easy process to use my voice has arrived in Washington state and I don’t have to threaten to kick some Pelz butt anymore.

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I should just call this my annual homage to Roy Runyon. I met him a few years back at a 26th LD democrats meeting and he always has the best stories to share. I think one of his best stories was the push to have residents of the city of Bremerton be able to raise chickens. Fresh eggs are so tasty and good for you. I thought his idea was grand.

The other night at the Bremerton city council meeting his original proposal was up on the agenda again but because residents were asking for the ability to raise more chickens. Sounds like your average Bremerton city council meeting yes? Oh no, it wasn’t for someone had taken the time to buy each council member chicken and a biscuit from Popeye’s chicken. I kid you not. They also added a note that said “Let’s talk chicken!” It sounds like something I would do, purely for the look on the council’s face and because Popeye’s is the shiznit, but it wasn’t me. However, I found out the parties involved and oh the laughter. It made the humor even richer, that it did.

(aside: Roy Runyon is also the only Bremerton city council member that I know who used to have his own Wikipedia entry. It’s since been removed. Bummer.)

In the election front I present you this great picture.

You thought *I* had grammar issues. Grammar gone bad can happen anywhere and thanks to NW Progressive for this story.

In other unrelated news, I’m gonna go give Jay Inslee a dollar right now. Read more about that here. Wait, it’s Jay Inslee. I might have to go all out and give up TWO dollars. Someone needs to bring this state back from the dead and he’s my best choice on that.

Last but not least, today is the anniversary of Mt St Helens. When she exploded in a mess of trees and ash and muck I was camping with my girl scout troop at MacDonald park in Carnation, Washington. However, my true hero during that whole time was Harry Truman. I loved watching the nightly newscasts for updates on his decision to stay at Spirit Lake. It impressed me so much as a youngster because he was someone who was standing up for his home and his beliefs. I admired him and still do to this day.

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Read this blog entry. Please. It’s one of my favorites written by Charlie Bermant. I forgot to mention yesterday that, as always, I missed him during Washington state filing week. The tears are rolling down my slightly sunburnt face just thinking of the Bermant humor during filing week.

(Really written to test my blog as I’m doing maintenance work. Entirely honest though. I’ve heard Bermant’s written/writing a book or something. Hopefully he’ll drop a comment about that…)

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I started out my week by filing for Precinct Committee Officer here in Snohomish County. I achieved this by filing online while watching the Springer show. This week is filing week in Washington state and all of us potential elected people are submitting our paperwork.

I discovered much more about Dow Constantine than I really cared to. I adore Dow and hope things work out for him. On the other hand, thank heavens it’s not like this guy here. Thank heavens indeed.

I have to share this awe inspiring story written by Steven Gardner. In short, stay classy Kitsap GOP.

Last but not least, such good news out of Mason County in that Randy Neatherlin is running for office. Stay tuned on that story, because I simply MUST have an interview with him and share his story with you. He’s truly an incredible friend in my world and I wish him the best of luck.

That’s my week so far. How’s yours going?

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Mom, my brain and my shoulders are all fried so yea, sorry I didn’t call. Oh that and I went camping this weekend too so there was no real phone reception to speak of. Sorry about that, but happy mother’s day to you. Love, your child hannie.

Now that we have the most important part of this entry out of the way, allow me to share with you that I indeed went camping this weekend. Wasn’t that sun and warmth so nice? Yes, it was.

To add to this great story, I also went phone free and used my actual camera to get pictures. I know, it was really rough for me because as you know, I live and breathe and sleep with my phone. Here’s some memorable thoughts from me from this past weekend. I’m doing this all from memory because again, I didn’t have my phone.

1. Smoke follows beauty, beauty was a horse and what the heck is all this smoke doing near me, the asthmatic one?

2. She who has patience gets the nicely roasted hotdog. See? So proud I am of this great accomplishment.

3. Camping is not the place for my body to refuse to cooperate. But I still had fun nonetheless.

4. OMG OMG OMG Darcy Burner is following me on the Twitter. I know, I should have used her site here where she’s running for Congress in the 1st congressional district, but she’s so accomplished. She’s so very smart and witty and really, please take a moment to read up on her.

5. I know, I said I was sans phone. Most of the time I was sans phone except for the aforementioned Darcy moment. Mom and I love her lots.

6. I slept. Lots. It was nice to get sound sleep without the sounds of north Everett all up and interrupting said sleep.

7. I put my toesies in the creek. It was so cold. And this is where I stop to honorDrew Nielsen who passed away this last weekend in a rafting accident. He’s an Everett city council person. I’m apologetic I never had the opportunity to meet him.

8. Just to make all y’all jealous, my boyfriend grilled me the best steak ever. It was so so tasty.

9. I got sunburnt a bit. However, it was so so nice to be out in the sunshine. What a beautiful weekend we had, yes?

That’s all I can really think of at the moment. I’m going to finish uploading my pictures now.

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Yesterday I was greeted at the Doctor’s Clinic in Everett with this fine piece of journalistic effort. You know, I need to wear shades everywhere I go in this county anymore because of the dire embarrassment factor going on. Perhaps I could click my heels three times and return to Kitsap County. No wait, they have their share of “faux pas” going on already.

In short, Byron Scherf who was the prisoner who confessed to the murder of a correctional officer in Monroe now states he won’t cooperate with the prosecutor’s office unless he has snacks. Does this whole story sound familiar to you? Of course it does. Just a few months back we were going through the trial of two people who had murdered three people and they too complained about snacks. Seriously. It’s starting to sound like the Snohomish County Jail has turned into the La Quinta Inn. Lemme go grab those shades and put them on right now.

In other news, the Aaron Reardon investigation has been turned over to the Island County prosecutor. The investigation was given to Island County due to conflict of interest here in Snohomish County. Reardon, as you recall, is our own very version of John Edwards except that he doesn’t have a love child we’re aware of.

I simply must go put my shades on. I must.

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Remember back when I first moved here to Everett and was complaining about that smell?

The story of Cedar Grove composting continues. I know, it’s like the story that never ends. However, here’s something interesting about this new chapter in the saga.

The other week when I was at my local precinct caucus I ran into no other than Jackie Minchew. I had met Minchew previously working on his campaign for Everett city council and courtesy of Chad Shue. Shue writes a blog called The Left Shue that I really enjoy reading.

Anyways, I still consider myself new to Everett so I had to ask Minchew his thoughts on this whole Cedar Grove thing. Remember about a year ago I was gagging and crying here late at night. He reminded me of living downwind of such things like feedlots. The more I listened to him and his point of view, I realized that perhaps I hadn’t considered the full scope of things in writing my original post. Like the idea that although there is a smell from time to time, it’s the smell of jobs. It’s the smell of composting which makes our earth healthier and greener in the end. Sure, it is not the best smell, but it’s a smell that is helping our community. As long as it’s done legally and with minimal impact to further destruction of our earth, well it can’t be too too bad can it?

That’s the thing about making friends with fellow democrats and such. They sometimes really help me to see where I cannot see beyond my own two feet. If you’re reading Jackie, as always great to see you and hope to catch up with you again.

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It’s been a while hasn’t it? I moved to the 38th legislative district. I like to say “I’m on loaner” because as we all know, the 26th legislative district is our home.

I digress. This new story about you leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth. It does.

First off, please let it be known that I have such high hopes for you. I hope that soon you’re going to bust out with this incredible bill that’s gonna put Port Orchard on the uber coolness map. These guys in Gig Harbor deserve no more credit for this. Don’t get me wrong, I like Gig Harbor alright and all, but we really need to put Port Orchard on the map of cool.

We have a tendancy to disagree, especially when it comes to issues like this. I get that. We agree that we sorely need revenue for the state of Washington. I got that. However I think there’s something a little more sinister about this “let’s rename stuff” action of yours.

Because it’s HAPPENED BEFORE LEST WE FORGET.

I know I’ve really gotten low but I’m not done. What happens if the local religious groups come up with enough money to name something? It’s money just like say, Starbucks or Boeing could cough up.

I know that yes, you could argue it down and say “Hannie honey, now you try to come up with innovative ideas to get some transportation revenue going on and you KNOW how dreadful the Tacoma Narrows tolls are for our constituency!!” You have me there, Jan. No one wants new taxes, not by a long shot. I do give you an A+ for creativity. I just sorta question the reasoning behind a move like this.

Love, hannie

p.s. Here’s my idea for a successful rest of time in your position. Take on a really good cause like my people at Frances Haddon Morgan and keep fighting for them. Make sure they get all the help and service we can give them and other places throughout the state like them. Make this happen. You can’t change the past but you can make the future shine like gold.

p.p.s Mom (who is a registered voter currently living in the 26th legislative district) was the one who called me to make sure I heard about this story and wrote to it. Blame mom if you really want to blame someone. Bah, I would have written this regardless. Don’t blame her, my bad.

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as we celebrate the magic turning of hannie’s musings over to the numeral of 10. When I first started long long ago, I thought I would just keep the same number. Then I thought I’d change it any old time I did some updating and maintenance. I figured that people would figure out how behind the times I was, so I opted to just change the version whenever I felt like it. Long story short, there’s no real rhyme or reason to my numerical system in the title of my blog. Ten however is a pretty good number, so celebrate with us as we’ve reached a milestone in the hannie world.

I hope that you enjoy the new looks and prettiness of the hannie blog. As always, please drop comment below if something doesn’t work. Thanks to Mom, you can now comment again. She called me yesterday to tell me I had a messed up design and so I fixed it. Sorry Mom, I’m keeping the math spam thingie. I sort of call it my homage to the old joke of “you know, so and so took the sk math course so that’s why I got the wrong amount of change in my hand.” And yes, everyone, Mom DOES read my blog. I even let WordPress know this when getting my account fixed this morning. All things go, we’re green light go here, and please enjoy. Real stories to come this year. Thanks for reading and as always, if you’re not registered to vote for this upcoming election, you can do so right here.

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