If you were wondering, why I haven’t posted in a week or so, it’s because I have been attending the Association of Washington Cities – Annual Conference in Yakima, WA. It was without a doubt the best AWC Conference I have attended since started I was elected in 2004 – The City … Continue reading
Don’t listen to all the naysayers – like Barack Obama – who try to convince you that drilling for oil here or sinking a well there will only impact the price of gas at the pump by “a few pennies a gallon,” and won’t have any impact for many years … Continue reading
While liberal media types pooh pooh the notion that increased oil exploration and eventual production will ease the oil crisis, and, bewilderingly, hold out hope at the same time – for thirty years and counting – that solar and wind energy will really amount to something/anything some day – this … Continue reading
Dear Friends: After 12 years of faithful service, my good friend and colleague Councilman Al Hubert from Toppenish has decided to step down from the Yakima County EMS Trauma Care Council, and he nominated me to serve as his replacement. On May 21, 2008 the Yakima Valley Conference of Governments General … Continue reading
Had a great opportunity to attend the 25th Anniverary of DNS Roundtable discussion, one of the major issues was PITMA’s. If you don’t know what a PITMA is you need to, here is a blog article on the subject. http://myaxcess.com/blogs/jimr/archive/2008/06/11/if-it-looks-like-a-duck-and-quacks-like-a-duck-then-it-must-be-a-duck-unless-it-s-a-pitma.aspx
I had the opportunity (and pleasure) to attend a Roundtable Discussion this morning with some of the most well known Domain Name System (DNS) Experts in the world, including Dr. Paul Mockapetris (inventor of DNS), Cricket Liu (author of many DNS books, including DNS and BIND.), Paul Vixie and Paul … Continue reading
[media: link=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K7wpatALDQ”] I had the opportunity to watch the world premier of The King of Kong today (yes I know it’s been out for quite some time.) To say I was little disappointed in Billy Mitchell is an understatement. For those of you saying who is Billy Mitchell? He is/was … Continue reading
I get tired of hearing how many of the immigrants in this country feel that they are not being treated fairly. It bothers me that instead of wanting to become citizens of this country through proper channels, they would prefer to change/buck the system so that it works better for … Continue reading
I have always believed it is mankind’s responsibility to give back more than they receive. 1st Battalion 506th Infantry (AIRBORNE – AIR ASSAULT) Currahee Brotherhood Lifetime Member Association of Washington Cities Board of Directors (District 4) Board Member Association of Washington Cities Legislative Committee Member Grid Network Computing Project Member HTML … Continue reading
First, let me apologize for the rules; however please understand that I get hundreds of e-mails daily, and although I do my best to answer all of them, it’s sometimes difficult. More often than not, the e-mail is a request for some sort of support; or has been answered elsewhere … Continue reading