Comments on: City of Kirkland one of 68 public agencies named in PDC complaint http://www.kirklandviews.com/archives/19151/ KIRKLAND NEWS | Daily news for the City of Kirkland, WA Sun, 20 May 2012 22:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian Tucker http://www.kirklandviews.com/archives/19151/#comment-63083 Brian Tucker Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:05:57 +0000 http://www.kirklandviews.com/?p=19151#comment-63083 $28K-$90K/year. Out of a budget of $Millions. Yawn. Probably lost in the rounding on the City's books.<br>And we have no idea for what purpose the CoK hired the two lobbyists, much less if it was for "bigger government". Maybe they hired them to push for "smaller government", or "more Saturdays every week"? Did the EFF bother to ask, or is it easier to convict by insinuation and assumption? Of course, if they didn't engage with Olympia and some State law or regulation came down on detrimentally on Kirkland's residents, there'd be a hue a cry about "why didn't anyone lobby Olympia?"<br>An axe to grind, to be sure, if you have that sort of time on your hands... $28K-$90K/year. Out of a budget of $Millions. Yawn. Probably lost in the rounding on the City's books.
And we have no idea for what purpose the CoK hired the two lobbyists, much less if it was for “bigger government”. Maybe they hired them to push for “smaller government”, or “more Saturdays every week”? Did the EFF bother to ask, or is it easier to convict by insinuation and assumption? Of course, if they didn't engage with Olympia and some State law or regulation came down on detrimentally on Kirkland's residents, there'd be a hue a cry about “why didn't anyone lobby Olympia?”
An axe to grind, to be sure, if you have that sort of time on your hands…

]]> By: Ann B. http://www.kirklandviews.com/archives/19151/#comment-63080 Ann B. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:48:43 +0000 http://www.kirklandviews.com/?p=19151#comment-63080 I certainly do not want my tax dollars to pay for lobbyists, whether I agree with them or not. I certainly do not want my tax dollars to pay for lobbyists, whether I agree with them or not.

]]> By: Scott St. Clair http://www.kirklandviews.com/archives/19151/#comment-63077 Scott St. Clair Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:47:59 +0000 http://www.kirklandviews.com/?p=19151#comment-63077 Rob,<br><br>Preston Mui has documentary evidence on 68 agencies and cities. So-called "detractors of EFF" have nothing, cite nothing, offer nothing but unsupported insinuation, and they do so anonymously. How about letting your readers know who the so-called "detractors" are and what the source of their information is so that your readers can make up their own minds.<br><br>Scott St. Clair<br>Evergreen Freedom Foundation Rob,

Preston Mui has documentary evidence on 68 agencies and cities. So-called “detractors of EFF” have nothing, cite nothing, offer nothing but unsupported insinuation, and they do so anonymously. How about letting your readers know who the so-called “detractors” are and what the source of their information is so that your readers can make up their own minds.

Scott St. Clair
Evergreen Freedom Foundation

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