Tricky Labels/Non-Labels

Drescher is Probably Not a (D) [as in Democrat]

In the '09 "non-partisan" King County Council primary for Council District Nine, 92% of the electorate voted for either of 2 Republicans, despite that the third candidate (Mark Greene) was an independent.  Many Democrats thought that one of the three candidates was a (D), because she made a seemingly concerted effort to cloak herself that way and received the endorsements of nonsensical so-called alternative news sources that usually support (D's), though actually she was an avid supporter of then Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R).  This tactic successfully got the Palin fan into the general election with Reagan Dunn, whom she was soundly defeated by.

The moral of that story is that voters in the Newcastle City Council election for Position 6 should be aware of the strange bedfellows-type endorsements of "Blue Dogs," like Adam Smith, and charlatan turncoats, like Rodney Tom, that happen to have (D's) after their names, because council candidate John Drescher supported Senator John McCain (R) for president and has a testimonial on the front page of his campaign site from an anti-apartments city commissioner. This is hardly "Ripley's Believe It or Not," but a little tricky to get a handle on, nonetheless.

Anti-Interventionist, Too

N.P.R.'s partial blog profile describes our Party of Commons as economically progressive, culturally traditional, by and large, and anti-interventionist re. foreign policy, by and large, but the local (Newcastle) town paper left out the very latter in the recent article about council position 6 as they pointed out the former two positions.  Why foreign policy was left out, N.P.R. has no idea, although, there's no sacrilege committed if councilmembers or candidates, from any city or town, speak out on foreign policy, although city officials generally have no direct responsibility for enacting policy. Nevertheless, foreign policy affects cities and towns almost as much as anything else, so there's no reason for the hush-hush.

[revised on 9/15/13]

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Correction: Latin Term Mix-up

For someone like myself who had an early familiarity with Latin as an altar boy, I'm a little surprised that I twisted up the term "quid pro quo" in N.P.R.'s recent "Green Ideas" essay (now corrected), but this was just from probable tiredness and possibly rushing, not ignorance.  Northern Pacific Report goes out of its way to have correctness in all manners, including truthfulness, general grammar, and spelling of names and terms.  If you see something that you believe is not true, please, make a note in the comments section.  All comments are modified, but only for fitness for publication, in order to keep things on subject.

-- Mark Greene, N.P.R. Editor

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Let Others Know

Please, let others know, especially in Newcastle, Washington, about Northern Pacific Report.  URL: http://commonsnorth.blogspot.com. Tell them this is an informative blog about governmental issues and affairs that focuses on Newcastle, but from time to time reports on Washington overall, and the nation and the world in general.  There is also commentary on this blog.  Any effort to spread the word about N.P.R. by readers will greatly aid Mark Greene's election chances for city councilman in Newcastle this year.  Thank you!

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Restraining Gentrification

Low income and working class families in Newcastle have been increasingly displaced by gentrification policies.  Gentrification is basically the buying and renovating of old property to upscale standards, which often means the displacement of the working class, because generally, the radically increased rents are unaffordable.  Unfortunately, city councils across the nation and in Newcastle, in general, do not insist that only measured increases, for instance, not more than 10% annually, can be put on renters already on the property at the time of sale to the gentrifying real estate barons, or alternatively, a lump sum payment equal to twelve months rent or however many months the renter has lived on the property, whichever is lesser, to those who would be displaced.  This kind of policy would not stop gentrification, which in a modified form may not necessarily be all bad if particular property is very seriously dilapidated, but it would put some needed restraints on gentrification gone awry in America, and keep money in the pockets of the poor, the low-income and the working class.  City councils should do more to restrict and restrain gentrification.

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Green Ideas

In regards to Council Candidate Mark Greene's idea about a Newcastle Environmental Enhancement Project, one of the basic tenets of the "green ideas" part of it would be to attract "green energy" companies to Newcastle through good marketing by the city and tax breaks, and then to let these companies assume the leadership in coming up with ideas to make Newcastle the green energy center of Washington, although the mere presence of several good companies here might in and of itself be enough to accomplish that goal.  The ideal situation would be for these companies to work on their own businesses and to assist the city as well (a quid pro quo) for tax breaks and other city perks) in developing innovative and long-lasting green energy productions, such as a geothermal plant.  Upon  election, Mark Greene will continuously be communicating with "green" companies and entrepreneurs in trying to get them to come to Newcastle, which in turn will provide employment opportunities for our citizens and expand our tax base.

[revised on 9/13/13]

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Politicians at Newcastle Days

Council Candidate Mark Greene gave his message of anti-annexation, environmental rigor and practical budget policies at the "Newcastle Days" fair, yesterday, to many potential voters that visited his booth.

While the other Position 6 candidate, John Drescher, was near in proximity to the 41st District Democrats (and suspiciously near the Newcastle Days entrance), Drescher is no Democrat, but a funder of the John McCain (R) presidential campaign.  Nevertheless, Congressman Adam Smith (D) endorsed the McCain/Palin funder (reportedly, Drescher donated hundreds of dollars to McCain).  Another of Drescher's biggest supporters, Planning Commissioner, Rob Lemmon, appears to be pretty much in disfavor of apartments in Newcastle.  Mark Greene runs his campaigns independent of major party officials and supervisors, and is the founder of the political organization, the Party of Commons.

[revised on 9/11/13]

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