US Rep. Dave Reichert went from being for repeal of Obamacare in committee to 
“undecided” before a scheduled vote in the US House of Representatives.
After the vote was pulled–when it became clear the bill would fail, as at least three dozen Republicans pledged to vote no–Reichert still won’t say how he would have voted.
Last Wednesday, I wrote that Reichert is afflicted with political timidity. This was wrong.
It’s flat-out political cowardice.
Sammamish has hired its first emergency preparedness director.
Andrew Stevens, the emergency manager of Downey (CA), starts work April 17. He holds
Andrew Stevens, Sammamish’s first full-time emergency management director.
the same position in Downey (CA).
“I’m very pleased that we were able to attract and hire Andrew Stevens to the position of Emergency Manager,” Sammamish City Manager Lyman Howard wrote in an email to The Sammamish Comment..
The folks on the interview panel were impressed and delighted as well. I’ve also heard positive comments from the regional Emergency Management community, that we made a good choice. Andrew starts April 17th.”
The appointment comes nearly two years after The Comment revealed Sammamish was going skip a multi-state, multi-jurisdictional, Canadian-US earthquake disaster drill called Cascadia Rising. Sammamish scrambled to join after the revelation.
A second candidate announced a run for Sammamish City Council and already has run
Minal Ghassemieh, candidate for Sammamish City Council. Photo via Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter.
head-long into controversy.
The Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter has this story about the candidacy of Minal Kode Ghassemieh.
Ghassemieh, who was born in Washington State, is the sister of another local resident who made the news after a road rage incident which she claimed had racial overtones.
The connection caused Jason Krantz of KIRO Radio to question whether the allegations by Ghassemieh’s sister are nothing more than a publicity stunt to bolster the City Council candidacy.
March 22: Metropolitan Market, the anchor for the Sammamish Town Center’s commercial district at SE 4th and 228th Ave. SE, opened today to a 33 lb chocolate chip cookie for the long line of consumers that wrapped around to the fronting sidewalk.
The Sammamish Town Center commercial center at SE4th and 228th Ave. SE.
Commentary
Call it Dave Reichert’s “I am not a wimp” moment.
US Rep Dave Reichert: All smiles, all hat and no cattle.
US Rep. Reichert, who represents the Sammamish area in Congress, frequently points to his 33 year career as King County Sheriff.
Aside from his signature achievement of helping identify and arrest the Green River serial killer, Reichert says he proved his bravery many times.
He uses this to explain why he won’t hold Town Hall meetings with constituents, especially these days when constituents are flooding Republican Town Hall Meetings to protest the potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare.
Reichert voted in committee to repeal the ACA.
His fallback to his sheriff’s days to boast of his bravery is reminiscent of President George H. W. Bush and his famous statement, “I am not a wimp,” when criticized over perceived timidity.
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