Dear Friends, Close personal friends of mine David and Emily Golladay have a little girl named Laynee and she is in desperate need of a kidney replacement. Laynee was born on May 3, 1999. She was diagnosed with stage three kidney disease on January 17, 2008 and soon progressed to end stage renal failure...
PUBLISHED ON Wednesday, June 25, 2008 AT 12:06AM Yakima Herald-Republic The U.S. House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved a 2009 spending bill that includes $500,000 to complete the Yakima River Basin water storage study, Rep. Doc Hastings announced. The Pasco Republican said the money will...
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 of Yakima deserves...
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...
Just a quick note to let you all know that on February 20, 2008 the Executive Committee of the Yakima Valley Conference of Governments voted unanimously to appoint me Vice Chairman. Having only served on the committee since 2007 this is a great honor for me. I look forward to working with Chairman John...
http://www.dailysunnews.com/ArcStoryPage.asp?Database=Story&StoryID=12771 Way to go Charles! - Finally some good news! - I can't tell you how hard I fought for this legislation, and how many times I spoke to people and groups about Sunnyside's Gang Ordinance. Every time I did though, I made...
When I was first elected to the Sunnyside City Council I was introduced to some gentlemen who were trying to get the Federal government to help address the issues of water in the Yakima Valley, they had a plan (a good plan) - and were doing their best to get the word out. Well that was 4 years ago, and...
Re: the recent editorial by John Fannin, "Strong mayor form of government would be ideal for city of Sunnyside," dated Oct. 3, 2007. Mr. Fannin's suggestion of changing our form of government because of the recent issues with the city manager or the upcoming budget challenges does not make...