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Pam Roach

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Matt Richardson, GOP's Missing Bad Boy, Tossed from His Sumner City Council Seat

    ​Two years ago he ran for mayor of Sumner and lost. One year ago he ran for the state senate--in a mud-slinging blowout with Pam Roach--and lost. Now this will be remembered as the year Matt Richardson lost his Sumner council seat, if not his political career altogether. The pol who was portra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Sen. Pam Roach Throws Fit, Gets Back Her Seat by the Door

    ​At this point, state Sen. Pam Roach might as well throw a temper tantrum about everything she doesn't like. It's not as though anyone would be surprised.

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Mayor Don Gough, Sen. Pam Roach Are Two of Washington State's Six Members of "America's Worst Bosses"

    ​The website eBossWatch posted its list of "America's Worst Bosses" for 2010 last week. There are 100 bosses (or in several cases, small groups of bosses) who make up the list and Washington managers make up 6 percent it. Interestingly, in all but one case, each member of the Evergreen State's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    The Top Ten Political Scandals of 2010 In And Around Seattle: Sex, Lies, and Even Videotape

    Sar & Did​Like Clint Diddier's crops, it was a bountiful year for political scandals and screwballs. Pam Roach and Matt Richardson showed us why ballots really should include that line, "None of the above," while Seattle consulting firm Moxie Media got so caught in the election frenzy it began ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Memorable Political Ads Worth Forgetting

    ​It's difficult to believe - as is most everything this political season - the state is suing only Moxie Media of Seattle for possibly misleading voters about an election campaign. It was Moxie's mystery ads that helped unseat incumbent Democrat state senator Jean Berkey of Everett - mystery b ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2010

    Roach's Senate Challenger Gives 'Til It Hurts

    His latest gift: "playing doctor" with two young girls.

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Pam Roach - Matt Richardson Drama: Here's Latest Installment of 'As the Stomach Turns'

    ​The soap opera known as the 31st District state senate race continues to milk the pathos of voters never quite sure if they are to laugh or cry. Our story so far: Republican incumbent Pam Roach - who pulled a gun on a staffer, had a temper tantrum when someone moved the roses on her legislati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Republican Pam Roach Endorsed By Democrats Because Her Opponent Matt Richardson Is a 'Child Molester'

    ​Yvonne Ward is Pam Roach's biggest fan. In 2006, Ward tried unsuccessfully to unseat Roach from her perch in the 31st Senate District. And only yesterday, Ward wrote that she "disagrees with [Roach] on so many policy issues." So why are Ward and two other Democrats urging voters to re-elect t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Bizarrely Different Rules Govern Whether Candidates Can Attack Opponents in Voters' Guides

    ​With the primary over, U. S. Senate candidate Dino Rossi is sure to be polishing his attacks on incumbent Patty Murray. If experience is any guide, one forum he's probably thinking about is the voters' guide. How could this be? Last week, we reported on city prosecutor Ed McKenna's thwarted a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Primary 2010: Lowlights of a Middlin' Election

    Goodspaceguy​Primary 2010 will be remembered as the election in which two candidates teamed up to run against each other - Republicans Clint Didier and Paul Akers in the race for the U.S. Senate - and, surprise, neither won. Or so Dino Rossi predicts. Meanwhile state Sen. Pam Roach ("crazy," " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Attention Washington: Your Politicians Are Boring

    ​Hey, Washington voters: you're getting screwed! Not because your politicians (or the people who want to be your politicians) are pissing away money or dedicating post offices when they should be passing laws. No, you're getting screwed because your politicians are boring. And since politics, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Pam Roach Sues Her Republican Opponent

    ​If you and State Senator Pam Roach both had kids on the same little league team, she'd be the mom all the other parents tried to avoid sitting next to on the bleachers. Now the five-term Republican from Auburn -- who's been described by colleagues as "crazy," "unhinged" and "bipolar" -- is pr ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2010

    How Rossi Tried to Brown Up the State

    A look back at his environmental votes.

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Pam Roach's Terrible Poetic Ode to Randy Dorn's DUI Arrest

    One fish. Two fish. Red fish. Crazy-ass legislative fish.​State Senator Pam Roach may be "crazy," "unhinged" and "bipolar." But don't dare accuse her of not being able to write a rhyme. On her blog, Roach says she was inspired by the Legislature's special session to pen five poems which, conf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Investigation Reveals Sen. Pam Roach Is "Crazy," "Unhinged" and "Bipolar"

    Sen. Pam Roach's anger issues are becoming the stuff of legend around Olympia.​Thanks to her classic "flowers speech" -- when she exploded in a rage after a fellow Senator moved a bouquet of roses off her desk -- and her more recent expulsion from her own party's meeting room, State Senator Pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Investigating Pam Roach's "Mooning Incident" Cost the State $32,331

    Even these kids know you don't involve the lawyers when it comes to a little bare ass.​Two years ago State Senator Pam Roach (R - Holdsagrudge) and fellow GOP'er Mike Hewitt got into it at a meeting. The argument go so heated, Roach claims that the Senate Minority Leader stuck his "clothed bac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Sen. Pam Roach Says Assault Weapons Aren't More Lethal Than Regular Guns

    What makes one gun more lethal than another? According to State Senator Pam Roach (R-Batshit): nothing. That's the takeaway from an exchange today between Sen. Roach and Bellevue Police Chief Linda Pillo during a debate over a proposed assault weapons bill. After her testimony in favor of the bil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    It's Not Just King County: Snohomish County Loves Its Painkillers, Too (and to Deadly Effect)

    ​A few weeks ago, Vernal Coleman noted that King County loves its painkillers--in fact, they're the leading cause of drug-related death here. (We also learned that Washington State as a whole is fond of the drugs.) Now, the Snohomish County Health Department announces that poisoning, particula ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Beware Garage Sale Poisonings

    These poor bargain shoppers have no idea the dangers that await themSummer brings many perils: stray fireworks, chafing, and--apparently--accidental overdoses from stuff found at garage sales. So says the Washington Poison Center in a release sent out yesterday. It says that if you're looking to hol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    D-Day in Olympia

    And H-Hour is 5 PM. After that time, any bill that hasn't passed the chamber that introduced it is dead. No doubt there'll be all sorts of fun and treacherous dealings doing in Olympia between now and then, but here's where some of the bills we've covered--or should have covered--stand for the tim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Maybe Olympia Is Finally Getting a Clue on Drug Laws

    With the budget crunched, those drug law reforms keep rolling along. On the heels of yesterday morning's spectacular Pam Roach performance, the Senate Judiciary Committee reconvened yesterday afternoon to pass out the bill that would make marijuana possession (40 grams or less) a civil infraction. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Drug Law Reform Bills Get Their Day in Committee

    The Senate Judiciary Committee looked at bills to decriminalize marijuana possession and to encourage people to call 911 in overdose situations (by protecting them from drug crime prosecution) yesterday. (For more info on the bills themselves, see yesterday's write-up.) Reception of the bills appe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Pam Roach, Best in Show

    Auburn Senator Pam Roach has long been recognized as the Washington legislature's leader in batshit craziness. She's like an unhinged, female Walter Sobchak on steroids, driving staffers to counseling (for which the Senate has to pay), allegedly brandishing a firearm to make her points, and getting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Will Low Voter Turnout Steel Irons' Chances?

    Today's special election, in order to select a new non-partisan King County Elections Director, promises to be an ill-attended venture with voter participation numbers likely to come in at around 25 percent. That's a disappointing showing, considering how all-mail voting has been touted to incr ... More >>

  • News

    January 21, 2009

    Our Failing Economy’s a Boon to Drug-Law Reformers

    Gregoire’s crafting a bill, as part of her sweeping cost-cutting plan, that would further reduce drug sentences.

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    Elections Director Decides to Fight for Her Job

    And she was willing to move to do it. Sherril Huff, who was appointed to the post in 2007, said earlier this fall that she wasn't interested in running should the voters decide to make her job an elected position. For one thing Huff, then a Kitsap County resident, would've been ineligible. Not anym ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    A Dark Horse for Elections Director

    Ted Maroutsos doesn't mind being left off the list of names now circulating among the who's who for the Elections Director post. In fact, it fits with nicely with his strategy. Maroutsos, 27, is planning a sneak attack on the job, via Facebook. The King County citizenry voted last month to make the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    A Taker for Elections Director!

    Jason Osgood, who lost 58-42 in his bid to unseat Sam Reed for secretary of state, has jumped into the race for King County Elections Director. So far he's the only one-- though there's talk that State Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, may also be considering it. Chris Clifford, who's heading up the recal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    Patterson's Out for Elections Director

    Jason Osgood, who lost 58-42 in his bid to unseat Sam Reed for secretary of state, has jumped into the race for King County Elections Director. So far he's the only one-- though there's talk that State Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, may also be considering it. Chris Clifford, who's heading up the recal ... More >>

  • Film

    May 9, 2007

    Zoo: Tabloid Tale Turns Into Mushy Plea for Tolerance

    Jason Osgood, who lost 58-42 in his bid to unseat Sam Reed for secretary of state, has jumped into the race for King County Elections Director. So far he's the only one-- though there's talk that State Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, may also be considering it. Chris Clifford, who's heading up the recal ... More >>

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    The Immigrant Vote

    Proposed initiatives would crack down on illegals at the polls and on welfare rolls.

  • News

    January 4, 2006

    'Mandatory Lutefisk'

    And other ideas on how to stop growth in its tracks.

  • News

    November 16, 2005

    Closing the Barn Door

    And other ideas on how to stop growth in its tracks.

  • News

    November 9, 2005

    Closing the Barn Door

    The notorious Enumclaw horse-sex case spurs a state senator to draft a bill banning bestiality.

  • News

    February 4, 2004

    Politics, Culture, and Religion

    The notorious Enumclaw horse-sex case spurs a state senator to draft a bill banning bestiality.

  • News

    September 3, 2003

    County Carnival

    Three conservative Republicans turn a council race into a sideshow.

  • News

    August 15, 2001

    Lucky 13

    A race filled with colorful characters will determine the future of King County government.

  • News

    March 21, 2001

    News Clips— Pass/Fail

    A race filled with colorful characters will determine the future of King County government.

  • News

    June 21, 2000

    Blowhard or death blow?

    Controversial Don Benton may be a strong leader for state GOP.

  • News

    October 13, 1999

    Republicans gum the bullet

    Even the GOP is scared of its own tax-cutting demon child—I-695.

  • Diversions

    September 22, 1999

    Fatboy's Forest Service

    Even the GOP is scared of its own tax-cutting demon child—I-695.

  • News

    May 12, 1999

    Letters

    "Reading through the Dining Annual issue, a newcomer to Seattle would think that Seattle was truly the carnivore capital of America."

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Pomp and circumstance.

    The session is over. Most of the really "interesting" bills failed to graduate.

  • News

    April 14, 1999

    Saving pets, screwing salmon.

    The session is over. Most of the really "interesting" bills failed to graduate.

  • News

    April 7, 1999

    All Olympia, all the time!

    The session is over. Most of the really "interesting" bills failed to graduate.

  • News

    March 17, 1999

    Let's check on the score in the Olympiadome.

    The session is over. Most of the really "interesting" bills failed to graduate.

  • News

    November 4, 1998

    The kids are all right

    The session is over. Most of the really "interesting" bills failed to graduate.

  • News

    August 19, 1998

    Oafs of office

    The session is over. Most of the really "interesting" bills failed to graduate.

  • News

    July 22, 1998

    Terms of enforcement

    A state senator comes to town to examine Seattle's drug-abatement ordinance.

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