Lake Stevens Journal “Hobb Knobbing” in Olympia
Last Thursday, our Publisher, Desiree Cahoon and I spent the day in Olympia with other press personnel in the state, ending the evening with dinner at the Governor’s mansion with the Governor and her husband.
Most of the day was filled with visits and speeches from a variety of State and Elected Officials including the State Auditor, State Treasurer, Secretary of State, Insurance Commissioner, Commissioner of Public Lands, Superintendent of Public Instruction, both Democratic and Republican Representatives and many other officials serving in Olympia.
We also had the opportunity to visit the Temple of Justice and meet many of our State Supreme Court Justices, including the Honorable Gerry Alexander, who is both entertaining and extremely intelligent.
As with most newspaper people, many questions were asked of these officials with much concern over the future of health insurance, transportation and of course, the budget.
Go to Lake Stevens Journal article.
I emailed Senator Steve Hobbs regarding our small issue of retaining the Chicken out in front of the Drive-In during the week of the Democratic Caucus’ in Seattle. I still to this date have not heard a “peep” from the Senator. So either we can assume the email has met the abyss of a junk mail folder or that he has had bigger “chickens” to fry. From the sounds of it, the Lake Stevens Journal’s owner and editor have also had far better soirees to attend to rather than reporting our small request to keep the tradition of 7.5′ fiberglass Chicken going. Unless of course they consider publishing the rude letter from JD Nelson to the editor sufficient coverage. It is interesting that after this story broke 3 networks not a single article was published in the Journal regarding the chicken.
It is my hope, that the fate of next political rally at the polls is not riding on the back of a large chicken. For even in such trivial matters as this, the city officials have only proven a lack of respect for the communities wishes in retaining the chicken out in front of the drive-in. To date our elected officials have not given the community an acceptable response. Dare I say that our politicians are out of touch and in our pockets. I question how I will vote for the new Sno-Isle Library, which will take away yet another day’s wages to taxes, when our city can’t even grant us the mere enjoyment of seeing the Chicken everyday. Let alone giving our children something to look forward to other than the WASL and drugs.
While I know you feel this issue is important, I would be dissapointed if Senator Hobbs decided to address it in a professional capacity. The government does have much more important things to address.
I doubt his political future hinges on his involvement with The Chicken.