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Envision Spokane will appeal a judge's ruling that kicked them off this November's ballot.
"We're not going to take this laying down," Brad Read, board president of Envision Spokane, said Tuesday. "She chose to side with the powerful interests to tell the people of Spokane what they could vote on."
Read called Spokane Superior Court Judge Maryann Moreno's ruling an "attack on democracy," and said his board voted unanimously to appeal her decision.
Read doesn't expect his group's Community Bill of Rights initiative to appear on the ballot this fall simply because time won't allow it.
On Friday, Moreno barred Envision's initiative and one from Spokane Moves to Amend the Constitution from the ballot, siding with a coalition of government and business interests, which argued that the initiatives would have created regulations and protections that were not within the city's power to enact. Moreno said the provisions within the measures either conflicted with state and federal law or infringed upon the power of local government to set policy.
Chris Nerison, who leads SMAC, said Friday he would not appeal the decision.
Read our piece on her ruling here.
The progression of thought for some politicians about the wisdom of the voters can be as predictable as it is ironic.
At the end of the first campaign, most winners are honored – and sometimes pleasantly surprised – at being chosen by voters. It is the rare first victory speech that doesn't include the phrase "humbled by the trust the people have placed in me", or words to that effect.
Over time and subsequent victories, that evolves for many into the certitude that the voters are making the wise decision. Later, some decide that voters smart enough to elect them aren't smart enough to make other decisions that might be laid before them.
The journey goes from "Let the Voters Decide!" to "What do they know?"
City Council members seem dangerously down this road. . .
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The city may have grounds to challenge two proposed charter amendments and seek court orders to keep them off the ballot, lawyers have told the Spokane City Council.
Groups supporting the initiatives say that would be "a direct subversion of the democratic process" but the
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Signatures on petitions in support of two proposed citizens' initiatives in Spokane will be counted and verified. But council members hinted Monday that they may block the proposals from the ballot even if activists collected enough support.
The Spokane City Council voted 6-0 on Monday to ask the Spokane County Auditor's Office to verify the signatures collected for Envision Spokane's Community Bill of Rights and Spokane Moves to Amend the Constitution's initiative that would, in part, outlaw people representing corporations from discussing legislation with elected leaders in private settings.
Both groups have collected significantly more signatures than necessary to place the initiatives on the November ballot, but some City Council members said they believe the proposals are unconstitutional.
Envision Spokane on Thursday filed its Community Bill of Rights initiative with the Spokane City Clerk's office.
This is the third time the group has filed a Community Bill of Rights. It succeeded the previous two times in collecting the needed signatures to place the item on the ballot. Its 2009 proposal was easily defeated by voters, but its 2011 scaled-back version nearly passed. The initiative filed on Thursday mirrors the 2011 version (the petition filed on Thursday is linked to this post).
By filing now, the initiative is locked into initiative rules that currently are on the books. On Monday, the Spokane City Council will consider changing the initiative process to eliminate the filing method preferred by Envision Spokane. That method allows groups to place a question before voters without input from the City Attorney's Office.
The question could be put before voters this year or next, but if they want it on the ballot this year, they'll need to collect substantially more signatures.
OLYMPIA – Led by a multi-million dollar battle for who controls liquor sales in Washington, initiatives and candidates on the Nov. 8 ballot have spent more than $18 million on trying to sway voters in the last three weeks.
This may come as no surprise to state residents who can't turn on the television without seeing firefighters argue whether voters' lives will be better or worse if state-run liquor stores go the way of the Model T. Other state initiative campaigns have their own TV messages, and campaigns big and small are filling mail boxes with slick mailers.
Campaigns were required this week to report all spending through Tuesday to the State Public Disclosure Commission. While more money will be spent by some campaigns that remain flush with cash, that won't be reported until Dec. 12, when most bills are paid and many campaigns tally their final account.
Tuesday's deadline covers some of the most intense spending of any campaign season…
Spokane voters could get a hint from the Spokane City Council when deciding the fate of a citizens' initiative on the November ballot.
The Spokane City Council will consider on Monday the addition of two nonbinding questions for the November election. The two proposals would ask voters how the council should respond to Envision Spokane's Community Bill of Rights if it's approved: Raise taxes or slash services.
The questions are the same as ones posed to voters two years ago when Envision Spokane first placed a Community Bill of Rights before voters. Envision's list failed in a landslide.
Envision Spokane leaders, who attribute the big defeat in 2009 in large part to the advisory questions, say adding them to the ballot again is meant only to turn voters against their initiative.
"It just proves that the system needs to change because they can in a stroke of a few minutes influence what we did over months of a hard work," said Brad Read, president of Envision's board.
But City Councilwoman Nancy McLaughlin said not putting the questions on the ballot may give voters the impression that there no longer is a cost associated.
"I believe that we need to stay consistent with the message that Prop 1 may potentially cost the taxpayers a great deal of money." McLaughlin said.
Read said that changes made in the new proposal should eliminate fears that the city would have to shift tax money to cover rights listed in the Envision's proposal.
Removed from the 2009 Community Bill of Rights are stipulations that would have required the city of Spokane to guarantee residents affordable preventive health care, affordable housing and affordable and renewable energy.
Conspicuous by their absence last Monday were leaders of Greater Spokane Inc., when the City Council voted to place the latest version of a Community Bill of Rights before voters.
That shouldn't be taken as a sign the business community is okey-dokey with the ballot measure.
The council had no choice in the matter, as some members made clear. Envision Spokane gathered the necessary signatures to put a charter change on the ballot, and that, pretty much, was that.
Two years ago, there was a bit more in play. . .
The Spokane County Republican Party voted this week to oppose a Spokane City Charter amendment going on the ballot in November.
On Monday, the City Council voted to place the Community Bill of Rights on the Nov. 8 general election ballot after Envision Spokane, a local citizen action group, turned in more than enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. Unlike 2009, when a longer proposal from Envision Spokane also qualified for the ballot, the council has no apparent plans to add some "poison pill" measures to the ballot ahead of the current CBR.
A day later, the GOP's executive committee voted to work against the ballot measure, contending it will "strip Citizens of their property and business rights, while burdening City government with costly mandates that will further cripple the City's ability to provide services."
The two political parties usually stay out of the nonpartisan candidate races — with some conspicuous exceptions over the years — but often weigh in on ballot measures.
To read the proposed Community Bill of Rights, click here.
Envision Spokane's second attempt at a Community Bill of Rights may be the highlight of tonight's Spokane City Council meeting.
The council has a hearing set near the end of its regular 6 p.m. session for the proposal, which can be found here.
Envision Spokane obtained enough signatures to put the proposal on the Nov. 8 ballot, so the council doesn't really have much choice in the matter. Not having a choice about something and not having anything to say about it are two very different things for the council.
Spokane voters may get a chance to consider a new list of proposals from Envision Spokane on the November ballot.
Kai Huschke, campaign coordinator of Envision Spokane, said the group turned in signatures on Friday and Monday for its new version of the "Community Bill of Rights."
The group's first attempt at passing a "Community Bill of Rights" failed in 2009 with only 21 percent support.
The new list is paired down from 2009. It includes extra requirements for the approval of certain kinds of development and a rule that would say that corporations would "not be deemed as 'persons'" and could not interfere with the enforcement of the "Community Bill of Rights."
City Clerk Terri Pfister said turned in 4,516 signatures. To earn a spot on the November ballot, at least 2,778 of them must be ruled valid by the Spokane County Elections Office. The requirement represents 5 percent of the number of people who voted in the city of Spokane in 2009.
Representatives from Envision Spokane on Wednesday moved forward on their plan to offer city voters a new version of its "Community Bill of Rights."
In order to make the November ballot, the group will need to collect an amount of signatures from registered voters in Spokane equal to 5 percent of the total number who voted in Spokane in November 2009. That number is about 2,800.
The new proposal is a streamlined version of what the group proposed in 2009 when the longer proposal received only 21 percent support.
The new list would contain four rights, portions of which were in the 2009 proposal. They include extra requirements for the approval of certain kinds of development and protections for the Spokane River. Gone from Envision Spokane's new "Community Bill of Rights" are stipulations for the city of Spokane to guarantee its residents affordable preventive health care, affordable housing, affordable and renewable energy and regulations on local banks.
A copy of the petition, which includes the proposal, is available here.
There are few, if any, bright spots supporters of Envision Spokane's Community Bill of Rights will find in last night's count.
As a whole, Proposition 4 only garnered 25 percent support. It failed in all of the city's nearly 125 precincts.
The measure won 40 percent support only in four precincts: downtown Spokane, one that covers most of Browne's Addition and the western portion of Peaceful Valley, one precinct in East Central and one in the Bemiss Neighborhood, which is just south of Hillyard.
The worst showing was in a precinct bordering Latah Creek in the far south of the city where only 7.7 percent of voters supported the proposition.
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Here's one of the more talked about election mailers distributed locally this campaign season.
It's from Envision Spokane, the campaign in support of Proposition 4. It hit mailboxes last week.
What do you think? Is it effective?
Opponents of Proposition 4 have complained that out-of-town influence helped shape the proposed amendment to the Spokane City Charter. But the opponents rely heavily on national and state development interests to bankroll the campaigns against the proposal.
Led by the National Association of Home Builders, out-of-town business groups account for about 85 percent of the identified contributions to Save Our Spokane, which opposes Proposition 4's Community Bill of Rights. Out-of-town business groups account for about 30 percent of identified contributions to the other opposition group, Jobs and Opportunities Benefiting Spokane, or JOBS. The national home builders association has funneled some $85,000 to the political action committee of its local affiliate.
Together, the two campaign committees have raised more than $275,000. When expense reports were filed last week, they had almost half of that total still available for a pre-election day push.
Envision Spokane, a group that spearheaded discussions that produced the proposed charter changes, has raised about $69,500, with $55,000 coming from Jim Sheehan, a retired local attorney who established the Center for Justice and owns the Community Building on Main Avenue. The largest out-of-town contribution for Envision Spokane was about $450 for the donated work of a graphic artist in Wauwato, Wash.
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One of the campaign organizations set up to oppose the "Community Bill of Rights" mentioned in this morning's newspaper report has some familiar names.
Jobs & Opportunities Benefiting Spokane has hired Polis Political Services of Olympia and Brian Murray as political consultants.
Murray may be more familiar to Spokane residents. He was a senior aide to Jim West when West was in the state Senate, and was appointed to the seat when West was elected mayor of Spokane in 2003, finishing slightly ahead in the voting by precinct committee officers and getting the nod from Spokane County commisioners. Murray ran for the seat in 2004, but lost in the primary to Brad Benson, the state Representative who finished second in the precinct committee officer voting. Murray and another former West aide, Cody George, started Vintage Hill winery two years ago.
Although based in Olympia, Stan Shore of Polis has been involved in Spokane area politics for many years. He, too, had ties to West and several of the Spokane Republican's legislative campaigns. He was involved in 2000 in a last-minute attack against John Powers, part of an effort from a web of third party committees set up by Metropolitan Mortgage that led to a $10,000 PDC fine. A master of last-minute campaign mailers, he's drawn praise from allies and screams from opponents in several other city and legislative races. Because of his long-time ties to West, he helped with West's unsuccessful fight against recall in 2005, although he worked on that one for free.
Also receiving money from JOBS is Moore Information out of Portland, which has a long history of polling in Washington state, mostly but not exclusively for Republican clients.
The state Public Disclosure Commission is opening a formal investigation into a complaint the home builders filed last month against Envision Spokane.
The Spokane Home Builders Association filed a complaint last month, alleging the citizens group did not file all the necessary information on where they get their money and how it was spent during the time they were working on the Community Bill of Rights, a proposed amendment to the City Charter that will appear on the November ballot.
Lori Anderson, a spokeswoman for the PDC, said the case was assigned to a staff investigators after an initial review.
The formal investigation may take about 120 days, she said. About three-fourths of all initial complaints are assigned to a staff investigator after they are submitted and undergo an initial review.
Funny thing about elected officials and candidates who must, by nature, rely on the wisdom of voters for their jobs: Sometimes they don't trust voters to make the right decision when it comes to something other than voting for them.
That seems to be what's going on with the political hand-wringing
over a Spokane City Charter change that's being billed by the sponsoring group
Whether it is, in fact, a bill of rights or a bill in waiting for future litigation is something remains to be seen. Envision Spokane turned in more than enough signatures to qualify it for the November election, the Spokane County Elections Office said, and that is usually enough to earn a proposed charter amendment a spot on a ballot.
Before the Spokane City Council voted 5-2 to send the charter change to the elections office for the signature check, an array of speakers argued it was too vague, too likely to generate litigation or too toxic for local business. Some of the 60 or so foes gathered outside City Hall before the meeting and likened the proposal to socialism, communism or Marxism.
(Note to self: Check Das Kapital to see what Marx and Engels had to say about neighborhood councils. Must've slept through that lecture in Poly Sci class.)
Envision Spokane turned in more than enough signatures on petitions for a proposed City Charter change to put its Community Bill of Rights on the November ballot.
Spokane County Elections Manager Mike McLaughlin reports this morning the office finished the final verification process about 9:30 a.m., and will certify the results at 2:30 p.m. After that the office will send formal notification to the city.
The group turned in petitions with a total of 5,097 signatures, and needed at least 2,795 of them to be from registered city voters. Elections workers checked 4,019 and verified a totla of 2,891 before finishing late Wednesday. That's a rejection rate of about 28 percent, which is "right in the ballpark" for most petitions, McLaughlin said.
Monday night's Spokane City Council meeting had plenty of discussion about Envision Spokane's proposed "Spokane Bill of Rights."
Colleague Jonathan Brunt captured these two exchanges between former Councilman and current candidate Steve Eugster and Council President Joe Shogan. in the first, Eugster is saying he's going on for just a bit longer…he actually went about 8 more minutes, but who's counting?…and the second occurs right before the council takes a break in the action.
One thing about this ballot measure, it does get people excited. And it isn't even definitely on the ballot, yet.


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Help with Conviving mother in law, may end our marriage
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|Wed, 03-19-2014 - 11:56am
I need some help fast. I married my wife not knowing anything about her mom. I mean I've seen her once or twice but she doesn't live in the same state. She lives across the country. The 2 times I've seen her was before me and her daughter got married. For the 2 times I've seen her, she seemed like a nice person but now I know the truth.Prior to having the both in laws meet everything was fine. My mom and my wife got along fine, not issues no drama. Ever since my mother in law met my mom my wife started having "issues" with my mom.
We've been married for 6 years and now have a baby girl. My mom has been helping us for 3 1/2 days till recently. Now she's helping out 2 days out of the week since my mother in law came over. And this is when all the problems started to get worse.
1. I found out that my mother in law wants to move to the same state that we are in but she doesn't want to sell her home and move over. She wants to keep it so that she can go back and stay there when she visits her son and grand son. But she secretly urges my wife (behind my back) to get 2 bedroom place. Now we have a 1 bedroom with our newborn and we are managing. We want to take our time and find a place that we'll like and can afford but with her mom's influence my wife now wants to pull tigger on every unit that we see. We are renting a place for her to live in and it's costing us $600 per month. But she's ungrateful instead she'll come out and complain to my wife how it's to noisy and it's not quiet end because it's close to a side road. Now the place she's staying at is a completely residential area, hardly any heavy traffic. If any it would be people leaving for work or coming home from work.
2. Mother in law either twists everything that my mom says or only tells part of what my mom says to my wife making her angry with my mom. And my wife wll confront me about it and I end up defending my mom. The f*ked up part is that my mother in law slyly hints it to my wife that she doesn't want to cause trouble and etc so my wife (gullible) will say that my mom said it to her and to my mother in law. Which makes it harder for me to defend my mom because if i said it was a lie or a miscommunication I would be accusing my wife of lying. The truth is my wife was never around when it happened. Since my mom is never around when this confrontation happens there's no way to get to the truth. Even if i find out from my mom and go that's not what happen my mother in law mom will twist it and say how my mom is now causing a rift in our marriage by saying that she's making me not believe my wife.
3. I know my mother in law doesn't want my mother to be around. She wants my mom out of the picture by causing issues between my wife and my mom. Once my mom is out then my wife will have no choice but to go with her mom which means we'll be force to get a 2 bedroom place and she'll get her wish of being able to move to the state that we are in. She also doesn't want my baby girl to be with my mom. She hates it when my baby girl wants to be hugged by my mom and not her mom.
In the end of the day it all comes down to this, everytime we fight and argue it has to do with her mom or my mom. I don't know if our marriage will survive this way.
|Wed, 03-19-2014 - 1:44pm
It won't survive until you two can get on the same page. Your wife sounds like she's under her mother's thumb, and her infuence is strong. I would highly recommend you put your foot down regarding the two bedroom, you, your wife, and daughter need to have your own space as a family.
It's a highly stressful time when a baby is born, your wife may be feeling really unsure of herself being a new mom, and so having her mother there is probably a comfort. I'm sure having your mother there is a great help too, but she's not her mother. You don't mention how old your daughter is, but when will it just be your wife (and you) caring for your daughter? Does your wife work at all?
Obviously, the dynamic in your household changed with this new baby, and with your MIL came with alot of unecessary drama. Instead of focusing on the she said/she said, you need to start redirecting your wife to something more productive. Does your wife go out and do anything for herself, or attend any Mommy and me classes? I don't know how old your daughter is, so it may be too soon, but I'm sure there are other activities she can do to get her out of the house.
This may all change as your daughter gets older and you and your wife become more comfortable in your role as parents. If what you are dealing with is a cultural thing, then it will be harder to change. If you feel like your mother is being pushed aside (by wife or MIL), you should certainly step up and let both know in no uncertain terms that it is not acceptable.
|Wed, 03-19-2014 - 4:06pm
My daughter is going to be 1 year old next month. My MIL and mom helped us for the first 3 months, then my MIL left and my mom stayed behind to help. And yes you are right, my wife is heavily influenced by my MIL. My wife is 38 years old and if my wife leaves work with something that my MIL does not think is warm enough or looks good to her babbles till my wife changes. I've approached my wife about this but my wife just shrugs it off as "it's not important" to fit her mom on. No my wife is not a very social person, she has some friends but they are all busy and travel a lot for work so she does not see them often. My wife does work and she works 5 days a week. We both do actually.
As for the 2 bedroom place, I don't mind moving to a 2 bedroom because i want my daughter to have her own room but I know that's not my MIL's intentions. And I know if we have a 2 bedroom the second will go to my MIL and the 3 of use will be trapped in our own room. Now I can't go and say "this is what your mom wants to do" because I have no proof but I have my suspicions about my MIL but my wife is gullible when it comes to her mom. She'll buy into anything she says without questioning or even thinking if it's remotely right or not (literally, mother knows best). I never knew this before I married her because when we were dating her mom was never here.
Let's put it this way, when I'm home or my wife is home my MIL is very attentive to my daughter however when neither of us is home and we are at work it's a whole different item. I was suspicious of her already to begin with so I setup a hidden camera to record what happens when it's just her and the baby and let me tell you it's not exactly what I would consider "okay" behavior.
She sits herself in front o the TV the whole day and the baby is then in front of her. The TV is 2 foot away from our 32 inch TV. So literally my girl is getting her eyeballs fried the whole day (minus 2 naps she takes and meal time). MIL leaves my daughter alone for 10 minutes and my daughter crawls everywhere with no supervision.I have this on video but I can't show my wife because if i did she will accuse me of mistrust.
MIL influence is to hard to break it seems
|Thu, 03-20-2014 - 11:15am
Wow, I think you need some marriage counseling soon! One reason why I never wanted my MIL to do daycare (my mom couldn't do it cause she lived too far away) was that when you hire a professional babysitter or day care provider, you are the boss and the person has to do what you want or you can find some other babysitter, but when you have relatives doing babysitting, then you can't boss them around like they are employees. My MIL smoked which was not something I wanted around my baby and she'd even smoke while holding a baby, so that was enough. Now that you know your MIL isn't even paying attention to your child during the day it's hard not to want to use this info but I'm sure it will cause a big argument w/ your wife.
As far as getting the 2 BR apt, I assume if you get a 2 BR, then you will have one room set up for your baby, so how do you think that your MIL will be able to weasel her way into living there if you don't allow it? Do you think that she will be able to force you to move your child out of her own room? I do not see how anyone could do that if you don't let them. I am curious about why you are paying for your MIL's apt--is it because she is providing babysitting for you?
I do think that you need a marriage counselor so that you can firm up your marriage and help both of you see that right now it should be you & wife & baby as the "family" and that both moms should be outside the family unit and not coming between you. When you are always defending your mom, when you also were not present during what went on, that's also contributing to the arguments between you & your DW.
|Thu, 03-20-2014 - 11:40am
Why are you renting a place for your mother in law to live? Stop paying for her and send her home. Find someone else to help with the baby. If you can afford $600 a month for your mother in law's rent then you can afford someone who would be far less trouble.
|Fri, 03-21-2014 - 1:27pm
The first time my MIL came to visit us it was a few months after we got married and before we had our child. She stayed with us in our 1 bedroom place and that did not work out well. 3rd day of her visit she tried to take over our place. She was telling us how to rearrange stuff and actually rearrange my stuff (I came home and went WTF). Complained about what we didn't /did do. My wife was like it's not a "big deal" but i was like are you crazy? She's trying to run our home. My wife says "oh my mom is trying to help us and she means well". Forget about hygenie, she was worse than a single college guy living in their own apartment. Lets say that we had some heat dicussions going between the 3 of us. So after a 6 month break she's back to visit but this time my wife rented a space for her because she didn't want to deal with the drama that's happening between her mom and me. She could not understand why I cant' get along with her mom.
I want to hire a nanny but my wife basically came out and said you trust a stranger than my mom? (now at this point I didn't know how her mom was going to be with the baby). I said it's not mistrust it's just that I can't tell your mom to do something like i can a nanny and I don't feel comfortable confronting her if she does something we don't agree on. And vice versa for you and my mom. My wife goes "well if you stop nitpicking then there's nothing to complain. I don't complain about your mom. Besides my mom raised me, my brother, and took care of my nephew. she's not going to do anything to harm the child. Whatever she does it's good for the child". At that point I just left it because any future disccusion would have just turned into a fight since she was adamant that I was just nitpicking and not willing to work with her mom. She can't see my point at all for some reason.
I find it pretty hard to talk to her about her mom. Anything that's remotely negative she closes her mind like a steal trap and starts defending her mom. her response to me is that I'm nitpicking or it's not a big deal. How can you talk to someone who's not willing to listen or to entertain the idea that something is off ?
If we do get a second bedroom my MIL will try to force her way in because our daughter is not completely sleep trained. She still sleeps in the same room with us because she stil wakes up randomly at nights. The second bedroom will basically be an unused empty room to which my wife will point out that it's currently empty so might as well it use it in the mean time. And not that I'm imagining things but I caught my MIL telling my wife that after she leaves this time she won't be back till we have an extra bedroom. She's egging my wife to get a bigger place for her and my wife doesn't seem to give a flying f*K about our daughter
It's like my wife joined a cult and I can't shake her out of the fog. She has no will of her own once her mom is here. I mean it's our family, our place, our daughter but i can't find a way to emphasize this point without making it sound like I'm nitpicking or mean to her mom.
|Tue, 03-25-2014 - 2:40am
If you get a 2 bedroom place you set it up as the baby's room and have her start sleeping in it--you could have her nap in it a few times first if you want. Isn't she still in your bedroom because its the only bedroom? I'm not sure what you mean by "sleep trained" but most parents just pick a night that the baby starts sleeping alone and put her in her own room (and she will probably cry at some point), otherwise she could be in your room for years.
Is your wife from a culture where the mother stays very involved in her married daughter's life? Could your wife actually want her mother this involved in her life/childrearing and welcome her mother's "interference"--so you're trying to get your wife to fight against something that she wants? I think that you and your wife need family counseling. An impartial third party to help each of you understand where the other is coming from and how it is harming your marriage to allow the mothers so much importance. You may need to remove both grandmothers from the picture for a while.
|Wed, 04-02-2014 - 1:08pm
She does want her mom involved because she thinks her mom knows everything. She trusts her mom implicitly and if i even remotely say anything negative about her mom my wife jumps to defend her mom. If she offers to help with something it's like a gift from god and we should feel blessed. It's crazy. I'll give an example.
On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, my mom takes care of the baby for us. We both work. It's my MIL day off, but eats dinner with u at nights. So on Tuesday nights, I did laundry (baby clothes as well), cook dinner, made and some baby food. I feed the baby while my mom and MIL eats. After finishing dinner my MIL washes her own plate, washes 1 pan, 1 baking pan (coverd in reynolds wrap to being with), 2 spoons and 2 baby bottles. There were some extra plates and a pot that she didn't wash. Which is fine, I don't complain. She then goes to watch TV. At 9 oclock the baby is tired and sleepy, so my mom who has been watching the baby the whole day (since 7:30 am) takes her into the bedroom so she can sleep. I'm trying to finish dinner. My baby is terrible at sleeping and has to be rocked to sleep (which is another story in itself). in another 15 minutes I'm done and start cleaning up the plates/ the table but then I decided to go take a shower and relieve my mom. My MIL just sits there watching TV ignoring everything. Forget about washing dishes, She doesn't even offer to put away the food thats on the dining table. Anyway the same thing happens on Wednesday night. so I mentioned it to my wife on friday about it and this is what the conversation was like:
me: this is an FYI (everything mentioned above) you know mom didn't offer to help.
Wife: she doesn't have to. She doesn't have to
me: I know it's her day off and stuff but she could have offered to put away some of the food
wife: she probably didn't know you and your mom were done with dinner
me: I was putting dishs into the sink. My mom left the table and said she was done.
WIfe: She probably still didn't know, besides my mom did help, she washed some of the stuff. You want her to do everything?
me: My mom had a long day, I'm finishing up so I can put the baby to sleep. It would have been nice if your mom offered to at least put away the food.
Wife: Well your mom doesn't help my mom out when it's her turn on monday, tuesday and friday's. She doesn't come all the way over to help
Me:That's not the same. When it's your mom's turn my mom is nowhwere here. If my mom came to visit and stayed for dinner on those days, she would have helped out. But you're asking her to make special trip to come over to help your mom as compare to your mom who is already here in the living room.
Wife: well when my mom works those days, she washes everything after you take the baby into the bedroom
me: okay, but that's the same as when your mom wasn't visiting and it was just my mom working. She did the same thing.
Wife: Well, doesn't my mom do enough already, didn't your mom tell you how my mom watched the baby so your mom can eat breakfast?
me: WTF (silence on my lips), i couldn't believe my wife thinks what her mom did was such a huge favor.
Wife: you make everything into a big deal.
me: I'm not making big deal, I'm just saying be considerate, it doesn't hurt.
wife: i'm going to speak to your mom, she's giving you bad influences
me: don't drag my mom or your mom into this. This is a conversation between me and you. Talking to my mom doesn't do anything. I'm not like you, i don't do everything my mom tells me. I actually decided on my on own on what I'm going to do.
End of conversation.
So my wife believes it's her mom's right to be inconsiderate to me and my mom
|Thu, 04-24-2014 - 4:00pm
You work fulltime, then come home and cook, you clean, you take care of the baby, you have two grandmothers involved in the baby care? What exactly does your WIFE do besides her outside job? You haven't said one single thing she has done with or for the baby! I think the problem is that your wife is a spoiled child and gives in to mom so she won't have to get off her lazy arse and be an adult. Mom gets to run things and be the boss and your wife gets to be mommy's little princess. Get into marriage counseling NOW!
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You're providing MIL with a place to live at $600 a month???? WTH would you agree to this when you're trying to find a home for yourselves??? You, along with your W, are enabling MIL to stay around and run things. Not only are you wasting $600 a month that could be going towards your own home, you're basically paying this woman to ruin your marriage. If MIL can't afford to pay her own way there where you live, thank her for her time and send her back to her own home state. If you need childcare and can't afford it, then one of you needs to be a stay at home parent but whatever you do, get MIL OUT of the picture! If your W won't go along with it, then you know where you stand.


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This is the story about 3 little eagles and how they grew. It is also a story about their parents, Independence and Franklin - both non-releasable Bald Eagles, originally from Alaska, who found a forever home in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It is also the story about a community of eagle watchers, chatters, moderators, and caregivers — all with one goal in mind: to help the babies grow up safely while sharing their story with their larger network of friends and associates.
So let us begin.
In the cold month of January, Al Cecere - "Chief Eagle" of all of us, went about reconstructing a larger, stronger, higher, safer nest for the offspring we hoped would come. We were sure Indy and Frank would approve the changes! The nest looked magnificent—sturdy, replete with fresh greenery, totally natural in appearance.
Al wanted to make the viewing experience better than it had been before, so, after lots of research, 4 cameras were purchased, one a tilt-pan-zoom, to create a true Eagle Reality show. From 4 different angles, the viewers could choose the picture they liked best - and then change it whenever they wanted. The tilt-pan-zoom cam (Cam 1) became the Signature Cam where detailed, up-close viewing was possible. And, to top it off, Al put a microphone in the side of the nest to capture all the eagle chirps, calls, loud screams, and extraneous noises from the mountainside.
During March, Indy and Frank seemed to be quite interested in fixing their nest just like they wanted it to be --- Lots of screen shots were taken by many of us showing them on the side of the nest, bringing sticks and stuff into the nest, having long eagle discussions about where to put a particular stick.... Surely they were thinking about increasing their family.
Indy laid her first egg March 24, 2012 at approximately 6:30 p.m. EST. The second egg was laid 3 days later, March 27, at approximately 7:15 p.m. EST, and the third egg was laid March 31, 2012 at approximately 3:30 p.m. EST.
WE WERE EGGSCITED! According to OUR calendars, and understanding that eagle egg incubation was about 35 days, E-1 should hatch on or around April 28. E-2 would hatch 3 days later - May 1, and E-3 would hatch on or around May 5. There was only one slight aberration: after the first egg was laid, the parents were not particularly interested in brooding it. We worried. And after the second egg was laid, brooding picked up, but was not as intense as we thought it should be. We fretted. However, after the third egg was laid, the parents got down to business and brooding took on a new meaning! We still wondered about the first 2 eggs. There were "private" emails that went back and forth expressing grave concerns.
When "due dates" came and went - and no pips were apparent (once we thought there was a pip, but it really wasn't), more "worried emails" hit cyberspace. The moderators were fabulous throughout, encouraging viewers to be patient, to "wait and see."
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"It was so much fun the first time, but this time it was even more fun," Jenny says. "It just felt more laid-back and relaxed, because we kind of knew what to expect. We had a blast."
For the past decade, Rack Room Shoes has featured customers — rather than professional models — in all of its seasonal advertisements, selecting them through its popular Models Wanted promotion. That's how the Bradfords were chosen for last year's campaign.
This year, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the program, the Charlotte-based company invited families from the last 10 years to enter for a chance to return as models. The Bradfords were among the top-voted families on the company's Facebook page, securing their spot as subjects for a new ad campaign.
"You can imagine our excitement when we heard we had the chance to do it all over again," Jenny says. "It was neat to reunite and catch up with the friends we made on set last year."
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No musician matures by herself, or by himself. From the beginnings, child musicians search for ways to express themselves from their own hearts and minds. Even if drawn toward music from within, they usually seek to emulate someone older, though. Eventually, they gain craft and intricate skills through guidance from teachers, mentors, siblings or parents, and from occasionally hearing or seeing prominent or famous performers.
When I was a kid, my initial inspirations to explore music came from my older sister, who was a serious piano student, and from playing in school bands and orchestras. Beyond that, it was through being helped by adult musicians who recognized my deep love of music, and helped nurture it, that made a huge difference. Even though my parents payed for private lessons on brass instruments, I got many hours of free help from adults, assisting me in finding my way as a beginning composer and conductor.
That was over fifty years ago. Since then, I've tried to repay the gifts of curiosity, knowledge and technique they bestowed upon me. Although I get paid to teach young people about the intricacies and simplicities of musical art, I long ago silently promised those who helped me, to always find the time to help young artists who want or need help, no matter what our professional relationship.
I've been fortunate to be able to watch young musicians advance from grade school, through conservatory, and on to professional life, where they, in turn, now teach young people to fulfill their intense love of art.
The biggest challenge for young performers is preparing major solos for performance, or competition. Whether the kids are eager to dive into the work, or reluctant, there is something there for them to learn. Helping them assess what those lessons were after their performance can be almost as important as helping them prepare the piece in the first place. Sometimes it is easier for them to learn lessons from a performance that enhance what they do next, if the performance wasn't up to their or others' expectations.
One of the most exciting things for me is to accompany, either on keyboard or as conductor, a young soloist in a performance that sees that person through to another level of understanding, musicianship, or personal satisfaction. My favorite of all time was perhaps back in 1998.
A fifth grade trumpet player had heard me direct an adult performer in Johann Hummel's Trumpet Concerto. The kid came to me a week later, and said "I want to do that!" I asked if he was sure, and he was affirmative.
A week later, he played it for me. From memory.
Two months later, when this 11-year-old performed the concerto flawlessly, the audience jumped out of their seats in awe. I stepped down from the podium and picked him up, holding him up high enough so everyone could see him beaming with pride (and a bit of shock).
Last fall, I directed the same young man, now a college graduate and best young jazz trumpeter in Alaska, in the Haydn Trumpet Concerto. Once again, the audience jumped out of their seats. This time, however, I didn't pick him up. He's six feet four inches. It'd be easier for him to pick me up.
Since September, I've been the conductor and music director of the Anchorage Civic Orchestra. All three of our soloists so far have been high school performers or young adults. We have more planned, including a new work for Japanese Taiko drum ensemble and orchestra. Our winter high school concerto competition had two soloists so outstanding, we couldn't decide which one deserved to win. Rather than toss a coin, we decided to feature them both.
Here is the younger of the two, Dane Breitung, a junior, performing Claude T. Smith's Fantasia for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra a week ago:
Musical performance, like much of art and life, is a continuity of young people learning to render something inanimate into a breathing, vibrant reality. All around the world, hundreds of thousands of kids, teens and young adults are struggling to conquer a tricky passage, a new concept, a unique approach to sound. As much joy as I get from helping such talent and dedication, I do love learning from them that there is such good as this in a terrible world.


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THE CHIEF financial officer of Telkom, who was suspended last year over charges of personal misconduct, had resigned with full benefits, the fixed-line operator said on Friday. Telkom, whose largest shareholder is the South African government, said in October last year that it had suspended Jacques Schindehütte over allegations of personal misconduct brought to the board by a whistle-blower. "Telkom and Mr Schindehütte have agreed that Mr Schindehütte will retire with full benefits and that the disciplinary proceedings will be discontinued," Telkom said in a regulatory filing late on Friday. Schindehütte would resign with "immediate effect", it said. Weeks after the suspension Telkom said it had loaned Schindehutte nearly R6 million to purchase its shares. He later repaid the loan and Telkom chief executive Sipho Maseko was ordered to attend a corporate governance course after a government watchdog found the loan to be in violation of corporate legislation. – Reuters
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worked with the CSSA to develop the plan. Many of you may remember him over the past twenty years. He worked
with the Self Storage Association (SSA) in the early 1990's in gaining approval from the California Department
of Insurance for separate workers' compensation classification codes for our industry. He has also been a speaker
at some of our conferences.
If you wish to obtain immediate information about the program, contact Lauren R. Ziminsky
toll free at (888) 853-8521 x7918, facsimile (949) 486-7958 or email@example.com. We are excited about the
premium savings this program may bring to our membership.
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