Please continue to support the R-71 effort if at all possible. Our expenses are significant...PLEASE contribute to this effort with a donation as soon as possible.ka-CHING!!! According to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission, Larry Stickney's misnamed Protect Marriage Washington, the organization behind Washington's anti-family Referendum 71, has a $206 deficit. But no worries, because Larry made sure to pay himself $6,500 in June salaries. Larry Stickney's grossly opulent salary accounts for almost 36% of the donations received by Protect Marriage Washington. I thought he and Gary Randall were on the outs, but it looks like Larry is Gary's protege after all. Milk 'em for all they're worth, worth, Larry!Sincerely,
Larry Stickney, Manager
Protect Marriage Washington
[6/13/9009]
To see what Larry did to earn all that loot (missing deadlines, insulting the press, wasting time filing legal challenges only to withdraw them prematurely, etc.), click here or here. No wonder few referendum endorses contributed scarce cash to PMW - perhaps they knew it'd end up in the greedy pockets of the inept Larry Stickney.
| Vendor | Date | Amount | Description |
| LARRY STICKNEY | 6/3/2009 | $1,000 | SALARIES |
| LARRY STICKNEY | 6/15/2009 | $2,000 | SALARIES |
| LARRY STICKNEY | 6/22/2009 | $2,000 | SALARIES |
| LARRY STICKNEY | 6/26/2009 | $1,500 | SALARIES |
The District of Columbia will begin recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages tonight, according to the Washington Post.
The recognition is mandated by a new D.C. law that takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Before becoming law, District enactments must be presented to Congress for a review period. Congress has taken no action to block the law, and the review period expires tonight.
Last week, opponents asked a D.C. court to postpone the effective date of the new law in order to give them more time to prepare a repeal measure and gather signatures for a referendum. The court rejected the request and refused to postpone the effective date of the new recognition law.
The Post story, filed shortly after the close of business today, suggests that the reporters have verified that opponents of the new law have failed to take any last-minute action to appeal the court decision.
Starting tonight, D.C. will recognize same-sex marriages celebrated in Canada, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, or any other place that allows them, as well as California marriages celebrated before Prop. 8. It makes no difference whether the couple lives in D.C. or elsewhere.
So I'm browsing the overnight and early morning comments in the Blend this morning and a fellow Blender wakes it up by saying he's going to some diner or another, presumably in North Carolina. In spite of the modest portions of BBQ that I ate yesterday, I developed a sudden craving for some biscuits and gravy.
Since it's an absolutely wonderful day weather wise in Chicago, I decided to walk to Dixie Kitchen. As you may or may not know, there was a recently unearthed episode of the local Chicago PBS show Check, Please that featured state Senator Barack Obama recommending the Dixie Kitchen as his favorite resturant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c6qzxXgV2o
The Hyde Park Dixie Kitchen is now closed but the Evanston Dixie Kitchen is still open and rather busy, from the looks of it this morning. I walked there, Sunday New York Times in tow.
I had a great Cajun biscuits and gravy with coffee as I alternated between reading the Magazine cover story on the California Governor's race and lusting after a guy sitting with a (presumably) straight couple two tables over.
I also love to travel and to try out different places to eat. In light of that, I have a few questions;
1) What is your favorite local resturant? What is your favorite dish at your favorite local resturant (my favorite dish at Dixie Kitchen is the pecan trout
2) Have you cut back on eating out during the recession? And if so, how much.
And of course anything else on food (your cooking skills or, in my case, lack thereof. yeah, teh ghey gods forgot that portion of my ghey genes).
Oregon advocate Bonnie Tinker was killed in a tragic bike accident last Thursday while attending a conference in Virginia. Tinker has been a dedicated activist in Oregon’s progressive community for decades. She championed equality as founder and director of Love Makes a Family, peace through her work with Seriously P.O.’ed Grannies, and justice as a member of the Religious Society of Friends. Her energy, commitment, and vision of a more just and peaceful world will be missed. Visit Love Makes a Family for links to remembrances and information about memorial services. 
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