I believe when this campaign finishes, he will find himself permanently Pidgeon-holed.

The citizen initiative that would spell out that marriage is only between a man and a woman won’t qualify for the November ballot. Its sponsor, Stephen Pidgeon of Everett, says Initiative 1192 is more than 140,000 signatures short ahead of Friday’s deadline for turning in petitions to the Office of the Secretary of State in Olympia, and he concedes it won’t happen.

“I hate to say it … but we’re just not going to cross the threshold. We’re not going to make it. This measure is not going to be on the ballot,” Pidgeon said of I-1192.

That means only two initiatives remain alive likely filers ahead of the deadline – Tim Eyman with his latest two-thirds vote requirement for tax increases and the charter-schools proposal backed by at least $1 million from Bill Gates Jr.

UPDATE: In another piece of good news for gay-marriage supporters, Zach Silk of the Washington United for Marriage committee said major Microsoft figures Bill Gates Jr. and Steve Ballmer have each contributed $100,000 to the campaign to pass R-74.

Pidgeon drops another one...LINKIE

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Crazy times in the NorthWest.

"Even if I-1192 had enough signatures it likely faced a challenge from pro-gay marriage supporters. Anne Levinson, who led the R-71 campaign that ratified domestic partnerships in 2009, has been advising the R-74 campaign and said I-1192 petitions being made available online to supporters had the wrong language on them. [Clarifies Levinson role.]

State elections workers cautioned Pidgeon about this in a letter dated April 10, but Pidgeon said the language on the petitions was substantially correct. He would have made a “substantial compliance” argument, Pidgeon said.

UPDATE to original 1:04 p.m. post: Anne Levinson said the statute does not provide for that so the petitions would have been rejected, if Pidgeon had turned them in."

The geniuses at Patriot Update also give us this:

Interview with attorney Stephen Pidgeon. Attorney Pidgeon claims he found a record for a name change from “Barak Mounir Ubayd” to “Barack Hussein Obama” on October 14th, 1982 in Skookumchuck, British Columbia.Attorney Pidgeon also discusses his new book titled “The Obama Error”

"For the 100 politically conservative adults gathered in the hall, these two Republican candidates are their champions this election season.

Hadian is running for governor. He's spent nearly every day for the past year trying to elbow his way out of the shadow of Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna, the party establishment's hands-down pick for the job.

Pidgeon is vying for attorney general against the likes of two members of the King County Council, Republican Reagan Dunn and Democrat Bob Ferguson.

Both face long odds of advancing past next Tuesday's primary; neither is willing to concede."

Do not forget:

the Pidgeon has to pay - together with Leo - the costs of their venture into bankruptcy law !

"Hadian is conducting the more vigorous campaign. He's raised around $82,000 and has speaking engagements and fundraising events every day. Pidgeon's done little to raise money and even less to build a campaign operation. For the most part, his exposure comes as the warm-up for Hadian."

From the article:



I suspect most of what Pidgeon had set aside is going to pay that sanction.....

Prime Crimes gives a detailed account of the treason committed in Libya by the Obama Administration, and includes the Strategic Goals of the Muslim Brotherhood for the United States, a Congressional letter to the director of National Intelligence concerning the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood on the White House, and a disclosure of the communications from Benghazi, including pleas from Ambassador Stevens for additional security help that went completely ignored by Obama. The state department disclosure is attached for easy reference. An alarming and compelling book. Prime Crimes documents the greatest acts of treason in America's history. A must read.

The treason of Obama is not a simple matter. There is only one law governing treason, and it is established in the US Constitution. It requires the aiding and abetting of our enemies at time of war, and a high level of proof.

Obama’s treason has to do with arming Al Qaeda and other groups on the US Terrorist List, with arms that will ultimately be used against Americans, as they were in Libya. Obama’s loyalty is not to America; it is to the Muslim Brotherhood and the recreation of the Caliphate under Ottoman control (Turkey).

I have taken a great risk in publishing an accusation of treason before the election – a risk that puts my whole family at risk. I have published the book Prime Crimes – Treason in Libya to document the charge that Obama is working on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood and not the United States, and that the murder of Stevens was where the rubber met the road – an American Ambassador became expendable to the agenda of the Brotherhood.

This is an impeachable offense. Should you choose to enlighten your Congressman – send him or her a copy of Prime Crimes. You’ll spit Sharia after reading this indictment. The book includes a complete list of the groups on the US Terrorist List, the agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood for the United States (attached as Appendix A); the letter of five US Congress people to the Director of National Intelligence warning of the infiltration of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Executive Branch (attached as Appendix B), and 131 pages of disclosures from the State Department documenting the communications between Stevens and his staff and the White House/State Department concerning security for over a year (attached as Appendix C).

Pidg who?

This document is a rebuttal written for State Legislators, in response to a faulty legal opinion regarding the Balance of Powers Act, written by the Tennessee Legal Office.

More than a half century ago, Mississippi created a state Sovereignty Commission to block enforcement of federal laws.

Now two key state lawmakers are introducing legislation to attempt to do much the same thing. House Bill 490 would create a committee to help neutralize federal laws and regulations “outside the scope of the powers delegated by the people to the federal government in the United States Constitution.”

Robert McElvaine, professor of history at Millsaps College, said all this bill will accomplish is to put Mississippi up for ridicule. “ ‘The Neutralization of Federal Law’?” he said. “I am astounded to see such a measure introduced in the 21st century. Do the authors of the bill see Mississippi as part of the United States?”

He pointed out that the issue of state sovereignty “was settled by a terrible war 150 years ago as well as by numerous Supreme Court decisions.”

The “Tennessee Balance of Powers Act” is moving forward in the TN legislature! This is critical “states rights” legislation drafted by Liberty Legal Foundation and designed be a model for every state in the nation to protect its citizens against unconstitutional Federal laws.

Tennessee introduces The Balance of Powers Act in BOTH Chambers!
The Tennessee legislature has introduced The Tennessee Balance of Powers Act in both the House and Senate for the 2013 session.
The joint bill is sponsored by House Rep. Judd Matheny and Senator Mae Beavers in the Senate. Please take a moment to thank these two conservative leaders for their dedication for protecting state and individual rights in Tennessee by leading the Balance of Powers Act into law in Tennessee.
Tennessee introduced the Balance of Powers Act in 2012 with broad support from the people of Tennessee. That bill was withdrawn under suspect conditions following a secret pre-Super Tuesday meeting with then presidential candidate Rick Santorum.