More Vaccine But No Mass Site in Yakima
More COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Yakima County this week but still not enough to open a mass vaccination site at Yakima s State Fair Park. This week officials at the Yakima Health District say the county received 15,497 doses of vaccine, which includes 11,132 first doses and 4,365 second doses. Nathan Johnson, Local Emergency Response Coordinator says while that s a lot of doses it s not enough for a mass site because he says For mass vaccine site to be open we ll need 15,000 first dose vaccines. While we did get over 15,000 total, it was a combination of both first and second doses.
I always want to hear what folks from here, but who are on the other side of the political spectrum, have to say and to explore why they think they way they do.
Rep. Tom Dent Fighting Another Round Of Unneeded Taxation
State Representative Tom Dent (R) of Moses Lake was our political guest today on The Morning News. We appreciate his sense of humor, his work ethic and common sense. One of our subsequent callers took a moment to say Dent is one of the very best lawmakers in the state of Washington. Now that s what you like to hear from your constituents!
What you don t like to hear from the Democrat majority is that a capital gains tax is in the pipeline and Rep. Dent calls it a waste of the State s time and resources. Dent sees an instant lawsuit if such a measure gets to the Governor s desk. But that doesn t mean it still won t happen, because as Representative Dent says, for the State s Democrats, there never will be enough money.
City Hoping to Create Domestic Violence Response Team
Domestic violence is a problem all throughout Washington State. In the city of Yakima it s a big problem say Yakima Police. The most recent domestic violence attacked happened in January when a woman was killed after being beaten and run over by the father of her 2-year-old child.Officers in the Yakima Police Department answer hundreds of domestic violence calls every month within Yakima City limits. In fact in 2020 city officials say crimes of domestic violence comprised 29% of the City of Yakima prosecution caseload, or 886 cases. They say 29% is high when compared to other city of similar size. To help the ongoing problem Yakima city officials want to create what s called a Coordinated Community Response Team to help stem the violence. Officials say the team is