Comments on: ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/10/01/joe-turners-come-and-gone/ Talking WA politics. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:15:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: arikohn http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/10/01/joe-turners-come-and-gone/#comment-320 arikohn Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:08:25 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=564#comment-320 Joe, I'm stunned, and saddened!! I recently told a Judge of the King County Drug Court I hoped he lived forever and never retired. Ditto. A law should be passed outlawing your retirement. You've been the best of the best - and one helluva curmudgeonly, wry, incisive, witty, snide, super intelligent, intuitive blue jeans wearing pleasure to know. The thought of you not being "there" to watch over the likes of your governor is scary, truly scary. Very best personal regards, Ari Kohn, Seattle, WA 98145-0038 Joe, I’m stunned, and saddened!! I recently told a Judge of the King County Drug Court I hoped he lived forever and never retired. Ditto. A law should be passed outlawing your retirement. You’ve been the best of the best – and one helluva curmudgeonly, wry, incisive, witty, snide, super intelligent, intuitive blue jeans wearing pleasure to know. The thought of you not being “there” to watch over the likes of your governor is scary, truly scary. Very best personal regards, Ari Kohn, Seattle, WA 98145-0038

]]> By: jtwilcox http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/10/01/joe-turners-come-and-gone/#comment-312 jtwilcox Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:37:49 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=564#comment-312 Joe- Greetings from the chicken ranch! I'm sorry to see you go. I was looking forward to another year of creative titles.-JT Joe- Greetings from the chicken ranch! I’m sorry to see you go. I was looking forward to another year of creative titles.-JT

]]> By: dennyknowles http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/10/01/joe-turners-come-and-gone/#comment-302 dennyknowles Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:55:25 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=564#comment-302 Sorry to see you go Joe, you were one of the best and legitimized the TNT especialy when it came to politics. Sorry to see you go Joe, you were one of the best and legitimized the TNT especialy when it came to politics.

]]> By: larryseaquist http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/10/01/joe-turners-come-and-gone/#comment-300 larryseaquist Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:39:45 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=564#comment-300 You are the very model of a great political reporter. Politics and the state are much the better for your work. We are going to miss you hugely. You are the very model of a great political reporter. Politics and the state are much the better for your work. We are going to miss you hugely.

]]> By: pika http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/10/01/joe-turners-come-and-gone/#comment-293 pika Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:10:50 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=564#comment-293 Thanks for your good work and a great final post. Nice to see some sincerely nice comments here too -- I'll try not to get used to that! Thanks for your good work and a great final post. Nice to see some sincerely nice comments here too — I’ll try not to get used to that!

]]> By: jimkingjr http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/10/01/joe-turners-come-and-gone/#comment-287 jimkingjr Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:22:58 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=564#comment-287 Jericho doesn't have a clue, and hasn't read much of what Joe has written. Jericho doesn’t have a clue, and hasn’t read much of what Joe has written.

]]> By: Jericho http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/10/01/joe-turners-come-and-gone/#comment-285 Jericho Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:07:01 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=564#comment-285 Why would more and more people be unwilling to read news from the Capitol? Is it because they know what the news will be? Echo, echo, echo, chamber chamber chamber. The press corps in Olympia as most other state capitols and in D.C. is just a mouthpiece for more statism. Likewise those who cover local government. That media owners no longer fund reporters shouldn't surprise anyone. Oh, and please someone point out to me the dozens of times over the years that Mr. Turner reported on corruption on both sides of the isle. Yawn. The drumbeat from Turner and all the rest has been that the people need and demand more government. I won't shed a tear. Government in Washington State and the other 49 are finished. The Union is too corrupt for men to sustain it. Only God can help us now. Why would more and more people be unwilling to read news from the Capitol? Is it because they know what the news will be? Echo, echo, echo, chamber chamber chamber. The press corps in Olympia as most other state capitols and in D.C. is just a mouthpiece for more statism. Likewise those who cover local government. That media owners no longer fund reporters shouldn’t surprise anyone. Oh, and please someone point out to me the dozens of times over the years that Mr. Turner reported on corruption on both sides of the isle. Yawn. The drumbeat from Turner and all the rest has been that the people need and demand more government. I won’t shed a tear. Government in Washington State and the other 49 are finished. The Union is too corrupt for men to sustain it. Only God can help us now.

]]> By: hgeorge http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/10/01/joe-turners-come-and-gone/#comment-283 hgeorge Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:52:41 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=564#comment-283 Joe, You were a pain in the butt to manage, and yet I would not have traded you for four reporters and a mule. Seriously, you are one of the best reporters I've ever known. You spot the nuances and you have an enviable way of cutting through the BS and finding what's really going on. How many people besides you read the state budget from cover to cover? This East Coast transplant always appreciated your affection for your hometown and your determination to serve as the public's watchdog in Olympia. Plus, you made me look good at news meetings. :-) As much as I hate to see you go, I wish you nothing but good cheer in your retirement. And I know where you'll find that cheer. It's in your garden. Next to the corn. Hunter Joe,

You were a pain in the butt to manage, and yet I would not have traded you for four reporters and a mule.

Seriously, you are one of the best reporters I’ve ever known. You spot the nuances and you have an enviable way of cutting through the BS and finding what’s really going on. How many people besides you read the state budget from cover to cover?

This East Coast transplant always appreciated your affection for your hometown and your determination to serve as the public’s watchdog in Olympia. Plus, you made me look good at news meetings. :-)

As much as I hate to see you go, I wish you nothing but good cheer in your retirement. And I know where you’ll find that cheer. It’s in your garden. Next to the corn.

Hunter

]]> By: jimkingjr http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/10/01/joe-turners-come-and-gone/#comment-282 jimkingjr Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:28:17 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=564#comment-282 The eyes are crying... The eyes are crying…

]]> By: olympiareader http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/10/01/joe-turners-come-and-gone/#comment-274 olympiareader Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:41:50 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=564#comment-274 Good. Good.

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