It's not so much changing out the old with new politician liars. You want change in their behavior? Easy! Start stripping all their free perks like medical dental, travel, food, etc. A crook won't stay long at the trough if it isn't lucrative for them.

As of now the get free benefits the rest of can only dream of. Thats not even including what they get from lobbyist. It's a million dollar lifestyle......literally.

As much as I like to see a happy ending to this I still am left wondering why the heck were they hiking in the most volatile region in the world? An area that deeply dislikes americans on top of it all. The world is all arm and fuzzy and full of nice flowers. I hope they learned something from this. They're lucky they weren't killed and left buried someplace never to be found.

Homeowner +1 and no court date needed for these punks. That made his day.

I have a good suggestion for the lawmakers pay. Fire them or layoff all of them and cut their salaries down to the unemployment level. That's their worth!

Point well made! Thank you.

Cheese & rice!!!!! What I can't figure out is who in the h*ll would want to talk on the phone with a loud mouth for 16 hours???

That's not entirely true. Remember, they did stuff safeco field down our throats after we told them no twice. What did we get? A nice stadium good for a team of seasonal losers.

That is there feather in the cap for them. (sigh)

She probably isn't worried about re-election. She's a career political liar like all the rest. I never voted for her and I can't for the life of me figure out why so many did. This state has continually declined and the same idiots keep getting elected over and over.

Sure, I bet she has a position somewhere else in government that is yet to be announced. I do know she has spot in the idiot government hall of shame.

He has the grin on his face because his hands are......well........thats why they cropped the picture!

Born and raised here in this state. Citizens of Seattle can be called whatever. Doesn't have to be just "ites". Let's just say I'm local enough in this side of the state.