Secretary of State Kim Wyman is requesting up to $2 million in emergency funds from Governor Inslee for statewide pre-paid postage on ballots. Wyman cites a recent King County proposal, which would provide voters there with pre-paid postage, as the motivation for her request. (Washington State Wire)

A novel sight yesterday in Seattle: People with actual jobs out protesting. Socialist city councilmember Kshama Sawant brought a retinue of “protesters” to her pro-head tax rally and was surprised to find actual protesters show up: Iron workers who are pro-construction and anti-head tax. Adopting Sawant’s favored tactics, the workers, in hard hats and safety vests, drowned out her speech with shouts of “No head tax!” It’s definitely worth a few minutes of your time to watch the video here. (KOMO 4)

Seattle tried, but soon gave up on, monitored parking lots for homeless people living in their cars. San Diego, some say, is doing it better. Compared to Seattle’s massive expenses during its experiment, San Diego is spending just $436,000 to operate three safe lots with a total capacity for up to 150 vehicles. (Seattle Times)

The state Department of Transportation met with the contractor responsible for the recent debacle on southbound lanes of I-5 in Tacoma. The contractor temporarily reduced SB I-5 to a single lane near South 38th Street Tuesday night, intending to reopen it by 5:00 a.m. the following day. Instead it didn’t reopen until 9:00 a.m. causing a massive backup. (My Northwest)

A Spokane County Superior Court judge, Michael Price, sued his neighbor after the neighbor’s cat repeatedly peed on his back porch. The judge then successfully argued to have the case records sealed from the public. “It got to the point where the Price family couldn’t go outside and enjoy themselves because of the smell,” said Bob Dunn, the Prices’ attorney. (Spokesman-Review)

Rallies calling for Eastern Washington to split from Western Washington and become the 51st state will be held in Zillah, Benton City, and Wenatchee over the coming weeks. State Rep. Matt Shea (R-Spokane Valley) will be the keynote speaker at a few of the events. The creation of West Virginia notwithstanding, these movements never go anywhere. (Sunnyside Daily Sun News)

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