Disgraced 10^th Legislative District Democrat State House of Representatives candidate Clyde Shavers refused to be interviewed about the numerous allegations that he repeatedly lied about his history, credentials, and family. This comes after Shift broke the story on Monday that Shavers’ father (Brett Shavers) had written a letter outlining many of the false statements his son has made during his campaign.  On Tuesday, the Everett Herald contacted candidate Shavers who refused a request to be interviewed and instead sent an email to the newspaper.  In his statement, the 32-year-old Democrat candidate chose not to admit to the many lies which he and his campaign have made, and instead chose to play the victim by stating his father’s letter is, “very painful to me as his son” and that it “is all about politics.”

On Tuesday afternoon, the Everett Herald stated in an editorial that the new information regarding Shavers’ false statements convinced the newspaper’s editors to reverse its endorsement (something that is very rarely done) and the paper now encourages voters to support first-term Republican Representative Greg Gilday in the State House contest.

The Lynnwood Times conducted an investigation into Shavers’ claim that he is an environmental attorney for the prestigious Seattle-based law firm Perkins Coie.  The newspaper reported that the firm did not have a record of Shavers in the firm’s employee database. He did work as an intern for the law firm during a summer while he was in law school, but that’s not quite the same thing. The Lynnwood Times also reported that the Washington State Bar Association does not have any record of Shavers passing the state’s bar exam, which is required before working as an attorney in the state.

As of this morning, the Washington State Democrat Party’s website still lists that it has endorsed Clyde Shavers in the 10^th LD House contest.  But after Party Chair Tina Podlodowski endorsed a candidate for Seattle City Attorney (Nicole Thomas Kennedy) who applauded those who set fire to government buildings and wanted police to “eat COVID-laced Sh*t,” it is no big deal for the party to endorse a candidate who repeatedly lied about his military service, his residence, his employment, and even his family’s history. (Everett Herald, Shift Article, Brett Shavers’ letter, Shift Newsmaker Interview, Lynnwood Times, and Washington State Democrat Party endorsements.

A federal judge in Oregon ignored the prosecutor’s sentencing recommendations and decided that a eco-terrorist who is connected with more the $45 million in property damages in five states should not be sentenced to more jail time.  Judge Ann Aiken on Tuesday sentenced Joseph Dibee to 1,000 hours of community service for his role in the arson of a 1997 Oregon slaughterhouse and a 2001 arson of U.S. Department of Land Management property in California.  In a plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop other arson charges, including those in Washington State.

Dibee hardly seems like a candidate for such extreme leniency, given that when he learned he was the focus of law enforcement’s investigation into the string of arson cases in 2006, he fled the country going to such places as Russia and Syria, before being captured in Cuba in 2018.   Upon his return to the United States, he spent two and a half years in jail while working on his plea bargain.  He was then released to house arrest in early 2021.  Federal prosecutors sought a seven-year sentence stating he shouldn’t receive lighter sentences than those who had previously been sentenced for the crimes simply because he fled the country.  Yet the judge agreed with the defense that his punishment should simply be time served, the community service, and to pay financial restitution to the victims. (MyNorthwest/AP and OPB)

The Western Petroleum Marketers Association (WPMA) will be offering the “gas pump topper” signs to its gas station members which inform consumers that due to Governor Inslee and the Democrat’s energy policies, gas prices are expected to rise by another 46 cents a gallon starting next year.  The signs are produced by the Washington Policy Center.  The WPMA represents the companies that sell 80% of the petroleum products sold in Washington State.  Thus you can soon expect to see one of these signs at a gas station near you. (Gas Pump Topper sign and WPMA website)

For those of you missing being under Governor Inslee’s emergency orders (lifted on Monday), Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center reminds us of a post he made a couple of months ago which relive many of the highlights of the governor’s abuse of powers.  It is interesting to go through the chronology of events and remember the many failed policies and unscientific decisions made by the governor during his 975 days of ignoring the state legislature and local officials on decisions which impacted millions of lives. (Washington Policy Center)

A Seattle Times editorial stated that “enough time and money has been wasted” by the Seattle City Council when it transferred the city’s Parking Enforcement Officers from the Seattle Police Department (SPD) to the city’s Department of Transportation (SDOT) in 2020, and that the council should support Mayor Bruce Harrell’s plan to return the officers back to the SPD.  In one of the many reasons why public safety policy should not be dictated by violent protestors, it cost the City of Seattle millions of dollars when the council irresponsibly moved parking enforcement out of the SPD because the radical liberal activists rioters in Seattle demanded that the city “defund” the police department.

The move cost the city an estimated $5 million dollars in parking fines because the parking officers no longer had the legal authority to issue the tickets. Wasting more money will occur, as The Times editorial pointed out, because if parking enforcement stays within SDOT , $5.5 million in overtime and overhead expenses will hit the city’s treasury. (Seattle Times)

ChangeWA (not affiliated with ShiftWA) posted a comparison of the two finalist to become the next King County Prosecuting Attorney.  Jim Farrell is currently the Mayor of Federal Way, a former prosecutor for 16 years, endorsed by 10 police guilds and the Seattle Times, and favors enforcing the laws.  His opponent is Leesa Manion who has been the current King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg’s Chief of Staff, is endorsed by The Stranger, some “defund the police” activists, and radical Democrat Representative Jesse Johnson (who authored the state’s 2021 disastrous anti-police package).  Manion says she favors programs which keep convicted criminals out of jail and provides them with assistance from social programs. (ChangeWA)

The suspect in the brutal double murders in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood, has an incredibly long criminal history, including being arrested four times in 2022 in Washington State.  The two victims were stabbed repeatedly (one over 100 times) in their apartment.  John Marcel Williams has more than 65 arrests in California.  He was released from King County Jail just two days prior to the Georgetown murders last Sunday. He was released last Friday after serving 56 days threatening to kill a woman at a Seattle Tiny Home village. Evidently the severely short-staffed Seattle Police Department was unable to file paperwork to keep Williams in custody. (Q13 FOX News)

Three residents of the large Spokane homeless encampment on Washington State Department of Transportation property have sued to stop the City of Spokane and Spokane County from cleaning out the camp.  Joining in the lawsuit is the controversial group Jewels Helping Hands who makes money “managing” the encampment which has been described as “The Lord of the Flies on Drugs.” The lawsuit contends that many of the residents will be thrown into the street despite the government’s assurance that all will be offered shelter space. Some of the residents contend that the government run shelters do not offer the services  that those who are disabled need.  This begs the question, are those who are disabled receiving the treatment and care they need within the encampment next to a freeway? (Spokane Public Radio and KXLY TV)

In a bombshell letter, the father of Democrat legislative candidate Clyde Shavers states that his son and his campaign have been untruthful about many aspects of his life including his military service, where he lives (not in the district) and the facts of his mother’s immigration to the United States from Japan.  Shift was the first outlet to report this story which has resulted in the Everett Herald reversing its endorsement of Shavers in a very hotly contested State House race in the 10^th Legislative District (Island County [including Naval Air Station Whidbey], Southwest Skagit County, and Northwest Snohomish County) against first-term Republican Representative Greg Gilday.  Candidate Shavers’ father, Brett Shavers, said he repeatedly encouraged his son to be truthful about the facts, but since the campaign continued to make untruthful statements he felt compelled to “write this (letter) only to correct the record and personally as a matter of integrity.” If you read it, you will see how low the Democrat Party has slipped this year. (Click to read full Shift Article)

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