In a massive year-end cave in to the big labor bosses who invested millions to elect him in 2012, Jay Inslee told reporters last week that we need a "conversation" on raising the minimum wage. A … [Read more...]
Perhaps “disrespect” comes from actually believing your own propaganda
Outside observers — like the governor, members of newspaper editorial boards and small aerospace business owners — have watched in disbelief as Machinists union leaders first negotiated a new deal … [Read more...]
Labor bosses miss the party, but Inslee already got the presents
A mini-crisis is brewing in the Governor's Mansion tonight. According to Seattle blog PubliCola, a swath of the state's big labor bosses decided to cancel their RSVP at a Jay Inslee Christmas Party … [Read more...]
Jay Inslee is trying to get some laughs
Normally SHIFT would leave the political humor to the late-night professionals, but we couldn’t let Jay Inslee’s recent effort at getting laughs pass unnoticed. At least, we think he was trying to … [Read more...]
Transit militants upset with Senate proposal
Earlier this week PubliCola –which defines itself as a blog “dedicated to nonpartisan, original daily reporting that prioritizes a balanced approach”, though it appears to “balance” its reporting … [Read more...]
Democrats attack, then copy, successful advocacy group
If one thing in American politics has been clear in recent years it’s that liberals hate ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. For over 40 years ALEC has served as a clearinghouse of ideas … [Read more...]
Just Democrats being Democrats, Snohomish County style
The never-ending saga of Aaron Reardon’s tawdry time as Snohomish County Executive has surfaced again, this time in a lengthy Everett Herald piece that outlines why one of Reardon’s top aides could … [Read more...]
Top state officials used deceptive tactics to cover-up Obamacare website glitches
Just as the recent release of emails shows that the national rollout of Obamacare was prone to deception, our SHIFT investigation shows the same shady approach being used in Washington State prior to … [Read more...]
Jim McDermott tells the truth – for a change
Given all the problems that Obamacare faces, both nationally and locally, perhaps it should be no surprise that one of Washington’s Congressmen is predicting that the Democrat’s signature health care … [Read more...]
Washington State Wants You – to be “good enough” for a raise
Bar for raise as low as ObamaCare People in the private sector might wonder what it takes for a government official to get a 13% raise, given the precarious state of our state’s budget. Well, wonder … [Read more...]
Where should Sound Transit go next?
I guess some folks in government don’t think our taxes are high enough yet, because Sound Transit just wrapped up a series of events where it asked the public, “Where should Sound Transit Services go … [Read more...]
Union rejection of Boeing contract “credit negative” for Washington state
The harmful economic fallout from the Machinists Union’s decision November 13th to reject Boeing’s long-term contract offer continues. Moody’s Weekly Credit Outlook on U.S. Public Finance for … [Read more...]