Seattle Mayor Ed Murray picked May Day to announce his plan to implement a $15 min. wage. The Seattle Times, “The plan would then go to the City Council for discussion. Labor interests are … [Read more...]
May Day protests in Seattle
Apparently, this year’s Seattle May Day protests will be about “immigrant and worker rights, including the campaign for a $15 minimum wage.” The Oregonian, “There are social media postings from two … [Read more...]
Inslee prepares for carbon tax with contradictions, fabrications
In a recent article, the Washington Policy Center’s Todd Myers outlined three problems with Gov. Jay Inslee’s executive order yesterday—contradiction, politicization and just plain … [Read more...]
Reality check for liberals playing games with transportation needs
After losing King County’s Proposition 1 by nearly 10 percent of the vote, Fuse Washington is changing their tune. Fuse subjected its email subscribers to pre-mature victory laps for the last … [Read more...]
Seattle’s $15 min. wage non-debate
For all their ideological talk, liberals are not big believers in the market-place of ideas—in fact, they appear quite hostile to the concept. The non-existent debate over implementing a $15 minimum … [Read more...]
Democrats OK with bigot’s political contributions
This year alone, Democrats accepted $65,000 from a known bigot. From the NW Daily Marker, "Official political campaign finance disclosures show that Thurston County Democrats have accepted $65,000 … [Read more...]
Dems lose Microsoft’s business
Microsoft will become the latest Washington-based enterprise to take its business elsewhere. The software giant announced it will develop a $1.1 billion data center in West Des Moines, Iowa. The … [Read more...]
The latest in Inslee’s carbon tax obsession
Today, Governor Jay Inslee acted on what has become an unhealthy obsession and issued an executive order that creates a “Carbon Emissions Reduction Task Force.” It is the job of the task force to come … [Read more...]
Rep. Ross Hunter thinks GOP is the party of the uneducated
In 2010 and 2012, studies conducted by the Pew Research Center—a left of center organization—found that Republicans are “better informed, more intellectually consistent, more open-minded, more … [Read more...]
Get the facts: the TRUTH behind Washington’s 40 million dollar loss
What Washington State’s loss the No Child Left Behind waiver and nearly $40 million in education funds isn’t about… from Peter Callaghan of the News Tribune, It wasn’t about “high-stakes testing.” … [Read more...]
WA school districts experience rapid pop. growth
In the midst of the teachers’ union lax attitude toward $40 million loss, new reports indicate Washington state school districts struggle to keep up with rapid growth. The News Tribune, "An … [Read more...]
Democrats come out in favor of 2/3rd majority
Democrats favor a supermajority for $15 minimum wage. That’s interesting because, no matter how many time Washington State voters insist they want a 2/3 rule, Democrats don’t feel the same way about a … [Read more...]