California billionaire Tom Steyer, who seemingly remains under semi-investigation by Washington State’s Public Disclosure Commission, is in the news again, announcing on the front of the New York … [Read more...]
News you can use: In case you missed it – we’ve been stimulated for 5 years now
Turns out that President Obama’s vaunted economic recovery stimulus package turned five years old yesterday – though you might not have noticed if you get most of your news from Democrat politicians … [Read more...]
News you can use: Nobody’s paying attention on a Friday – let’s give ourselves a raise!
You have to hand it to the Inslee media team – they have learned that releasing bad news just before a three-day holiday weekend is one way to bury it. So, in case you missed it, Jay Inslee decided … [Read more...]
News you can use: Paging Mr. Dukakis, or Mr. Mondale, or Mr. McGovern – your party needs you
The media loves to point out all the supposed divisions in the Republican Party – the Tea Party against the Establishment, Moderates vs. Conservatives, etc. – but a bit rarer is that same type of … [Read more...]
News you can use: You mean the minimum wage is about politics, not policy?
Lost in all the arguing over the economics of the minimum wage, is the reality that Democrats are pushing to issue for political reasons, not out of some newfound policy principal. Of course, it’s … [Read more...]
Daily News tells Inslee: keep trying to do something right
Jay Inslee can certainly claim consistency, if not success, in his second legislative session in the Governor’s mansion – he has definitely convinced newspaper editorial boards that he still has some … [Read more...]
News you can use: Seattle liberal wants to drive his own company out of business
You’ve got to hand it to mega-rich liberal donor Nick Hanauer (and, of course, he will hand it to himself as well, as you can see from his bragging in this Seattle Times feature) – he is willing to … [Read more...]
News you can use: Spokesman says this time Inslee is telling the truth
It’s been a challenging month for Jay Inslee – his own party ignored his choice for state chairman, the Speaker of his own party won’t bring his priority bills up for a vote to raise taxes and the … [Read more...]
News you can use: Ross Hunter sure values public testimony…not
It appears House Appropriations Chairman Ross Hunter was tired of his committee being ignored this session, so he decided it was time to open up his committee for public testimony … at 10:30 at … [Read more...]
Department of Ecology putting politics first, killing jobs
Jay Inslee's Dept. of Ecology doubled down on Wednesday on its decision to kill new jobs at all costs. Of course, they don't call it that, they say they're just "studying the issues." But when it … [Read more...]
News you can use (or share): Anyone remember Solyndra?
In what essentially is a repeat of a very bad movie, President Obama has decided that the country needs to create a $1 billion dollar “Climate Resilience Fund”, to help “fund ‘breakthrough … [Read more...]
News you can use (or share): Coming to a state near you – bad “executive” action?
There a was a reason that earlier this year Republican legislators were asking Jay Inslee to commit that he would not use an “executive order” to essentially impose a $1 per gallon gas tax on the … [Read more...]