Shift has been the only media outlet in the state which monitors our governor’s daily schedule, to provide the public a sense of his work ethic and priorities in office. Over the last year, we’ve been … [Read more...]
Friday Funny: What’s the wackiest Seattle policy?
Liberals across the country – and especially in the Soviet of Seattle – have filled up the internet lately attacking every new policy idea (or even old ones) coming out of the new presidential … [Read more...]
A day for remembering the ultimate sacrifice – for some
At Shift, our thoughts today are with the veterans - and their families – of Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor 75 years ago today was a “date which will live in infamy” as President Franklin D. … [Read more...]
Election’s over, so Sound Transit’s coming back for more
The most expensive ballot proposition on the ballot this year – beyond the disaster of Jay Inslee seeking re-election – was Sound Transit’s $54 billion, 25-year light rail plan. Thanks to overwhelming … [Read more...]
Seattle schools face deficit, blame state for their failures
The bureaucrats running Seattle Public Schools have rarely been mistaken for being at the top of their class. The state’s largest school district is rarely in the news for innovation and … [Read more...]
Inslee said “time to get to work,” didn’t mean him
Earlier this week, Jay Inslee sent out yet another fundraising email, exhorting his followers that “it’s time to get to work”. Evidently, he didn’t mean that for himself, as our latest look at his … [Read more...]
Lessons learned from the election: Voters not excited this year
Counties across WA have certified their election returns, formally locking in results that have been known (for the most part) for three weeks. Certification does allow us an even clearer picture … [Read more...]
Lessons learned from the election: The fight against higher taxes begins now
Now that the campaign is behind Jay Inslee – along with his much-needed post-election Hawaiian vacation to recover from all his fundraising – someone in his administration will need to prepare a draft … [Read more...]
Lessons learned from election: Trump is scare tactic for libs to raise taxes
It has now been three weeks since Donald Trump stunned the political world by winning the presidency. At Shift, we’ve used the time since to explore some election lessons learned, from the Democrats’ … [Read more...]
Lessons learned from the election: Democrat blame game, part II
After the long Thanksgiving weekend, one might have thought that liberals would start to recover a bit from the election. Instead, at the national level we saw Hillary Clinton join with the Green … [Read more...]
Lessons learned from the election: Democrat blame game in full swing
Much has been written recently (such as here and here) about the bloodletting that is going on in the national Democrat Party, as blame for the loss of all the levers of control in Washington, D.C. is … [Read more...]
Lessons learned from the election: Liberals ignoring the results
Say what you will about Washington State liberals, but you can’t say they are not stubborn. Listen to the voters – why? Change their tune on raising taxes – never! Over the weekend we had the … [Read more...]