When Kshama Sawant first ran for the Seattle Council in 2013, her background as a community college economics teacher was prominent enough that it gained national attention, though as something of a … [Read more...]
Sound Transit caught breaking finance laws – punishment TBD
The bureaucrats at Sound Transit knew they could be in trouble when they got caught giving the personal email addresses of their customers to the campaign trying to raise taxes to expand their light … [Read more...]
Times dampens spirit of Sound Transit cheerleaders
The coordinated campaign – from elected officials like King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, to mega-donors who will benefit from construction projects, to the usual … [Read more...]
Friday Funny – Inslee panics! Or not!
One of the reasons that this year’s gubernatorial race has been so low-key is that the mainstream media doesn’t spend much time looking beyond Jay Inslee’s press releases, to actually let voters know … [Read more...]
Inslee carbon rule adopted – let the lawsuits begin
Just in time for the last few weeks of his re-election campaign, Jay Inslee has finished jamming through by executive rulemaking his “carbon rule” that will hurt Washington’s economy for years to come … [Read more...]
Negotiations yield big $$$ for unions, is Inslee next in line for cash?
The secret negotiations between Jay Inslee and the state employee unions were successfully concluded yesterday – if your definition of success is “the largest compensation package since the start of … [Read more...]
Income tax finally a campaign issue, despite media trying to help Inslee
Four years ago, Jay Inslee (in)famously said that he would veto tax increases, saying “now is not the time for new taxes.” Unfortunately, you can’t seem to find that quote on the Seattle Times web … [Read more...]
Inslee begging tour continues
Shift reported last week about how Jay Inslee’s schedule has been wearing him out, so much that he took a week off just before Labor Day. The vacation week came after two months of heavy duty with … [Read more...]
Never forget, 9/11/01
Ice cream wars – over minimum wage
The unions of the Washington State Labor Council who paid to get an initiative raising the statewide minimum wage by 40% on the ballot this fall like to use public faces that don’t reflect the big … [Read more...]
Three truths you won’t hear from Sound Transit’s PR machine
There is one sure-fire way to tell that we have passed Labor Day, and that campaign season is in full swing – elected officials and bureaucrats not on the ballot start showing up with editorials … [Read more...]
WSU prof lies about farmers, wrist is severely slapped
The week before Labor Day is often slow for news, as summer dwindles to a close with people wrapping up vacations and kids getting ready for school. Stories often get lost in the shuffle, and thus … [Read more...]