The Newsmaker Interview is with City of Lacey Councilmember Lenny Greenstein. Last spring Discovery Institute journalist Jonathan Choe posted an informative report on why two neighboring cities … [Read more...]
Mayor Woodward: “I am committed to serving a second term with the primary purpose of leaving Spokane in a better position than when I began.”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward, who is up for re-election after her first term in office. She will be facing Lisa Brown, a liberal career politician and former … [Read more...]
Tree Fruit Association’s Jon DeVaney asserts that the state’s overtime wage laws have cost farmers and farmworkers money, and caused fruit to spoil before it can be harvested.
Jon DeVaney, the President of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association (WAFTA), is our Newsmaker Interview. DeVaney became involved with the tree fruit industry in 2009 after working with … [Read more...]
Maynard: WA Auditor must conduct full investigation of King Co. juvenile diversion programs, “the human and financial costs are simply too high”
Our interview is with Jackson Maynard, Executive Director of the Citizen Action Defense Fund (CADF), a Washington State non-profit “watchdog” organization which seeks to ensure that state and local … [Read more...]
SGGA’s John Estey: “Spokane has seen commonsense policies pushed to the wayside for far-Left ideas”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Spokane Good Government Alliance (SGGA) Executive Director John Estey, as we spotlight the important elections which are taking place this year in the state’s … [Read more...]
Rep. Schmick: The state’s mental health failures are due to “a lack of leadership” from the Inslee Administration
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Representative Joe Schmick (R – Colfax), in which he discussed the recent federal court decision to fine the Inslee Administration $100 million for not providing … [Read more...]
WASPC’s Strachan: “Crime has decreased in some parts of the United States but overall crime in Washington has continued to rise.”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Steven Strachan, the Executive Director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC). This week the organization released its annual Crime … [Read more...]
Senator Chris Gildon: I am stunned by the indifference Democrats “are showing to the pain being felt by everyday Washingtonians.“
Governor Jay Inlsee and Democrat lawmakers repeatedly asserted that their Cap and Trade (i.e. “carbon tax”) legislation would only cost consumers “pennies” when they passed the legislation (with … [Read more...]
Keilman: “If you want to save the state, you must focus on Seattle.”
Shift’s special Newsmaker Interview is with Susanna Keilman, one of the primary organizers of the vigil and march on Saturday morning to honor Eina Kwon and her unborn child, who were killed in a … [Read more...]
WPC’s Sean O’Brien: “It’s galling how the governor misled the public on the impacts of the state cap-and-trade program”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Sean O’Brien, the new Eastern Washington Director for the Washington Policy Center (WPC). Sean returned to Washington State after spending eight years in … [Read more...]
Councilmember Reagan Dunn: “Housing First is a system that keeps struggling people dependent on the government.”
King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn is Shift’s Newsmaker Interview. Last week the councilmember wrote a much-discussed Seattle Times op-ed in which he asserted that King County should stop funding … [Read more...]
Brandi Kruse: Journalists “should be deeply troubled when politicians start dictating who gets access and who doesn’t.”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Brandi Kruse, the creator and host of the local political podcast “[un]Divided.” In just over a decade in the Seattle market, the native Minnesotan distinguished … [Read more...]