Few unions are more vocal – especially in Washington State - than those comprised of teachers. The leaders of both the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers are loyal … [Read more...]
The (McDermott) Hunger Games: Part XXIII
Some may have thought the end of the election would bring an end to the Shift feature we named after the movie series that featured a fight to the death to entertain the masses. Well, those folks … [Read more...]
Ignore the voters: Enviro propaganda push in the Times
The Seattle Times was very vocal during the campaign season it is editorial opposition to the silly carbon tax contained in Initiative 732. However, since the initiative went down in flames at the … [Read more...]
Democrats trying to rationalize loss, again
In their never-ending attempt to try and explain how they blew the presidential election, Democrats are left arguing that the government federal is illegitimate because they won a majority of the … [Read more...]
Can Sea Council go even further Left?
Shift has watched with bemused interest as the Seattle City Council heaps regulation upon regulation on the city’s businesses – from the $15 minimum wage to rules for hiring and scheduling … [Read more...]
Everybody gets a day, and Tuesday is for the “disruptors”
Labor unions evidently can’t stand the fact that the days immediately following Thanksgiving are devoted to commerce – Black Friday, Local Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, etc. – which feed not just … [Read more...]
Inslee – will he go back to work now, and will anyone notice?
Mainstream media outlets have ignored Jay Inslee’s unwillingness to do much actual public work throughout this election campaign, though Shift has covered his lack of governing pretty much on a weekly … [Read more...]
Voters reject campaign reform initiative, Times says bring back some of its bad parts
Sometimes “no means no”. And somebody should tell that to the Seattle Times. Voters saw through the phony, flawed, and rich-guy funded “campaign finance reform” Initiative 1464 – despite the … [Read more...]
Seattle Council defines priorities – spend, spend, spend (except on bikes)
The Seattle City Council prepared for the holiday season by giving thanks for rising tax revenue and spending it all in a $5.6 billion-dollar budget for next year that increases spending on … [Read more...]
PC Missionaries still running amok!
Administrators at Whitman “We used to be Missionaries but now we’re just Blue” College are working overtime to make the campus even more un-welcoming to rational students. As Shift previously … [Read more...]
Turns out, I-405 tolls are failing
It was just a year ago that new tools on Interstate 405 caused a public uproar. Democrat politicians from Jay Inslee to State Rep. Roget Good man ran scurrying from responsibility, pretending they … [Read more...]
Union hypocrisy: meet the needs of students, unless it interferes with union bargaining
Nothing shouts hypocrisy like the state teachers union’s leaders when they try to defend collective bargaining and attack public charter schools. A prime example occurred over the weekend, in a blog … [Read more...]