You can tell they are getting pretty confident – or just bored - in the White House, when they start having the President make noise for first-time liberal state legislative candidates. Such is the … [Read more...]
Today’s big-spending liberals: SEIU 775
Public records can provide valuable information, if they are used. To that end, Shift started this week combing through the records of the Public Disclosure Commission to shine a spotlight on liberal … [Read more...]
Will Pronto finally meet its deserved fate?
There was a birthday party last week and if you live in the city of Seattle, you might feel bad if you weren’t invited. That’s because you had already paid for it. The birthday in question … [Read more...]
Inslee calendar: is almost 10 hours of work OK?
Jay Inslee slipped back into nearly-full time campaign mode last week, as our regular review of his official calendar shows. Evidently the state runs just fine absent our “green” governor, as he put … [Read more...]
Today’s big-spending liberals – WA Conservation Voters
Now that ballots are on their way to voters, Shift is shining a spotlight on those liberal special interests which are doing their best – with big money – to elect Democrats and advance big-government … [Read more...]
Shift (still) on the radio!
If you haven’t been getting up early, you have been missing several days of commentary on the this year’s ballot initiatives from Shift’s own Randy Pepple. He has been a guest with KVI’s John Carlson … [Read more...]
Sound Transit outside the Seattle bubble – what they’re saying in Snohomish County
The bureaucrats at Sound Transit have learned from past failures (see 1995, 2007) not to run a huge tax increase initiative when voters can really focus on it. Instead, always go on the ballot in a … [Read more...]
Today’s big spending liberal – Nick Hanauer
Now that ballots are going out, campaigns across the state are shifting in to high gear. And, as a public service, the folks at Shift have decided to shine a light every day until November 8 on the … [Read more...]
Min wage opponents point out economy of state “is not Seattle”
Washington State already has the second-highest minimum wage in the country “thanks” to the labor unions bosses who paid for a citizen initiative in 1998. Since then, our state’s minimum wage has … [Read more...]
Shift on the radio!
Every day this week KVI 570 AM host John Carlson will be featuring Shift’s Randy Pepple for analysis of initiatives on this fall’s ballot. The interviews will air at 6:35 am, and be repeated during … [Read more...]
Former Chief Justice says income tax unconstitutional – but that won’t stop the liberals!
Shift has repeatedly pointed out (here and here) that the City of Olympia’s income tax initiative this fall is primarily a liberal test case for overturning the state’s 80-year-old ban on a state … [Read more...]
Seattle tax dollars at work – $74 million spent, traffic improved by 2 seconds
Many people are justifiably skeptical about promises made by the Seattle-centric folks at Sound Transit (ST). Maybe it’s because they’ve heard ST’s promises before, and found them false. Or, maybe … [Read more...]