The steady drip-drip-drip of private emails among Clinton staff insiders being made public continued today, with the latest one demonstrating the significant ideological rift on the Left – and it … [Read more...]
Labor lays it out – carbon tax bad, doesn’t raise enough taxes
Shift has reported extensively on the intra-mural battle that is Initiative 732. On the Left is a self-proclaimed “stand-up economist” pushing a carbon tax, to increase the cost of energy for everyone … [Read more...]
(McDermott) Hunger Games: Candidates don’t know a dam thing
Washington State has a few distinct economic advantages over much of the rest of the country – besides our great intellectual capital (think Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Craig McCaw, etc.), our lack of a … [Read more...]
The voice of failure: McGinn says income tax the answer!
Jay Inslee has spent recent week denying he favors a state income tax, even though (as Shift has repeatedly pointed out) Inslee himself proposed an income tax himself in 2014. Apparently trying to do … [Read more...]
Surprise – feds’ environmental study moves Millennium project forward
The Left has been fighting for years to kill proposals to build export terminals in Washington State which, while creating jobs and providing millions of dollars in economic benefits here, could be … [Read more...]
Greenies (still) think I-732 is bad
You know an environmental initiative is in trouble when even the most extreme “green” groups in Washington State – like the Sierra Club – think it’s bad public policy. And you really know it’s bad … [Read more...]
For Hire: Seattle City Council laws
The uniformity of thought on the Seattle City Council is a regular topic on Shift, and is certainly not news to anyone paying attention. However, turns out it was news to the Seattle Times' Danny … [Read more...]
Liberals want politicians to get tax dollars for their campaigns
There are a number of questionable initiatives on the ballot this November – from the Sound Transit-proposed largest tax increase in state history, to big labor’s attempt to impose the nation’s most … [Read more...]
Inslee debate “highlights”: jokes about child abuse, lies about taxes
It has taken us awhile at Shift to recover from Jay Inslee’s “performance” in Monday’s gubernatorial debate. In fact, we took yesterday off from publishing anything about the debate, to see if the … [Read more...]
Frank Chopp sings from Sawant’s songbook
State House Speaker Frank Chopp has a unique perspective on Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, since he soundly defeated her at the polls in 2012, before she became a socialist celebrity by … [Read more...]
Seattle preparing to put ACLU in charge of homeless policy?
Lost in avalanche of nutty news coming out of Seattle City Hall last week – like protests to “disarm” city cops and regulations to let government determine when businesses can hire new employees – was … [Read more...]
Yet another deceptive union initiative – to punish non-union businesses
Labor unions in Seattle have become very adept in recent years – with the help of the elected officials who benefit from their campaign dollars – at using the coercive powers of government to pressure … [Read more...]