Earlier this week, Inslee took steps to ensure Washington State meets new federal rules to prevent the loss of $70 million in federal funds for annual food-stamp benefits. By increasing “monthly … [Read more...]
The Politics of Public Records Requests
It appears that, in the world of public information disclosure, it’s all about who you know. According to Sound Politics, Move King County Now (pro-Prop 1 group) campaign manager April Putney made … [Read more...]
Minimum wage forum brings out liberal hypocrisy
The City of Seattle hosted a “symposium” to trumpet how good it would be if businesses just ignored the realities of the job market and started everybody off at $15 an hour, like Socialist City … [Read more...]
Sink the boat, earn a promotion
It may not have been intended to be an indictment of how shallow the “leadership” is at the state’s Department of Transportation under Jay Inslee but, today, the Transportation Secretary picked Capt. … [Read more...]
Liberals focus on beating Democrats this fall
In a move that will certainly confuse the less informed members of their base, liberals have declared Democrat State Senator Rodney Tom as their top target for 2014. And, with the legislative session … [Read more...]
Inslee and Senate Dems stall transpo bill, blame GOP
Jay Inslee said he drove a dump truck once, and he would have certainly needed one to carry all the “material” he and the State Senate Democrats were spreading last week about their failure to pass a … [Read more...]
News you can use: Democrats like Department of Transportation just the way it is – bloated and wasteful
Among the many “successes” of the Democrats in Olympia during the just-completed legislative session was dooming any chance of improving our transportation system because of their unwillingness to … [Read more...]
WEA dollars more important to Democrats than poor kids’ education
Washington legislators faced a choice this session: make a simple change to the state’s teacher evaluation law and require that evaluations be based in part on statewide tests, or lose control of $44 … [Read more...]
News you can use: The story Democrats do not want to be told
Hopes were high that the public might finally get the truth about the Internal Revenue Service scandal that broke out last year regarding how IRS officials seemed to be targeting free speech – and … [Read more...]
News you can use: Inslee gas tax scheme taking shape
It appears that Jay Inslee is moving closer to unilaterally imposing a huge gas tax on Washingtonians, evidently believing that is the “moral” thing to do. Inslee’s radical environmental supporters … [Read more...]
News you can use: Propaganda Alert, courtesy of State Labor Council
The Washington State Labor Council (Proposed Motto: Always bigger government, always!) is known for its inflammatory rhetoric and shaky logic, since after all, its job is to extract more money from … [Read more...]
Republicans increase education spending, Democrats complain
Here’s an easy quiz, that makes liberals in Washington State uneasy: Who is responsible for our state being under Supreme Court order to meet its constitutional duty and fully fund public … [Read more...]