King County voters said no to higher car tab fees and sales tax to fund King County Metro’s spend crazy habits on April 22, defeating Proposition 1 by a wide margin. Campaign finance filings for the … [Read more...]
Will Seattle liberals ever agree to cut spending?
Now that King County voters have clearly told their elected officials that they would like to see Metro get its budget under control rather that raise their taxes, it remains to be seen whether … [Read more...]
Oh the irony: Seattle Mayor concerned about city’s economic future
Seattle’s Mayor Ed Murray is against a city-wide property tax increase to fund King County Metro routes. Apparently, Murray believes that “any transit financing plan — either short-term or long-term — … [Read more...]
Reality check for liberals playing games with transportation needs
After losing King County’s Proposition 1 by nearly 10 percent of the vote, Fuse Washington is changing their tune. Fuse subjected its email subscribers to pre-mature victory laps for the last … [Read more...]
Liberals never learn, keep up transit lies
The final results are not even in from the resounding defeat of Prop 1, the transit zealots latest attempt to pick King County taxpayer pockets, and already there is talk of a new tax-raising … [Read more...]
Hey King County voters, Fred Jarrett thinks you’re “dumb”
Fred Jarrett is a former state legislator and former Republican who has evidently re-invented himself as a government efficiency “guru” under the direction of his boss King County Executive Dow … [Read more...]
Prop 1 fails, liberals don’t get the message
King County voters decisively rejected Prop 1 (55-45), leaving liberals struggling to understand why. The most ridiculous liberal reasoning? Prop 1 lost because it attempted to implement a regressive … [Read more...]
Problem: Liberals don’t take traffic seriously
Traffic in Bellevue is no joke, but new Bellevue City Mayor Claudia Balducci seems to think that it is. At least, that’s what her remarks in this video produced by FUSE Washington, a left-leaning … [Read more...]
Audit: WSDOT wastes a lot of money
An audit of the Columbia River Crossing project reveals that WSDOT mishandled taxpayer dollars and paid “excessive profits” to project consultants. The Legislature originally called for the audit … [Read more...]
Prop 1 is all about unions
Proponents of Prop 1 have an ongoing messaging problem. Their troubles all started when a March 2014 revenue report proved King County Metro deliberately withheld updated information regarding … [Read more...]
An answer to FUSE’s question
FUSE, a group of liberal grassroots activists, asks King County voters to consider a series of “creative” questions in a new ad campaign supporting Prop 1. Questions include, “What's more ridiculous … [Read more...]
Metro spills its secret… you won’t be happy
Today, King County Metro officials revealed a secret they have kept from voters for the past month. Appearing before the King County Council, Dwight Dively, Metro’s Director of the Office of … [Read more...]