The activists behind Initiative 732, this year’s attempt to make global warming a state (rather than federal or international) issue, are “certainly heartfelt and well-meaning”, according to the … [Read more...]
King County official creates transit straw men, knocks them down
Fred Jarrett has been many things in his career – Republican and Democrat, winning and losing candidate, elected official and appointed bureaucrat. Now that he is at that final stage after losing his … [Read more...]
Setbacks keep coming for Sound Transit’s bloated tax package
Yet another blow to Sound Transit’s scheme for fleecing taxpayers out of $54 billion hit the troubled agency today, with the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce voting to oppose voting to oppose the … [Read more...]
Seattle falling off its bike (share) again
The Seattle City Council just keeps making headlines with its “strategy” for getting people out of their cars and on to city-owned (and then-rented) bikes. And the wasteful antics all come at taxpayer … [Read more...]
Sound Transit hit with another PDC complaint
Just when the Sound Transit bureaucrats thought an apology would excuse them for violating public disclosure rules by giving personal email addresses to the campaign pushing their $54 billion dollar … [Read more...]
Sound Transit campaign raking in the big bucks – from those who benefit from your tax dollars
It is often typical for campaigns to talk about the strength of their grassroots efforts and sometimes it’s even true – just think about Bernie Sanders. More typical is the politician who makes it … [Read more...]
Questions finally being asked about ST3 – so the attack dogs come out
State Senator Reuven Carlyle is a proud liberal. He’s also a thoughtful one, and his tendency to share his thinking online can make him a target when he takes on liberal orthodoxy. The fallout … [Read more...]
Another week, another Sound Transit scandal
The bureaucrats running Sound Transit are finding out that when you demand the biggest tax increase in state history – some $54 billion dollars – that some people might ask what you’ve been doing with … [Read more...]
I-405 making the news for all the wrong reasons
Last week, Jay Inslee held a news conference to announce long overdue changes to help ease traffic on I-405 north of Bothell. Of course, the fact that it was his own bureaucrats at the Washington … [Read more...]
Sound Transit losing streak continues – Ford announces driverless car within 5 years
Sound Transit – the tax-gobbling three-county light rail agency based in Seattle – has many friends, particularly those in the construction and engineering sector that make big money off of the … [Read more...]
Sound Transit’s tough week – Democrat and environmental opposition surfaces
Shift took last week off, but the critics of Sound Transit and its massive tax plan for its latest ballot initiative - ST3 – did not. Of particular note was the scathing review by Democrat State … [Read more...]
Why tunnel delays probably cost more than WSDOT admits
Thanks to the two-year shut down of Bertha (the giant tunnel boring machine), the opening of the Highway 99 tunnel will now be delayed until 2019. When the project was in its planning stages, … [Read more...]