Look, nobody is going to accuse Gov. Jay Inslee of being the hardest-working man around. His frequent late arrivals to the office and large blocks of “workout time” on his calendar attest to … [Read more...]
Democrats are pretty clear losers of 2017 tax battles
For the last five years, Washington State Democrats had one clear goal in mind: Use the McCleary education funding case as an excuse to pass new types of taxes. A state income tax, a capital gains … [Read more...]
Maria Cantwell Cantspell 2018 – The Detailed Story of “Medicadgate”
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, D-WA, has spent her rather long in the tooth public service career accomplishing nothing, really. She gains liberal political favor by voting in whatever way the … [Read more...]
Seattle’s Democracy Vouchers – “…‘cause it’s free money, why not?”
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch,” the old saying goes. It seems kind of obvious, but it bears repeating…a lot. We can’t help ourselves – we’re suckers for the idea of “free.” No place in … [Read more...]
Manka Dhingra’s “nothing-burger” answer on a state income tax
Sometimes a word or a phrase rockets into the lexicon. One week you’ve never heard of it, the next you can’t miss it. That’s true of “nothing-burger,” which is popping up all over lately. When … [Read more...]
Manka Dhingra is a Mega-Lefty
Here at Shift, we love to expose the cozy deals in Olympia and highlight the super-lefty extremists – luckily (?) for us, Seattle has an inexhaustible supply. But the point is, you expect those types … [Read more...]
WEA says “screw the truth,” sticks to lies
What were you expecting, unswerving fealty to the truth? If you know the state teachers union, the Washington Education Association, you know better than that. Already one of Olympia’s biggest … [Read more...]
Somebody has to be the Mayor – plenty of kooks & progressives want in
Somebody has to be the Mayor of Seattle. We don’t actually know that to be true, but it sounds right. If there was no mayor, would anyone notice? It reminds us of the meme from last year’s … [Read more...]
Mass Transit Now Kickoff Newsletter
Hi friend – Join hundreds of people just like you at one of our Mass Transit Now campaign kickoffs this week to pass Regional Proposition 1. Regional Proposition 1 will connect communities … [Read more...]
The Seattle Times: “End secret negotiations with labor unions”
Another round of secret negotiations between Jay Inslee and the state employee union executives (who put $1 million into his last campaign) kicked off in May. The last time Inslee held secret … [Read more...]
What Inslee really did, and what he is really doing
Jay Inslee has been on a fundraising spree since the 2016 legislative session adjourned. Of course, that means a lot of (to put it lightly) misrepresentations merged with desperate attempts to scare … [Read more...]
Public charter school bill passes state House
Enough House Democrats decided that it’s in their best re-election interest to support voter-approved public charter schools. Ten Democrats broke off from their party to pass a bill to save charter … [Read more...]