Jay Inslee has removed police protection from state grain inspectors, resulting in their inability to do their jobs (inspect grain shipments) due to the death threats they have received from members … [Read more...]
Inslee pushing tax increases today – again
Jay Inslee’s Carbon Emissions Reduction Taskforce (CERT) will hold another one of its not-so-open-to-the-public meetings today —and once again, Inslee is pushing raising energy taxes on the people of … [Read more...]
Puget Sound Regional Council issues flawed study on Gateway Pacific Terminal
The Puget Sound Regional Council released a study in which it evaluates economic impacts of the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal in Cherry Point near Bellingham. The terminal would serve as an … [Read more...]
SEIU Local 775 obeys U.S. Supreme Court, just not publically
Much to what we can only assume is its extreme displeasure, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 775 will comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Harris vs. Quinn earlier this … [Read more...]
Majority of Washingtonians against $15/Hour
A recent Elway Poll shows that 54 percent of statewide voters believe that a $15/hour minimum wage would hurt, rather than help, the economy. Considering the recent backlash from communities already … [Read more...]
$15 min. wage activists’ new attempt to combat voters’ choice
Union-backed Working Washington—a group comprised of activists willing to go to extreme lengths to protect Seattle’s new $15 minimum wage ordinance—is now working to contact people who signed … [Read more...]
Inslee’s extreme “green” plan – how much will it cost you?
Yesterday, Jay Inslee announced his plans to pay off his extreme environmental campaign donors by "setting a fish-consumption rate that would be among the highest in the nation.” Inslee’s proposed … [Read more...]
Sawant praises herself, builds following
Kshama Sawant is building quite a following in Seattle—people we like to call Sawanticrats. In the process, she has managed to blur the lines between Seattle’s socialists and Democrats. And, by doing … [Read more...]
Small businesses face union-thug tactics
Forward Seattle, the small business group attempting to bring Seattle’s $15 minimum wage ordinance to a vote, submitted about 19,500 signatures King County elections last week. The group needs 16,510 … [Read more...]
$15 min. wage activists escalate boycott of Seattle’s small businesses
Working Washington—operating under its spin-off group Support Seattle Workers—took its boycott of Seattle’s small businesses that dared to publically oppose the $15 minimum wage a step further … [Read more...]
Survey shows Sawanticrats win, employees lose
According to a new survey conducted by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI), Seattle’s new $15 minimum wage law will lead to higher consumer prices, reduced job opportunities and business closures. … [Read more...]
California Dems push back on Inslee-style energy tax scheme
A few Democrats in California’s State Assembly have expressed concern over the state’s cap-and-trade program impacting the poor. Due to existing low carbon fuel standards (LCFS), California’s gas … [Read more...]