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Seattle City Council woman Kshama Sawant is back in the news today, and topping our Daily Shift, with her attacks on the academic team charged with studying the city’s $15 minimum wage law.  Apparently former community college prof Sawant wants to make sure that more far-Left advocacy – and not actual data – is the … Continued

News out of Seattle dominates Shift today, as Olympia has gone suddenly quiet – perhaps it was Jay Inslee returning to his capital office for the first time in several weeks that has caused folks to hunker down, nose-to-the-grindstone-style. Or not. And actually, it was an Olympia agency – the Public Disclosure Commission – which … Continued

On a Blue Monday after the dismal Seahawks’ game yesterday, Shift takes a look at another dismal prospect – the beginning of an advertising onslaught from the zealots at Sound Transit, sure to be singing the praises of the biggest tax increase in state history. We highlight the one voice – the Seattle Times – … Continued

Team –  We want to give a big thank you to everyone who participated in our poll regarding the Democrat-led push for a state income tax. Your responses will help us report on this important issue – one that is certain to go beyond this November’s election and into the 2017 legislative session. We have … Continued

We celebrate the end of another week by reporting on our hope that Jay Inslee will quit sending us emails about his need – absolute NEED – to raise $15,000 by midnight tonight. Thankfully, midnight is not too far way. We can also celebrate two other local traditions that make writing easy – the “Seattle … Continued

The fall campaign is heating up, but Jay Inslee is doing his darndest to make sure that Washington’s economy doesn’t do the same, as Shift lets you know that today our green governor finalized his so-called “carbon rule” to make our state’s businesses less competitive. Inslee had to jam through an executive action so he … Continued

Shift fills you in today on the details showing just how, cough cough, “tough” a negotiator Jay Inslee is with his big campaign donors at the state employee unions. Evidently his generosity knows no bounds when it comes to spending $130 million or more in other people’s money. And speaking of big money, we give … Continued

Sorry for the second version of the Daily Shift today, but you may have recognized the first one as containing yesterday’s language – we suspect Russian hackers might be involved, but we’ll just focus on getting this corrected version out, rather than launching a full investigation into our technology snafu. Again, our apologies. Jay Inslee’s … Continued

The days are getting shorter, and even though summer weather has returned for a few days, the election is getting closer, so Shift gets to report on silly fundraising emails from Jay Inslee. The latest series concerned his need for $60,000 for the last 60 days of his campaign – on top of the more than $8 million he … Continued

On this Blue Friday, we bring to you the Ice Cream Wars over the minimum wage. Seems like in Seattle, a designer ice cream shop wants to pay its employees a $15 minimum wage – and they want everyone else to pay the same high wages. Yet in Federal Way, a local shop owner would … Continued

Another day, another opportunity for Jay Inslee to dip into the trough of public money – this time for his campaign.  Shift highlights Jay’s “back-to-school tour” today, which his Olympia office is publicizing since that way he can keep his campaign folks working on the fundraisers that he doesn’t publicize. Someone Inslee also generally keeps … Continued

If you listen closely you can hear the sound of the Sound Transit PR machine spinning slowly into a higher gear now that Labor Day has passed. Shift features today the latest example of its work, a Publicola-published editorial from Seattle City Council member Lorena Gonzalez extolling the (cough, cough) congestion-relieving aspects of the Sound … Continued