Did you miss our interview on Friday with Republican Senate Leader Mark Schoesler?  You can read the Senator’s 2020 agenda for the Senate Republican Caucus and what it is like to being one of the few farmers serving in the Washington State Legislature. (ShiftWA)

More information on the violent threats posed by environmentalists which forced the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to cancel 14 community meetings on wolf management. The threats from the pro-wolf crowd not only included general threats posted on social media, but also included specific threats made against WDFW personnel. Gee how tolerant and progressive of the environmentalists. (Chewelah Independent)

A former Pierce County Deputy Prosecutor has announced he is running to unseat Bob Ferguson as Washington State’s Attorney General.  Matt Larkin, who also worked briefly for the George W. Bush White House, says, “Right now we have an attorney general who’s been in office for seven years and the problem (homelessness/drug addiction) has only gotten worse. We need a new approach.” (Kent Reporter)

Due to failures within Washington State’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), more children are spending nights in hotels instead of with available foster homes. More than 280 children spent a combined 1500 nights in hotels because DCYF failed to adequately train families how to care for children with “profound needs.” In acknowledging this is a serious problem and that DCYF needs to do more to provide for these children, department secretary Ross Hunter says, “I clearly own that.” (Seattle Times)

We The Governed’s Glen Morgan talks about why the legislature should consider closing The Evergreen State College.  With declining enrollment due to a lack of institutional credibility, Morgan states, “You can parody Evergreen College, people have done that for decades.  However, I think the campus has reached the point where it is beyond parody.” (We The Governed YouTube)

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the City of Boise v Martin case which currently dictates how cities and other local governments deal with those who are camping on public property.  The Ninth Circuit Court previously ruled that governments could not enforce anti-trespassing laws on those who reside on public property unless they was shelter available for the person. (UPI)

An investigation by the Washington State Auditor’s office found that the finance director of the Pierce County Housing Authority “misappropriated” near $7 million in taxpayer funds between 2016 and 2019.  Cova Covington was fired in August when it was found that she had wired hundreds of thousands of dollars into her bank account.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been called in to investigate. (KNKX)

Christopher Rufo posted a video of the “entertainment” provided at the King County conference on homelessness.  As a result of the public finding out what Dow Constantine’s administration believes is suitable use of taxpayers’ dollars, King County’s All Home Director was placed on paid leave. Maybe more money will not necessarily sove the homelessness problem under Dow, though it does buy “cultural”performances. (Facebook)

As more young people are moving out of Seattle and into Pierce County, the number of high-tech companies in Tacoma is growing.   David Herling, owner of a high-tech startup says of Tacoma’s appeal, “It’s cool, though, because you kind of band together, where there’s a community, and there’s not one in Seattle.” (News Tribune)

Because of the federal governments flight ban of the 737 MAX, Boeing halted the plane’s assembly line, but none of the 12,000 workers will be laid off.  All the workers will be redeployed to other company projects until the ban is lifted.  Currently nearly 400 new planes sit in storage and cannot be delivered during the federal ban imposed last March. The company is concerned about “brain drain” if they were to lay off workers. (Seattle Times)

The King County Courthouse re-opened its 3^rd Avenue entrance early after the King County Council approved $600,000 to pay for two officers to patrol outside the entrance. The Democrat majority also decided to conduct security measures that the county and city should have already been performing.  Even though the area on 3^rd Avenue has been well known as a crime-ridden location for years, it took a judge closing the entrance to his own building before the City of Seattle and King County decided it was actually their job took to protect citizens entering the courthouse from that location. The entrance opened up again this morning. (MyNorthwest)

Due to declining newspaper and magazine sales, the Pike Place Market’s newspaper stand will close at the end of the month.  First and Pike News will close after 40 years at the location.  (Q13 News)

The Spokane City Council will vote on whether to ban high pitch noise emitters that are used to deter loitering around downtown businesses.  The machines produce a noise at a frequency that is only heard by those under 25 years old.  There are some who believe the use of these machines is discriminatory while some in the business community believe they are needed to end negative activity outside their property. (Spokesman Review)

The 2008 recession brought considerable changes to the Christmas tree business which are now becoming evident to consumers because of the eight to ten-year growth cycle of trees.  Therefore supply is slightly limited this year.  According to Washington State University professor Gary Shastagner (known as “Dr.Christmas”), people are also moving away from Douglas Fir trees and are now buying Noble and Frasier Fir due to the strength of the branches. (Washington AG Network)

Nearly 70,000 people have signed an online petition to impeach Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson.   The petition was started by a Kennewick resident and is in response to Ferguson’s proposal (which Inslee supports) to limit magazine capacity and ban the sale of automatic weapons. (Change.org)

With repeated email blasts begging for money, Governor Jay Inslee proved he has trouble keeping simple promises for even one afternoon.  Prior to last Friday’s midnight fundraising freeze, Jay Inslee’s campaign sent out a fundraising email at 10:57 AM stating, “This is the last time I am asking for over three months.” Yet at 3:08 PM, there was another email from the Inslee campaign begging for money. Remember in 2012 when Inslee promised he would veto any tax increase that crossed his desk? Promises are irrelevant if they are never meant to be kept. (Inslee campaign emails)

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