Gov. Inslee finally stands up against income tax in Washington State. Presumably after watching his fellow liberals around the state continue to feign support for an income tax. Gov. Inslee finally spoke out against implementing an income tax, saying, “I don’t think it’s right for the State of Washington.” However, he ruined the moment when he tacked, “If they don’t want a capital gains tax, they could look at a carbon tax,” on to the end of his statement. Washington voters don’t want a carbon tax, either, Jay.

Seattle has imposed a new rule to protect internet data privacy, beginning May 24^th. The new city rule will prohibit the three companies who have cable franchise agreements with Seattle from selling customer information until they first ask for permission.

Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary is advocating an alternative to jail for nonviolent criminals. Sheriff Trenary proposes using the building vacated with the shutdown of the work release program to provide beds as an alternative to jail, and use the facility to help provide people with social service resources they may need as an alternative to jail time.

King County Metro and Diamond Parking are teaming up to sell reserved parking spaces in lots near transit stops. The project begins June 1. “Historically, transit parking has been free. I think we’re reaching a tipping point here that a lot of the lots that the public sector is operating are full early in the morning, and customers are looking for other opportunities,” Metro planner Daniel Rowe said. King County Metro also appears to be looking for opportunities – opportunities to siphon as much taxpayer money into their own bank account as possible. Shouldn’t they have been prepared for extra parking before launching the massive transit campaigns we’ve been dealing with?

Mike Ormsby, former US Attorney, has been appointed as the Spokane city attorney. The appointment will become effective May 22, granted the Spokane City Council approves the appointment made by Mayor David Condon.

Groundwater wells used by residents near Fairchild Air Force Base have been contaminated. Five wells near the base tested positive for chemicals which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently deemed dangerous if consumed in February. Contamination in 16 off-base wells was discovered just recently. Bottled water has been distributed to residents impacted and plans may be underway for filtration systems.

Spokane’s Chase Middle School has permitted supervisors to delete videos off of kids’ cellphones. They say it is in response to kids filming school fights. “If you’re videotaping a fight, that’s encouraging fighting and we don’t tolerate that,” Mark Sterk, the safety and security director, said. Deleting the videos off of kids’ cellphones is a way to ensure kids don’t film fights that may end up online, according to the school.

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