Todd Myers, the Director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center argues that the real purpose of climate politics today isn’t even related to the environment. In the end, the benefit of these climate politics, “accrues not to the environment, but to politicians, who send fundraising letters and travel to meetings, which allows campaign consultants to claim “leadership” even as the policies fail and goals are not met.” (Washington Policy Center)

Republican Mark Harmsworth (R-Mill Creek) is asking Governor Inslee to shut down the 405 express toll lanes. “I obviously have concerns, as do many of my constituents and others, that the way we have implemented the toll lanes on I-405 is incredibly inefficient…” he said. (MyNorthwest)

The King County Council will possibly add a measure to the February ballot that would create two drug-injection sites. The measure is a response to challenging proposals that look to ban heroin injection sites in the county. (The Seattle Times)

After a construction company racked up violation after violation, state officials now want to block it from bidding on future public contracts. According to the Department of Labor & Industries, companies can be barred from bidding on public works projects when they have had repeat violations. (The News Tribune)

Seattle City Attorney Candidate Scott Lindsay is not only worried current city attorney Pete Holmes is wasting money on expensive outside attorneys, but wants to bring to light some suspicious behavior regarding how Holmes awards taxpayer funded contracts. Lindsay told 770 KTTH’s Rantz, “I looked, and many of the folks, many of the attorney’s, working on these cases, had actually donated political contributions to Pete Holmes’s campaign.” (MyNorthwest)

Rep. Terry Nealey (R-Dayton) was awarded a City Champion Award by the Association of Washington Cities for the second year in a row. The award was presented to legislators who fought for critical city issues during the 2017 legislative session. (Union-Bulletin)

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