Socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant doesn’t want “The Jungle” in Seattle to be cleared out. Instead, she said she wants the 400 people illegally living in the homeless encampment there … [Read more...]
House Democrats propose cuts to education funding
House Democrats want to pay off their biggest union campaign donor, the WEA, by boosting teachers’ salaries at the expense of funding meant to reduce classroom sizes, pay for emergency response needs … [Read more...]
Is Seattle’s transpo director involved in a web of corruption?
The City of Seattle has raised more than just a few eyebrows for even considering a plan to spend $1.4 million to keep a failed bike share company afloat. Crazily enough, the bailout is lower than the … [Read more...]
Seattle to decide on bailout of failed bike-share company
This week, the Seattle City Council will decide whether or not it will spend $1.4 million to keep a failed bike share company afloat – because that is, apparently, a top priority for the circus that … [Read more...]
Democrat doesn’t want Seattle’s tax dollars to fund ‘prisons in Walla Walla or whatever’
Legislative Democrats did some last-minute maneuvering to fatten up Sound Transit’s $15 billion ballot measure scheduled for 2016, to add money for education for heomeless or low-income children. Of … [Read more...]
Seattle’s favorite socialist wants headlines, says more stupid things
Say what you will about Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, but suggesting that he has a “lack of compassion” when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars on anything liberal is rather silly. Yet, that’s exactly … [Read more...]
Big labor hatefully gleeful over court’s charter school decision
Big labor is more than a little pleased over the state Supreme Court’s recently ruling closing charter schools in our state. In fact, labor is gleeful over the prospect of preventing children—mainly … [Read more...]
State Supreme Court strikes down charter schools, so what next?
Parents across Washington State are coming to realize they may no longer have a viable, stable education alternative for their children as various teachers’ unions stage illegal strikes or threaten … [Read more...]
Five reasons to thank a teachers’ union
State House Democrats are celebrating Labor Day by pushing a series of info-graphics called “Ten Reasons You Should Thank a Union.” Oddly enough, reasons include the passage of the Americans With … [Read more...]
Superintendent Randy Dorn’s unhinged plan to shutdown state gov
Washington State Superintendent Randy Dorn isn’t happy with the extent to which state legislators funded public education in the state budget. And, he’s letting everyone know about it. … [Read more...]
Jay Inslee refers to teachers’ strikes as “protests”
When is a strike not a strike? Evidently, if you’re Jay Inslee, when a major campaign donor tells you it isn’t one. During a radio interview with KIRO’s Dori Monson, Jay Inslee refused to call the … [Read more...]
Seattle’s first charter school not in “disarray”
The Seattle Times recently published a story entitled, “State’s first charter school in disarray.” The story made the Times print edition’s front page earlier this week. The title—and parts of the … [Read more...]