Today marks the end of the state Legislature’s special session. Lawmakers now need to go into a second special session due to the unfortunate fact that they have yet to pass the 2015-17 operating … [Read more...]
Quiz: “Did Jay Inslee say it?”
On Tuesday, Jay Inslee delivered his State of the State address before a joint session of the state House and Senate. Inslee’s message was on point. He did not stray from expectations. Rather, he … [Read more...]
$15 minimum wage headed to Tacoma?
Labor activists want to make Tacoma the next city to join SeaTac, Seattle, and San Francisco in forcing a $15 minimum wage on its local business community. A group called 15 Now Tacoma — one can … [Read more...]
Inslee Needs Your Money: A Month in Review
Two emails went out this week from Governor Jay Inslee imploring his people to cough up money for him and his colleagues so that they can better respond to mounting criticism. It should be noted that, … [Read more...]
Again, Inslee doesn’t have a plan – to share with public
On a third major issue in the last two months, Jay Inslee has sent out his PR team to tell voters they need not be concerned about his plans to make state government more expensive—because he really … [Read more...]
Inslee ignoring legislature again, planning to dictate more environmental rules
Jay Inslee has shown an inability to get many of his legislative priorities through the Democrat-controlled House –like the tax increases he sought this year or the minimum wage increase he wanted to … [Read more...]
Inslee decides to use D.C. tactics, again
Having demonstrated an inability to actually solve problems by negotiating legislative deals like his predecessor, Jay Inslee has decided to copy President Barrack Obama, his former colleague in … [Read more...]
News you can use: Democrats go Gilda Radner on the minimum wage – “never mind”
The sands in the hourglass of the legislative session are slipping away from the Democrats who are used to controlling everything in Olympia, and with every passing day comes the realization that … [Read more...]
Democrats like to talk about raising minimum wage, not voting on it
In a story that sounds like it was from this Washington not DC, a powerful Democrat legislative leader has decided to ignore the Executive of his party and not vote to raise the minimum … [Read more...]
News you can use: Inslee can pander to labor even when he’s out of town
Jay Inslee returned to his Washington DC roots over the weekend, and decided to consider taking a page out of President Obama’s playbook and investigate unilaterally raising the minimum wage for state … [Read more...]
News you can use: Spokesman says this time Inslee is telling the truth
It’s been a challenging month for Jay Inslee – his own party ignored his choice for state chairman, the Speaker of his own party won’t bring his priority bills up for a vote to raise taxes and the … [Read more...]
News you can use (or share): Another Inslee priority, another State House fail
Seems that Jay Inslee’s attempts to get Frank Chopp’s Democrat-controlled House to pass his priorities are, shall we say, not meeting minimum standards. It took the always-on-the-liberal message … [Read more...]