The first full weekend of general election voting is behind us, and the airwaves (and mailboxes) are starting to fill up with political ads. So, as a public service, Shift is providing you with a peek … [Read more...]
Sound Transit outside the Seattle bubble – what they’re saying in Snohomish County
The bureaucrats at Sound Transit have learned from past failures (see 1995, 2007) not to run a huge tax increase initiative when voters can really focus on it. Instead, always go on the ballot in a … [Read more...]
The Daily Shift– October 11, 2016
Four weeks from today, the advertising (for politics) will end (for awhile), and we’ll have a better idea whether the voters have left much money in our wallets for holiday presents (and maybe even a … [Read more...]
Last Week Today – October 10, 2016
Featuring Jay Inslee almost putting in a full 40-hour week of official business and an internal Sierra Club fight over the carbon tax, last week on Shift we highlighted items we don’t normally see. … [Read more...]
Congestion relief – but not for Sound Transit
Puget Sound voters have the chance to raise their taxes by $54 billion this fall – property taxes, car taxes, sales taxes, etc. - and not reduce traffic congestion at all! That is the Sound Transit … [Read more...]
Sound Transit caught breaking finance laws – punishment TBD
The bureaucrats at Sound Transit knew they could be in trouble when they got caught giving the personal email addresses of their customers to the campaign trying to raise taxes to expand their light … [Read more...]
Times dampens spirit of Sound Transit cheerleaders
The coordinated campaign – from elected officials like King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, to mega-donors who will benefit from construction projects, to the usual … [Read more...]
Another week, another Sound Transit scandal
The bureaucrats running Sound Transit are finding out that when you demand the biggest tax increase in state history – some $54 billion dollars – that some people might ask what you’ve been doing with … [Read more...]
Sound Transit’s tough week – Democrat and environmental opposition surfaces
Shift took last week off, but the critics of Sound Transit and its massive tax plan for its latest ballot initiative - ST3 – did not. Of particular note was the scathing review by Democrat State … [Read more...]
Socialist Sawant demonstrates she does not understand economics — again
Socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is at it again, proposing far, far-Left policies that -- in the end -- do nothing to solve the problems they seek to address. This week, Sawant … [Read more...]
The Daily Shift – July 18, 2016
Jay Inslee wants to avoid his failed record. So, he's decided to deflect by nationalizing the governor’s race and (hypocritically) attacking Donald Trump. Speaking of our green governor and his … [Read more...]
3 initiatives WA voters will see in November
We now have an idea of which initiatives Washington voters can except to see on the November ballot, thanks to the liberal special interests trying to find something to get voters excited about … [Read more...]