Here are the maps: http://www.redistricting.wa.gov/maps.asp They will appear on the screen in a reduced format. You can set the size to 100%. If you scroll to the right there is a Puget Sound map. The Ceis map was interesting because it puts the high tech area of Bellevue / Redmond / Kirkland / Woodinville /…
At a forum on low income housing and homelessness prevention Friday, August 26, Sen. Maria Cantwell discussed the bill that she is co-sponsoring with Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe to extend and strengthen the affordable housing tax credit. The forum took place at the Salishan housing development in Tacoma and was attended by about 300 people…
The Metropolitan Democratic Club meeting on Wednesday August 10 featured two supporters of a two state solution in the Mideast, Rainer Waldman Adkins of J Street and Rob Jacobs of Stand With Us. This was the present author’s first visit to a meeting of the Metropolitan Democrats group. Two weeks ago the organizer of the…
In order to obtain emergency funding for public transit, the King County Council, specifically, Larry Phillips, has proposed a congestion fee of $20 to be charged for every automobile. I am writing in strong opposition to this fee and hope that others will also oppose this regressive tax and testify at the upcoming hearings unless…
The Seattle Times announced that University of Utah president Mickael K. Young is the expected choice for UW president. The search was conducted by an outside firm in TX that was hired by the university rather than by a search committee of the faculty. YOUNG, MICHAEL K. MR. SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84103 MCCAIN, JOHN…
Last Thursday night the state experienced the tragic on the job fatality of a worker at the Smurfit Stone Recycling Co.,  a paper recycling plant in Renton. Rudimentary research efforts reveal that the state has a significant problem of fatal workplace injuries and that Smurfit Stone has a highly questionable workplace safety record. This only…
Washington SB5566, passed in the State Senate on March 5, has implications far beyond the actual benefits paid to injured individuals. In a previous column in this forum I discussed how this bill could scam unsuspecting workers with inadequate legal representation out of receiving benefits they deserve. This report reveals the enormous costs being run…
Is Washington State SB5566, passed in the State Senate Saturday March 5, a dangerous step in the direction of Wisconsin? The measure, strongly opposed by Labor, would establish an option for lump sum payments. The text of the bill and the roll call vote are posted here on leg.wa.gov. Here are some links to articles…