Beyond Coal slideshow, Dec 5 at Bellevue Art Museum, Dec 7 at Islandwood Conference Center

Return to Prudent Banking

Last weekend I hosted a free screening of the movie Inside Job at the Kent Library. This documentary shows us how the financial industry pillaged the American economy during the Banking Crisis of 2008. One of the key causes of the Great Recession was the transfer of assets from the balance sheet of banks to […]

Wag the Dog, Part I

I attended a meeting with the Thurston County legislators on Jan 3rd. The three legislators are not firebrands, but as a group, representing a community, they (Reykdal, Hunt, Fraser) are probably about as liberal a group as any one community could send to Olympia to develop Washington State public policy. But there is the problem: […]

Link: Republican State Senator Zarelli draws federal disability, eyes state cuts

The News Tribune is reporting Zarelli draws federal disability, eyes state cuts A Washington [State] lawmaker has been drawing thousands of dollars in disability payments each year while leading efforts to eliminate benefits the state provides to others. A Washington lawmaker has been drawing thousands of dollars in disability payments each year while leading efforts to […]