"Choice" means "Which State You Choose to Live in"

Response to Claudia Balducci and Kevin Wallace column on transportation

In their Nov 22 letter to the Bellevue Reporter, city council members Claudia Balducci and Kevin Wallace called on the legislature to pass a transportation package that eases the gridlock on our roads and protects our economy. Wisely they write, “We cannot afford the drastic cuts in transit service projected to occur without new funding.” […]

Fact checking the Washington Policy Center's claims about education funding

The right wing Washington Policy Center has the following to say about the state education budget: “Washington’s school children had little to celebrate as lawmakers added $1.5 billion in new spending to an inefficient, unreformed K-12 public education system” (Key education reforms die leaving Washington’s school children little to celebrate). Is the $1.5 billion figure for […]

Two State Solution Advocates Address Metropolitan Democratic Club

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 […]