GOP Budget based on "unsustainable gimmicks and fund transfers"

Join the Human Chain Against the Chained CPI in Olympia on July 2!

Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM Tivoli Fountain – in front of the State Capitol 1201-1285 Capitol Way South Olympia, WA 98501 Join us Tuesday July 2nd as we join hands to form HUMAN CHAINS AGAINST THE CHAINED CPI in events across the country. This National Day of Action will showcase the broad […]

Some conclusions about Washington State legislators

In Who’s progressive in the Washington State House? — based on combined data from five scorecards and in Who’s progressive in the Washington State Senate? — based on combined data from five scorecards, I presented a score for each Washington State legislator based on component scores assigned by conservation, labor, women’s rights, racial justice, and […]

Commentary on Rodney Tom and the State Senate

Having ensured wife beaters have guns, crapped on rights of immigrants and women, tried to repeal industrial insurance, and cut the hell out of poor, Rodney Tom’s Senate is now triumphantly busying itself — through resolution primed by Tom’s handpicked budget vice chair Michael Baumgartner (Tea Party, Spokane) — honoring union-busting Margaret Thatcher for restoring […]