Last week Republican state Senator Doug Ericksen won a victory for Big Oil when the legislature passed, and the governor signed, SB 5296, which weakened the Model Toxics Control Act. The legislation was the result of a deal between the state House and Senate in which the Senate agreed to pass a fix to the […]
Karen Porterfield announced at Wednesday evening’s meeting of the 41st LD Democrats her intention to run for election against incumbent Republican Congressman Dave Reichert for the 8th Congressional District seat. Portefield, a management consultant, is an associate dean at Seattle University. Comments comments
“I know Suzan DelBene personally. I put her private sector experience to work for our state as Director of the Department of Revenue. Suzan immediately went to work to help close the state’s budget gap while easing the burden on small businesses.” That last phrase repeats and reinforces a Republican talking point: that taxes are […]