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Tim Eyman for Sewer Commissioner
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In Why Tim Eyman should, at last, run for public office Seattle P-I columnist Joel Connelly rightly attacks anti-tax activist Tim Eyman for proposing voter initiatives that have made it impossible to adequately fund education, social services, and other government services. Connelly writes: Eyman, as a legislator, would have to help write a budget. He […]
Governor Inslee's Testimony on Boeing Tax Breaks
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On Thursday Nov 7, Gov. Inslee testified to the the House Finance Committee, chaired by Reuven Carlyle, in favor of extending til 2040 tax breaks for Boeing, in exchange for Boeing’s agreeing to build the 777X plane here in Washington State. Inslee says the deal will be a net win for the taxpayers, due to […]
Transportation Funding: It Gets Worse
Posted on Author Brendan Williams
It seems odds to look back at the 2005 legislative session, my first as a House member, as a pinnacle of progressivism. After all, it was eight years ago. George W. Bush was President. Yet consider: In 2003, legislative Democrats were routed by their own governor, Gary Locke, and a one-session Senate budget chair named […]