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Posted on Author John Burbank
Every student learns the American mantra from their teachers and parents: work hard, play by the rules, and you’ll have a chance to get ahead. This month’s crop of graduating high school seniors is powerful evidence that Washington’s students do step up to their responsibilities. But we (voters and legislators alike) have defaulted on our […]
Libertarian Eyman Continues Anti-Tax Rant with 2014 Initiative to Cut State Funding by $1 Billiion/yr
Posted on Author Steve Zemke
Eyman’s 2014 Initiative 1325 is a rehash of Eyman’s previous unconstitutional 2/3 voting requirement initiatives imposed on the Washington State Legislature to try to prevent them from raising revenue. The Washington State Supreme Court in 2013 ruled that his previous initiatives requiring a 2/3 vote were unconstitutional. The Court said the only way they would […]
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 […]