Trump Proof Seattle and making the rich pay their fair share

Report on the "WTF, Olympia?" rally in Seattle, on transit funding

Today at noon, about a hundred people showed up at a rally in Seattle at City Hall Park in support of funding for King County Metro Transit. “Where’s The Funding?”, they shouted. The rally was organized by the Transit Riders Union. They were collecting grievances and stories about transit and placing them into the “grievance […]

2017 Public Bank Bill Gets a Hearing in Olympia on Feb 7. Why public banks save money.

The bill to establish a public bank, Senate bill 5464, is scheduled for a public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions on Tuesday, February 7 2017 at 8:00 am in Olympia. Here is a link to this bill: http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2017-18/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5464.pdf If you cannot attend this hearing, here is a link to submit comments in […]

June 18th Washington Investment Trust strategy meeting, Seattle

Representative Bob Hasegawa will be leading a special meeting of the Washington Public Bank Coalition to discuss what needs to be done to get the Investment Trust bill passed in the next legislative session. The meeting will be on Monday evening June 18th from 5:30 to 8 pm at Rainier Vista Neighborhood House, 4410 29th Avenue […]