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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 […]
Senator Reuven Carlyle explains why he voted against the McCleary deal: the entire burden is placed on the middle class
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Video: Sen. Carlyle’s McCleary Floor Speech (Excerpts) 70% of low income people in King County are going to see a tax increase. There is a perception that this is about taxing rich folk in the big cities [but it’s not so]. There is not one business in this state that does not win in terms […]
Public health’s vital mission compromised
Posted on Author John Burbank
We have a lot of public heroes. We tend to think of the firefighters, EMTs and police who arrive at an accident, save lives, care for the injured, and clean up the mess. But we often ignore some lower profile public heroes, who we literally depend on for the health of our community. You can […]