On our meeting with Rep. Dave Reichert
Last Friday, Linda Boyd, Robert Sargent, and I (Don Smith) had a meeting with 8th CD US Congressman Dave Reichert (R), at his Mercer Island office. This was the third time that I’d attended...
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Report on City Club meeting about the state budget
On June 22, I attended a public forum, “Law and Politics:The State Budget—Searching for Long-Term Sustainabilityâ€, at the Rainier Square Atrium in downtown Seattle. The panelists were Representative Reuven Carlyle (D-36), Washington State Legislature...
Stratospheric Wall Street compensation, tax avoidance by corporations
“The top five U.S. banks paid staff a combined $119 billion for 2010, according to bank consolidated income statements.” from this Reuters article: Compensation seen rising among bankers: poll. Add in Goldman Sachs and...
LA Times: Obama compromised early again on the deficit limit battle
According to this LA Times article Deficit battle shaping up as GOP victory President Obama began his bargaining about raising the deficit limit from a position that already gave Republicans most of what they...
Train wreck — er, bus crash — ahead!
Residents of King County should try to attend special public meetings of the county Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee to discuss proposed cuts in bus and trolley service. Wednesday, July 6, 6:00 p.m. Kirkland...
Tax avoidance schemes that enrich the rich, Krugman's prescience
While Republicans maneuver to slash social programs, they ignore the tax avoidance schemes that keep the rich rich. “America’s largest global corporations are holding $1.5 trillion dollars in profits overseas in order to avoid...
Should Dennis Kucinich run for Congress in Washington State?
Dennis Kucinich’s congressional district in Ohio is being dissolved, and Kucinich is apparently considering a run in Washington State. He has been visiting Washington State a lot recently giving speeches. But State Democratic Party...
Scary election reports from Black Box Voting
I just finished reading Bev Harris’ book Black Box Voting: Ballot-tampering in the 21st Century — which you can read for free on the web: for example, here’s chapter 1. It lists numerous examples...
Eisenhower's warning: 105 seconds from his 1961 Farewell Address
Click here to hear Eisenhower’s warning about the military-industrial complex (105 seconds) Recording courtesy of Free Info Society.
Coverups concerning former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel
Chapter 2 of Bev Harris’s book Black Box Voting tells the story of former Nebraska Governor Chuck Hagel. Hagel won a surprise landslide election against a Democrat who had been leading in the polls....