Hiding Behind Tim Eyman
[From top right, clockwise: House Chair Rep. Frank Chopp, Sen. Steve Hobbs, Rep. Judy Clibborn, Gov. Christine Gregoire, House Ways & Means Chair Ross Hunter (on bottom left), Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, House...
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The REAL meaning of the Tea Party
(Photoshopped from a real Tea Party protest photo) To be fair, I’m sure many Tea Partiers are sincere in their desire to see an end to government corruption and handouts to special interests. But...
Breaking news: Protesters take over WA State Capitol
[Update Thursday morning from Sandra Vanderven at the protest: There are more people who are willing to keep the occupation going tonight, and it isn’t unreasonable to think you’ll get away with it as...
Reichert signs theocracy letter
Republican US Congressman Dave Reichert (WA, 8th CD) has signed a letter calling on President Obama to acknowledge the primacy of God in America. The following pdf file http://truthsite.org/politics/Letterto0bamaAboutGodFromUSCongressmen.pdf contains an image of the...
The go-slow approach to fixing Washington State's tax system
A letter to a Democratic activist who called for a go-slow approach to eliminating tax preferences. (For background, see Failed KCDCC Resolution a Good Idea and Fair School Funding Coalition.) Thank you for your...
We Are One, Put People first: Week of Action, April 5-8
Washington Community Action Network is holding a Week of Action to demand that our legislators and the governor do the right thing. Close corporate tax giveaways and stop balancing the budget on the backs...
Should WA Dems be helping the Seattle Times?
The Washington State Democrats have sent out a fund-raising appeal so that it can place an ad critical of Rob McKenna in the Seattle Times. (See http://www.wa-democrats.org/content/our-newspaper-ad.) This ad calling out Rob McKenna for...
Will the Democrats reject "centrism"?
Democrats fear that voter turnout will be low in 2012 due to dissatisfaction with President Obama’s policies and due to a feeling that change is hopeless. If Democrats want progressives’ votes and help, they...
Report on the LAC meeting with Rep. Hasegawa
Sunday afternoon I attended the King County Dems’ Legislative Action Committee meeting in Renton, where Rep. Bob Hasegawa was the guest speaker. He is awesome: a strong progressive and an unpretentious, nice guy. The...
Our leaders don't lead, Tim Eyman leads
Our leaders don’t lead. Governor Gregoire and the legislators have punted on the issue of raising revenue. If you ask legislators, they say “the people” have to demand fair taxation and an end to...