King County Executive Dow Constantine spoke to the 41st LD Democrats Wednesday night. He said that King County is the 13th largest county in the country. It has a population of over 2,000,000 people, making it more populous than 13 or 14 states (each of which has two US senators). King County accounts for about…
The Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility announced today that a judge gave final approval to the language of their ballot initiative, I-594, which will establish background checks for gun purchases. Gun rights groups had litigated to change the wording of the initiative to something more favorable. The original proposed wording of the ballot initiative was…
Representatives Rick Larsen and Jim McDermott have signed the Ciccline letter “Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Chained Consumer Price Index should not be used to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits.” And Rep. McDermott has signed several other letters in support of Social Security (see table below). But no Washington State…
The editorials and cartoons of the local newspaper, the Bellevue Reporter, almost always have an anti-government and anti-taxation message. During the 2010 election cycle, when the high earner’s income tax initiative I-1098 was on the ballot, they published a cartoon depicting government as a fat pig. In response to one of their recent anti-government editorials…
Insurance Company Gets F-ed Over By Another Cancer Patient Eventually, people will look back to our age and wonder: how could people be so uncivilized that they let people suffer and die without adequate health care?
Tonya Britton -· “…I’m all for business. I’ve spent the past 15 years working tirelessly on behalf of business – big business, small business. corporations. mom & pops. retail. restaurants. the service industry. manufacturing. healthcare. I just think there are some things in this world that do not need to be run by companies and…
Meaningful Movies/Eastside screens Shift Change on July 25 at 6:30PM at Holy Cross Lutheran, 4315 129th Pl. SE, Bellevue, WA 98006, near the corner of Newport Way and Factoria Blvd. in South Bellevue SHIFT CHANGE At a time when many are disillusioned with big banks and big business, and growing inequity in our country, employee…
See Thanks To ‘Loopholes’ U.S. Corporations Pay A Lower Tax Rate Than Middle Class Families (VIDEO)
Congestion Ahead: Senate Republicans under Rodney Tom refuse to pass transportation budget. Leave early, hold your breath