Join the Human Chain Against the Chained CPI in Olympia on July 2!
Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM Tivoli Fountain – in front of the State Capitol 1201-1285 Capitol Way South Olympia, WAÂ 98501 Join us Tuesday July 2nd as we join hands to...
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On the local option for transit funding
At the Bellevue forum on transit funding, Rep. Judy Clibborn described how a Republican legislator probably won’t support the local option for transit funding that is being considered by the legislature, HB 1954. According...
Sen. Doug Ericksen promotes climate change denial, weakens toxic control act, and accepts the most free meals from oil industry lobbyists
Last week Republican state Senator Doug Ericksen won a victory for Big Oil when the legislature passed, and the governor signed, SB 5296, which weakened the Model Toxics Control Act. The legislation was the...
Is Andrew Cuomo another Barack Obama?
I read an excellent article in The Nation by Eric Alterman, “Cuomo v.s. Cuomo.” Alterman describes how Andrew Cuomo (current governor of NY and son of former governor Mario Cuomo) is socially liberal and,...
Finnish education, the best in the world, is public and based on equity and cooperation, not choice and competition
From Finnish Lessons, by Oassu Salberg: “The Finnish experience shows that consistent focus on equity and cooperation — not choice and competition — can lead to an education system where all children learn well....
Big Oil wins in state legislature, in an apparent quid pro quo for estate tax fix
[Revised and corrected. 2013/06/23] Thursday night the state legislature passed a bill, SB 5296, that weakened the Model Toxic Control Act. I got email from Washington Conservation Voters asking me to thank legislators who...
Sam Seder: Economic Libertarianism is a fantasyland
Sam Seder nails it about libertarians and their puerile fantasies. Building codes needed to protect against earthquakes?  “Are people in Haiti more free because they’re out from under the scourge of building codes?” Government...
Should progressives try to stop Hillary?
Hillary Clinton is a frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nominee in 2014. Given her hawkish history as Secretary of State, and given her connections to her triangulating husband and his corporate crowd, it’s likely...
Two good resolutions that Democrat federal lawmakers should follow
The King County Democrats’ Platform & Resolutions Committee is (favorably) considering the following two resolutions, the first one calling for cuts to Pentagon spending, and the second one opposing cuts to Social Security. Concerning...