Shirley Sutton Sweeps King, Snohomish counties Democrat endorsements “Shirley Sutton, candidate for the 32nd LD State Representative, Position 1, has swept sole endorsements from: King County Democrats, Snohomish County Democrats and the 32nd Legislative District Democrats. Ms. Sutton, former Lynnwood City Council Member, career educator and community organizer, is challenging incumbent State Representative, Cindy Ryu.”
Author: Linda Boyd
Meetings about replacing PSE with a publicly owned utility
Saturday, February 1st – TWO EKC PUD Launch EVENTS – Bellevue & Woodinville: 1. EKC Public Utility District # 1 Launch (Bellevue, Mercer Island, Beaux Arts, Clyde Hill, Hunt’s Point, Medina, Yarrow Point) See official web page about the Bellevue event here: https://www.ekc-pud.org/calendar Eastshore Unitarian Church – 12700 SE 32nd St, Bellevue, WA 98005, 10:00 […]
Salomon’s campaign, and special interests, spend over $235K to unseat progressive State Senator Maralyn Chase
Stand For Children and Washington Realtors Political Action Committee, together with Jesse Salmon’s campaign, have spent over $235,000 to unseat Senator Maralyn Chase, according to the Public Disclosure Commission website. This PDC page lists independent expenditures for the Jesse Salomon campaign, reproduced below: Sponsor name Amount For/against Itemized expenditures WASHINGTON REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 39,826.79 […]
Stand for Children’s and WA Realtors’ suspicious campaign spending
According to the state Public Disclosure Commission, STAND FOR CHILDREN PAC spent $456,189.36 in 2018, much of it for “MAILER Independent expenditures” and “DIGITAL Ad Campaign Independent Expenditures.” Here’s a partial list of their expenditures. Itemized expenditures: 456,189.36 Recipient Date Description Amount Report RALLY CAMPAIGNS 10/29/2018 MAILER Independent Expenditures 13,616.58 C4 RALLY CAMPAIGNS 10/29/2018 MAILER Independent […]
Seattle Public Municipal Bank Forum, Dec 10
Join Seattle City Councilman Nick Licata, State Senator Bob Hasegawa, Gwen Hallsmith of the Public Banking Institute, the Seattle Public Bank Coalition, and experts in public banking for a public forum on A Municipal Bank for Seattle Dec 10 at 7pm University Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St, Seattle More information at http://seattlepublicbankcoalition.org/ Seattle could […]
Anti-Monsanto protest in Argentina
Monsanto is very powerful in Argentina. The people were going from intersection to intersection for a good long sit-in before proceeding to the next. The police were behaving themselves, moving ahead of the protesters, and closing the intersections ahead of the people. They were glad to hear about solidarity from Seattle.
RT TV: Rocky Anderson’s Red Line to Impeach Obama
Listen to Rocky’s powerful interview yesterday on RT TV. He talks about Obama’s violation of our Constitution, NSA spying and the Syria crisis (interview starts at 02:18): Congress Redefines Journalism, Rocky Anderson’s Red Line to Impeach Obama.
DeFazio on the secret Trans Pacific Partnership "free trade" negotiations
US Representative Peter DeFazio addresses Congress on the pitfalls of the secret “free” trade agreement known as the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. This video predates Japan joining the TPP . . . listen to the “hit” the US car industry will take with Japan joining . . . it also predates US Representative Alan Grayson […]
My letter to the man who now has the power to reduce Bradley's sentence
My letter to the man who now has the power to reduce Bradley’s sentence: Major General Buchanan, The persecution of Bradley Manning, who honored his duty by reporting war crimes, is a dishonor to the U.S. military and government. The abuse he has suffered in prison is a crime, prohibited both by Geneva Convention and the […]
Political movements as spiritual conversion?
I have said that a ‘movement’ may be only possible if people experience a political shift on the level of a spiritual conversion. Here it is at work! When they get arrested, they’re calling it “bearing witness.” These people know how to send love and support to those who are willing to sacrifice their personal […]