What do you think about the redistricting maps?
Here are the maps: http://www.redistricting.wa.gov/maps.asp They will appear on the screen in a reduced format. You can set the size to 100%. If you scroll to the right there is a Puget Sound map....
Author: sprucetree
Sen. Cantwell sponsors extension of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit
At a forum on low income housing and homelessness prevention Friday, August 26, Sen. Maria Cantwell discussed the bill that she is co-sponsoring with Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe to extend and strengthen the affordable...
Two State Solution Advocates Address Metropolitan Democratic Club
The Metropolitan Democratic Club meeting on Wednesday August 10 featured two supporters of a two state solution in the Mideast, Rainer Waldman Adkins of J Street and Rob Jacobs of Stand With Us. This...
Proposed King County Congestion Fee is a Regressive Tax
In order to obtain emergency funding for public transit, the King County Council, specifically, Larry Phillips, has proposed a congestion fee of $20 to be charged for every automobile. I am writing in strong...
Expected UW president choice is a Republican donor
The Seattle Times announced that University of Utah president Mickael K. Young is the expected choice for UW president. The search was conducted by an outside firm in TX that was hired by the...
Cut workplace injuries, not workers compensation
Last Thursday night the state experienced the tragic on the job fatality of a worker at the Smurfit Stone Recycling Co.,  a paper recycling plant in Renton. Rudimentary research efforts reveal that the state...
Overexertion: 27% of the Cost of Workers Compensation
Washington SB5566, passed in the State Senate on March 5, has implications far beyond the actual benefits paid to injured individuals. In a previous column in this forum I discussed how this bill could...
Workers compensation bill SB5566: a step towards Wisconsin?
Is Washington State SB5566, passed in the State Senate Saturday March 5, a dangerous step in the direction of Wisconsin? The measure, strongly opposed by Labor, would establish an option for lump sum payments....