Washington Liberals Blog
Resolution in support of fixing Washington State's unfair tax system
WHEREAS, Washington State relies on the sales tax, the Business & Occupation Tax, and property taxes to fund state government (see A Citizen’s Guide to the Washington State Budget); WHEREAS, sales taxes are regressive...
Westlake Rally Tuesday 5PM, march to City Hall Wed morning
Tomorrow (Tuesday) Occupy CEHKC (the Campaign to End Homelessness in King County) is having a rally in Westlake Plaza downtown Seattle from 5PM to 7PM. Members of SAFE will be attending as part of...
Stop the Revolving Door for Monsanto: Sign the Credo petition
UPDATED – OVER 75,000 100,000 SIGNATURES! Whoo-Hoo! Ex-Senator Blanche Lincoln couldn’t say “No” to corporate money when she was in office and the same is true now. A longtime mouthpiece for WalMart, JPMorgan-Chase, and...
Why conservatives hate public schools
A few months ago, I published an article Blame Poverty, not Public Schools on OpEdNews. A conservative (Bill Johnson) wrote a comment that I think is worth quoting. As I see it, a liberal...
Does ballot counting “drag on†because we insist on all mail-in voting?
The election hasn’t even been certified yet, and already Rosenthal and the Seattle Times are calling for the disenfranchisement of Democrats, and (this year) of voters further left than Democrats. Why the counting drags...
We Don’t Need a $12B Transportation Package
by Jennifer Langston King County should save Metro on its own. Earlier this year, the US House of Representatives—a body that has shut down the government over health care reform, taken a hatchet to food...
On Kshama Sawant's likely win in Seattle
According to the Washington State Democrats Endorsement finder, Richard Conlin got the endorsement of all of the Democratic Party organizations. “Endorsed by King, 11th, 32nd, 34th, 36th, 37th, 43rd, 46th” I think it’s time...