Washington Liberals

Wednesday evening in Seattle there will be a public hearing on strategies to address climate change, under the auspices of the state Climate Legislative and Executive Workgroup.  Governor Inslee is supposed to be there. October 23, 6:00 – 9:20 p.m. | Agenda and Information (PDF) | Bell Harbor International Conference Center – 2211 Alaskan Way…

The Hanford Challenger newsletter is reporting: As of this date, U.S. taxpayers have paid $40 billion for the cleanup at Hanford. Despite this staggering amount of money not one drop of radioactive high-level nuclear waste has been removed, treated or disposed of from the failing underground waste tanks , nor is there currently a credible…

Please sign this MoveOn petition calling on Gov. Inslee to educate Washingtonians about our upside-down tax system. To be delivered to: The Washington State House, The Washington State Senate, and Governor Jay Inslee Petition Statement Washington State has one of the most regressive tax systems in the country. In order to fix our broken, upside-down…

The Washington State Ballot this November has five tax advisory votes which are very confusing to most people. These tax advisory votes were put there by  Tim Eyman’s Initiative 960 as his attempt to increase public resentment to any “tax” measures even when they benefit the larger public. The ballot title for each is basically…

Courtesy of TalkingStickTV Talk by Ray McGovern, 27-year veteran of the CIA, on “The Real Agenda of the American Empire” recorded October 17, 2013 at the Common Good Cafe at University Temple United Methodist Church in Seattle.

The LA Times is reporting today: Air pollution causes lung cancer, World Health Organization says. Not much of a surprise there. It’s been known for years that people who live near major freeways have reduced lung capacity and suffer various ailments. I commute every day by bike and bus. While waiting for the bus and…

The Bellevue Reporter is the local freebie weekly newspaper.  It has some real reporting, as well as editorials and letters-to-the-editor.   In the past the Bellevue Reporter has been quite conservative: they ridicule taxes and government, and they’ve written articles in favor of Rodney Tom and Tim Eyman. But recently, I’ve sensed some moderation. This week…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We’re Winning The Fight Against Fossil Fuel Foolishness Celebrate Our Victory With a Festive Procession To The Press Conference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spokane Coal Train Transformed Into Ecotopia By Activists at Coal Export Hearinghe Final Coal Export Scoping Hearing for Longview Terminal is Tomorrow in Tacoma. We invite you to join our colorful and fun procession…

Goldy at the Slog is reporting: If you want a good indication of how much is truly riding on SeaTac’s $15 an hour minimum wage initiative, you need look no further than who is fighting it: The ultra-conservative billionaire Koch brothers and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the corporate-funded lobbying group behind “model legislation”…

1107 1st Ave, Downtown Seattle, 6:30 – 8:00 PM. It’s important that Sen. Schlicher wins the race against ALEC co-chair Jan Angel.