David Spring, a longtime Democratic activist and a candidate for State House in the 5th Legislative District, today accused Governor Gregoire of bribery: “there is abundant evidence that Governor Chris Gregoire gave Republican Senator Cheryl Pflug a one million dollar bribe to help the Democratic Party steal her Senate seat here in East King County….
“But while charter schools have grown into a $400-million-a-year business in South Florida, receiving about $6,000 in taxpayer dollars for every student enrolled, they continue to operate with little public oversight. Even when charter schools have been caught violating state laws, school districts have few tools to demand compliance. Charter schools have become a parallel…
Big deal. Slow moving disaster. We can see it coming, like a slow moving avalanche, but we don’t appear to have the capacity to respond to slow moving disaster. McKibben has some thoughts on the situation:
Great NY Times article on one example why we need government regulation: The Cancer Lobby
The theatre that TV Election Night news coverage has become takes one more step into the absurd with cancellation of exit poll data in 19 states. The states that will be excluded from detailed exit poll coverage are: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island,…
Upcoming Action: What: Foreclosure Auction Disruption. When: 9:00 AM – noon, Friday, Sept. 28. Where: Meet at SAFE’s office at Bethany (corner Beacon Ave. S and Graham St.). How: Noise-makers, signs. Why: To demand a moratorium on all bank evictions. Target: Routh Crabtree Olsen, aka, Northwest Trustee Services in Bellevue.  (SAFE will provide transportation.) The banks —…
Lately your intrepid correspondent has been amazed by the increasing number of local and national insurrections taking place across the planet. Yes, most of these uprisings are currently being kept down by repressive regimes using riot police and tear gas, but nonetheless, they continue to pop up on every continent from Indonesia to Montreal. You’ll…
I promised you I would give you a schedule of this fall’s campaign forums when they were all arranged in case any of you have the time to attend any of them. There are six forums this year. Two are in Issaquah, two in Maple Valley, one on Snoqualmie Ridge and one in Bellevue. Most…