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Privatization and Nationalization

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    QFC Looks to Strengthen Hold on Liquor-Selling Business, Confounding Some Auction Winners

    Always read the fine print. It's usually important. By the sound of it, some winners of the state's recent liquor store operating rights auction are finding this out the hard way, as QFC is utilizing contracts at some of its locations that bar private liquor stores from operating in the same shoppin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Local Alcohol Sellers Parse Meaning of 1183 Win

    ​A resounding majority of Washington voters yesterday agreed the state shouldn't be in the booze business, voting to approve a Costco-backed measure to privatize liquor sales. The adoption of Initiative 1183 means state liquor stores - a vestige of laws adopted to smooth the reintroduction of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Liquor Initiative Orders State to Auction Off Properties It Doesn't Own

    The State Liquor Control Board last month opened its first "premier liquor store" in West Seattle, but it's unclear what will become of the property - and 165 other state-run stores - if voters this November back an initiative to privatize liquor sales. According to the 60-page proposal, "the board ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Wondering Why You Can't Buy Gin at the Grocery Store? Blame Canada.

    ​If Washington legislators hadn't looked north of the border for liquor-law inspiration, the state might have a less cockeyed set of regulations today, according to a pair of alcohol historians. University of Washington professor William Rorabaugh, past president of the Alcohol and Drugs Hist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Tim Eyman's Five "New" Initiatives Look Awfully Familiar

    ​Yesterday Initiative King Tim Eyman filed not one, not two, but five separate initiatives. It's the biggest avalanche of paperwork Eyman has ever unleashed on the state in such a short period of time. But a closer look reveals he's not exactly breaking new ground.

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Gregoire Wants to Explore Liquor Privatization; Critic Wonders Why

    ​"Liquor privatization, strong divisions and a whole mess of state politics" could be Washington State's 2010 slogan. But after vociferous campaigning on both (all three?) sides of initiatives 1100 and 1105, the issue may get placed back on the legislative radar in the months to come. On Sun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    State Liquor Sales: Will Legislature Act to Tap Booze Money, Loosen Up the Control System?

    ​It's finally time to get serious about reforming the state-controlled liquor business, and after a strong but fizzled challenge to the state monopoly by two would-be privatizing initiatives, I-1100 and I-1105, the state Senate Labor Committee will huddle today to talk change. According to Jas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Every Initiative Is Polling Below 50 Percent

    ​Support for initiatives usually drops as election day approaches. So maybe it's no surprise that all six of this year's statewide initiatives are currently polling below 50 percent, at least according to the latest Elway poll, which found support lowest for I-1082 -- only 31 percent say they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Mike McGinn Says Gloomy City Budget Will Get Even Worse If Popular Tax Initiatives Pass

    ​After a backlash over his initial plan to fire 200 city employees to help balance the city's ailing budget, Mike McGinn now avoids any specifics in talking about how he'll balance the 2011 budget. But he's running out of time; his initial proposal is due Sept. 27. As that early plan for mas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Boozy Picture: Two State Liquor Initiatives Both Supported and Opposed by Beer & Wine Sellers

    ​As if the initiatives to privatize state-controlled liquor sales weren't already complicated, booze sellers have now lined up on both sides of the fight. I-1100 and I-1105, which would put state liquor stores out of business, are backed by the fat wallets of beer and wine retailers and distri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Patty Murray Hears A Few Boos From Seattle Seniors

    ​Update: A Patty Murray spokesperson says it wasn't booing just "some weird sounds when she was introduced." He did not contest that she is currently behind the GOP candidates in aggregate for senior support this fall. Incumbent Senator Patty Murray took the podium at the Greenwood Senior Cen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    State Tallies Loss - or Gain - from Initiatives

    ​The state has released its findings on the fiscal impacts of six initiatives and a referendum facing voters this fall, and, in short, some measures could cost taxpayers more than a half-billion dollars in lost revenue while others - such as the income tax initiative - could offset losses with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    I-1100 Liquor Measure a Threat to Craft Brews

    ​Beer brewers and drinkers opposed to privatization of state liquor sales? Indeed, says Heather McClung, president of the Washington Brewers Guild, which represents the state's small craft breweries and, roundaboutly, craft-brew drinkers. Her industry is lined up against I-1100 and I-1105, the ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2010

    Battle of the Booze

    Competing privatization initiatives offer more questions than answers.

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    State Rep. Matt Shea: Is Obama Stalin or Hitler?

    State Rep. Matt Shea is clearly busy down in Olympia and unable to tell us why he thinks Obama is Hitler if not merely Stalin. Our unanswered e-mail and phone messages - one of them handed to him by an aide - this week haven 't produced an explanation of his belief in the planned takeover of Ameri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Bill Revamps Booze Sales; Will It Be Bottled Up Again?

    ​If you've ever lived in, say, California, and been able to run to the corner store for, say, a bottle of Old Throwup, then you might also say this is a good idea: Two state senators are proposing to scrap the state-run liquor store system by 2012 and let the free market go at it. Tim Sheldo ... More >>

  • News

    November 14, 2007

    Welcome Aboard Blackwater Airlines

    After a deadly crash, one Washington family tries to bring the notorious military contractor to account.

  • News

    April 6, 2005

    The Targets of 2006

    At home stumping for and against Social Security reform, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert show vulnerability as first-termers. And opposing parties are eyeing their seats. But don't write them off.

  • News

    February 23, 2005

    Transfer of Wealth

    At home stumping for and against Social Security reform, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert show vulnerability as first-termers. And opposing parties are eyeing their seats. But don't write them off.

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    Wrecking Social Security

    At home stumping for and against Social Security reform, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert show vulnerability as first-termers. And opposing parties are eyeing their seats. But don't write them off.

  • News

    April 14, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    At home stumping for and against Social Security reform, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert show vulnerability as first-termers. And opposing parties are eyeing their seats. But don't write them off.

  • News

    February 18, 2004

    Six Feet of Separation

    Monorail officials consider alternatives to a tight squeeze between the tracks and buildings, shedding daylight on the problem.

  • News

    October 8, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Thinning these stands would create jobs and provide a continuing source of wood fiber that all of us use. Or does that just make too much sense?

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    Racing to the bottom

    Thinning these stands would create jobs and provide a continuing source of wood fiber that all of us use. Or does that just make too much sense?

  • News

    December 26, 2001

    Media follies

    Thinning these stands would create jobs and provide a continuing source of wood fiber that all of us use. Or does that just make too much sense?

  • News

    December 19, 2001

    Zoo giveaway

    The Seattle City Council hands over zoo to private group.

  • News

    November 1, 2000

    "The truly controversial part of Mr. Nader's pitch is that his economic model puts people before profit!"

    The Seattle City Council hands over zoo to private group.

  • News

    March 17, 1999

    Zoo to-do

    New parks district: scam or boon?

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    Stealth nonprofit

    For those fighting gentrification downtown, enemies sometimes come disguised as friends.

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