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Washington Policy Center

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    February 22, 2011

    State Sen. Jim Honeyford Walks Out of Olympia Legislative Session In Protest of Secrecy (Video)

    Honeyford​Last year, the legislature's secrecy movement involved title-only "ghost bills" being heard and approved in committees, with the wording of the bills added later. Sen. Mark Schessler, R-Ritzville, says such clandestine lawmaking leaves both the press and public without any idea what ... 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

    August 20, 2010

    King County Metro Union Defends Driver Salaries

    ​ Remember that study conducted by the right-leaning Washington Policy Center that pointed to some of the allegedly exorbitant salaries being pulled down by some King County METRO employees. Well, this morning, Amalgamated Transit Union President Paul Bachtel and the rest of the METRO union le ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2010

    State Agencies Pour Anti-Freeze Into Tight Budget Loophole

    ​ Remember that study conducted by the right-leaning Washington Policy Center that pointed to some of the allegedly exorbitant salaries being pulled down by some King County METRO employees. Well, this morning, Amalgamated Transit Union President Paul Bachtel and the rest of the METRO union le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Chris Gregoire's Spending Freeze Unfrozen: Computers, Trucks, Travel Given Exemptions

    ​As Gov. Gregoire prepares to unveil her latest solutions to the state's budget shortfall today - perhaps extending her statewide spending freeze - the state Superintendent of Public Instruction's Teaching and Learning Division is winding up a two-day meeting in Renton at a cost of $20,000 for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Jan Drago v. Water Taxi Naysayers: Brawl of the Week

    ​As any West Seattle-dweller can tell you, the Water Taxi is the best public transit commute leg in the region. You sit on the deck and watch the skyline recede as you speed home across Elliott Bay. Unfortunately the taxi is also a money loser, which leads to regular calls to kill service. Thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Dino Rossi Was For Earmarks Before He Was Against Them

    All politicians love the taste of the other white meat, even if they're hesitant to admit it.​Republican Senatorial candidate Dino Rossi said recently that should he be elected he'd reject stimulus grants for Washington and work to eliminate federal earmarks for local projects. "It's the old ... 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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Washington Policy Center Denies Global Warming Denial

    Todd Myers​Last week we wrote that the Washington Policy Center's environmental branch, the Center for the Environment, was composed of global warming denialists. Todd Myers, the WPC's environmental director, followed that post with an e-mail saying he was frustrated we hadn't contacted them f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    To Hutchison, "Environmentalist" Means Someone Who Doesn't Believe in Global Warming

    ​Someone get King County Executive candidate Susan Hutchison a dictionary. Because, apparently, she has no idea what's meant by the word environmentalist. A week after finding out that she actually does support something like Tim Eyman's I-1033, we're now learning, thanks to the ever-muckrack ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Executive Cannibalism at the Aquarium

    Shark attack!​Walking to the Seattle Aquarium for last night's King County Executive forum, I gave my parents a call for our weekly chat. My mom, a third grade teacher, had just done a training for a lesson on sharks and she was full of new and interesting tidbits like: "did you know sharks' e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Seattle Transit Blog Points, Stares at Susan Hutchison

    Seattle Transit Blog commenter TrikeTike gestures towards King County Executive candidate Susan Hutchison (out of frame).​Last week, King County Executive candidate Dow Constantine's campaign got its hands on the oppositional research equivalent of a wet dream. In a video of her speech to cons ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Hutchison: My Opponent is Partisan. That Partisan Think-Tank I Support? Not so Much

    ​Yesterday, Dow Constantine's campaign got their hands on one peach of a video. In it, opponent Susan Hutchison confirmed what everyone already knew: That the moderation of her views in the past year has nothing to do with how she actually feels and everything to do with getting elected. At a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Constantine Campaign: We've Got More Proof Hutchison Is a Wing-Nut

    Light rail? Socialist!​Backed on his heels by news that the state is investigating his treasurer, King County Executive candidate Dow Constantine has decided that the best defense is a good offense. In a press release distributed today, Constantine's campaign claims that video of opponent Susa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Auditor's Cuts: Your Vote Revoked

    If it costs a penny to learn you are wasting a dime on every dollar you spend, is it worth it? It wasn't to the state legislature when it approved the state's latest budget, cutting almost 75 percent of the performance audit funding going to state auditor Brian Sonntag's office. That has steamed the ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2009

    Roll Over, Rachel

    Debunking global warming—at Rachel Carson Elementary.

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    Not Spending Enough Time Squinting At A Computer? Try Fiscal.wa.gov

    If you don't have enough websites saved on your favorites list, try adding the new Washington State Searchable Budget page, fiscal.wa.gov. The new website is a result of SB 6818, sponsored by Sen. Eric Oemig in collaboration with others. According to the billing, and a press release from the Washi ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2008

    My Undecided Ride on Prop. 1

    Maybe we should just bring back the Bubbleator.

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2007

    This Just In: College Students Don't Know Everything About Everything

    Maybe we should just bring back the Bubbleator.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2007

    They Showed Up

    Maybe we should just bring back the Bubbleator.

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    Mesdames Ambassadors

    Two very rich Eastside Republican donors are suddenly faces of America abroad.

  • 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

    September 22, 2004

    Sept. 22-28, 2004

    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

    May 22, 2002

    Thorne-y subsidies

    Michael Thorne, new head of Washington's ferries, receives massive subsidies for his family farm.

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