Turnout, Turnout, Turnout! by Goldy — from HorsesAss Tuesday, 8/4/15, 7:35 am Despite all the reports of low turnout, it looks to me like it’s going to be pretty normal for an odd-year primary—north of 30 percent, at least here in Seattle. But to be honest, I’m not sure what to make of the�[...]
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April 1st, 2014 - 4:27 pm § in The Ave Scene
Goldy Makes an April 1st Appeal To The Seattle Times: &*(%$( Hire Me!
From HorsesAss: April Fools: Seattle Times Does Not Hire Goldy by Goldy, 04/01/2014, 11:22 AM I was thinking of doing an April Fools post in which I announced that I had been hired by the Seattle Times as a political blogger and columnist. But every time I sat down to write it, it never came [&helli[...]
March 7th, 2014 - 9:18 am § in The Ave Scene
Davey Jones: What happened to Goldy?
I changed two heads on the number one generator, then all 7 injectors, that kept me busy for three days, other than that no real news here. Frank Kirby e-mailed me from the pacific Ocean to say that you had left him a message, but that he had forgot to call you, he wrote to […][...]
May 20th, 2013 - 9:38 am § in The Ave Scene
Goldy Can’t Run
In Which I Do Not Declare My Candidacy for Seattle City Council Posted by Goldy on Fri, May 17, 2013 at 2:35 PM Later this afternoon, just before the deadline, I will not file to run against four-term incumbent Seattle City Council member Richard Conlin. And believe it or not, it was a very difficul[...]
Goldy Disses UW President For Not Supporting Tax Reform, Republican Pushes FOR Tax reform,
While over at the SLOG, David Goldstein criticizes UW President Young for not arguing for tax reform at the TownHall Forum. how many liberals are aware that a Republican, WA Senator Michael Baumgartner, has proposed a constitutional amendment to force the State to support higher ed? For what it is w[...]
Goldy on Gaddafi: WWDD?
Ed. The self called liberals seem as bad as the TPers in not being able to give Obama credit for what I see as a brilliantly successful foreign policy in very hard times. Later this week I will post a video of Dennis Kucinich’ strange speech at Hempfest. Kucinich, as usual, gave a stirring[...]
January 5th, 2011 - 5:53 pm § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Goldy’s rant was right, Princeton is a bargain!
I recommend this Kiplinger survey! Goldy’s editorial on tution at private bvs. public schools was called a “rant” by the editor at the AAUP listserv. She was wrong. According to Kiplinger, Princeton is the best bargain among hugh prestige American universities: in order of average [...]
October 9th, 2020 - 1:46 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle Dominates the Computer World!
Seattle needs a better name than “Emerald City.” Every time I hear that dumb name, I think of Oz. Seattle should be called Cloud City! Seattle-based Cray to build world’s fastest supercomputer under $600M federal contract It may well be that the history of the 21st century wil[...]
HORSESASS: Goldy calls out the Seattle Times over Taxes
Over at HorsesAss, David Goldstein rags on an editorial in the Times. The editorial complains that Seattle may loose another corporate headquarters and blames that loss on our lack of state moneys for infrastructure and education. Goldy, as usual. says that the Tokes ought to support an income tax[...]