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July 10th, 2017 - 11:10 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
The State Budget: Victory of Teachers’ Unions, The Rest of Education NOT SO MUCH
From The Seattle Times: Where does the new state education fund go? TEACHER SALARIES: The budget plan will shift the burden of covering teacher-salary costs to the state to comply with McCleary v. Washington. Lawmakers plan to do this by instituting a state property-tax hike in property-rich school [...]
July 9th, 2017 - 10:22 am § in The Ave Scene
An Alternative to Seattle’s Income Tax?
Oregon Legislature Approves Plan to Start Charging Tolls on Two Interstate Highways Running Through Portland Why not a CITY TOLL on I5? The money could be used for mass transit![...]
July 9th, 2017 - 9:25 am § in The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Active Shooter In Bainbridge Island’s Eagle Harbor
Gunman on boat shot dead by officers after firing shots at shore along Bainbridge Island The Bainbridge Island Fire Department is telling people to avoid the shoreline area. This post will be updated. SEATTLETIMES.COM[...]
July 7th, 2017 - 12:40 am § in The Ave Scene
It’s time to fix Washington’s flawed public disclosure rules
One hundred eighty-five candidates just filed to run for public office in Spokane County, many were in violation of the Public Disclosure Commission rules . “If everybody’s violating the law, there’s something wrong with the law, there’s not something wrong with everybody,” said conser[...]
July 7th, 2017 - 12:12 am § in The Ave Scene
ONE MILLION DOLLARS: Median Price On Queen Anne
One million dollars……. The median price now for a Queen Anne home in Seattle. And the rocketing cost of housing doesn’t stop there. Our condo association offered a 4th floor unit with average views but a great downtown location at $450 thousand – it went to the highest bidder[...]
July 5th, 2017 - 8:19 am § in The Ave Scene
Blue state? Seattle gets rolled in Olympia tax deal
Democrats capitulated to a Republican plan that hammers Seattle and the suburbs with one of the largest property-tax increases in local history. While at the same time passing a bunch of tax loopholes for businesses. How is it that Republicans roll the Democrats every year in Olympia?[...]
July 2nd, 2017 - 11:48 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle’s Red/Black City Council Election
Has The Center Left? Seattle City Council seat #8, up this year and open (Tim Burgess is retiring from this seat), will provide a good anatomy of Seattle political alignments. You can sense how much the socialist wing of Seattle politics has grown since the election of Kshama Sawant. Opposing that w[...]
POLITICO RATES AMERICA’S MAYORS: Mayor Murry Did Not Make List
David Brewster An intriguing survey of America’s 11 most interesting mayors, and how they are positioning their cities as the cities of the future. Seattle doesn’t make the list. I suspect one reason is the way mayors in this city spend most of their time tending powerful constituent gro[...]