Spent Sunday night at a meet up for Ed Murray … well worth the trip! There is no way in my words to express what Murray had to say. The questions .. even those of his supporters … were hard to answer. Sometimes made even harder because the person asking the question was too much of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Washington State’
September 23rd, 2013 - 10:49 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Murray Moves Toward Being Mayor Ed
Publicola reports that Ed Murray picked up impressive endorsements from state Rep. Eric Pettigrew (D-37, SE Seattle) and former Southeast Seattle state rep Dawn Mason. While both Pettigre and Mason are African American leaders, I was especially impressed by the endorsement by Pettigrew, a moderate[...]
Commentary by Anthony: The Term “Student-Athlete” Is A Joke.
As a former “Student-Athlete” at the University of Washington I always thought this term was a joke. Coming into the University of Washington from Garfield High School, my GPA was unacceptable by Udubs academic standards. I had a 2.3 and my SAT score was an 890. Frankly, this was wa[...]
America’s Future: Look to The North?
Canada, home of rational people, a salad bowl of cultures, national healthcare, and state paid education is slipping to the right on a film of oil Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the right-wing leader from Alberta and an American style evangelical Christian, is using Canada’s new found oil we[...]
July 8th, 2013 - 10:59 am § in Politics
Right Wing Governor SUPPORTS Academic Free Speech
Scott Walker, best known as a right wing Republican radical, has used his line item veto to support academic freedom at the University of Wisconsin! Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker issued a line-item veto to strike an unconstitutional ban on faculty speech and research from the Wisconsin state budge[...]
July 6th, 2013 - 11:57 am § in Hypocrisy, The Ave Scene
The Enigma of Rodney Tom .. is he running for Governor?
Tom is an enigma to me. The nominal Democrat form the state’s wealthiest district defied his own paty by organizing the Sanet around his own role as majority Leader. Why did Senator Tom take his job? Ego? I suggest that Mr. Tom may have had a good idea. The Republican party is d[...]
Commentary by Anthony: College Coaches vs. “Student-Athletes”
The top 5 highest paid state employees are all from athletic teams Can anyone explain to me why the top 5 highest paid state employees are all from the athletic sector. The University of Washingtons Steve Sarkisian, Head Football coach, and Lorenzo Romar, Head of Mens Basketball, are one and two on [...]
June 25th, 2013 - 11:37 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Seattle City Council Supports the D Word
DEMOCRACY Yesterday the Seattle City Council put public financing plan on the November ballot. This is Step One on an effort to make the City Council a more democratic (small d) body. Currently, candidates need to raise about $250,000. In effect. a new person running for Council needs to get t[...]
May 21st, 2013 - 4:01 am § in The Ave Scene
State Senate: Could Brad Owen Rescue the Dems?
= Brad Own, our Lt. Governor, is widely ridiculed as a joke .. a rock band leader who gets off in pretending to be a politician by getting elected to a job no one wants. Could that change? The legislature is now going to into a special session where the state budget mist be decided. […][...]
Have you voted yet (for Mayor of Seattle?)
I Endorse Peter Steinbrueck Your vote is due Tuesday. …There are four viable candidates .. McGinn, Harrel, Murray and Steinbrueck. Why Steinbrueck ? Seattle is at a juncture where it may become a major world class city where no one lives or visits except for business. The Vulcanizarion[...]