* After two unanimous state supreme court rulings, opponents of statewide initiatives have accepted that pre-election legal challenges will fail to block the vote so they don’t file them anymore. Under I-517, it’ll be the same for opponents of local initiatives — they’ll know[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Washington State’
November 24th, 2012 - 3:34 am § in Schools & Colleges
ACADEME:Run a University like a business?
Business Experience As Academic Qualification? Oh, Really? Posted at Academe Blog by Michael DeCesare, associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology & Criminology, and president of the AAUP Chapter, at Merrimack College. The president of the University of Toledo plans to a[...]
SMS Comment: McKenna takes the lead. What a McKenna victory might mean for the schools
Poll Analysis: McKenna takes the lead Darry at Horses Ass A new Elway poll has Washington state AG Rob McKenna leading former WA-1 Congressman Jay Inslee, 47% to 45%. The poll comes on the heelsof a Strategies 360 poll showing the race tied up. The Elway poll surveyed 451 likely voters (4.5 MOE) f[...]
SEATTLE TIMES to run free ads for Republicans only
“There is absolutely no interface between our news coverage and this effort: We realize some people may question the approach, but we hope they will give us the benefit of the doubt as we try an innovative approach to new revenue and, at the same time, raise awareness of the credibility and effe[...]
October 15th, 2012 - 6:28 am § in The Ave Scene
UW’s Rank Among World’s Universities
UW research ranks fourth among world universities By Bob RosethNews and Information Posted under: Honors and Awards, News Releases, Research, UW and the Community A ranking released by National Taiwan University places the University of Washington fourth among the world’s universitie[...]
October 14th, 2012 - 10:08 pm § in The Ave Scene
UW: a friend passes
Dr. Warren G. Guntheroth MD passed away Monday, September 17 after suffering a heart attack at his office at University Hospital. Warren was an example of UW’s great tradition of patient care .. one of the pioneers in prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). He was also a courageous [...]
October 13th, 2012 - 12:40 pm § in Politics
WASHINGTON STATE ELECTION 2012: Radical Reprican Fanatics Self Destruct
From Sound Politics (NW Gightie Blog) Question Would you rather see Inslee win? At this point, yes. I am heartily sick of supporting RINO’s like McKenna who couldn’t take a clear position to save his King County RINO ass. What this guy supports will reek havoc and destruction on t[...]
October 12th, 2012 - 11:09 pm § in Uncategorized
Republicans Run On Fear
As Democrats approach this election season, there is only one message that we need spread to the American people:[...]
October 1st, 2012 - 10:49 am § in Uncategorized
Western Governers, Faux Universities and Election 2012
THE Ave hopes you will not ignore the relevance of BOTH parties to the effort to replace high quality AMERICAN education with one another sort of low quality … good enout for the masses alternative .. Western Governors is a great example. Read this article from Bloomberg (my amendments are in [...]
DEAR WOOKIE: Why I will reluctanly vote for gay marriage.
This is a letter to a straight friend who wants me to vote for Referendum 74 .. the gay marriage law. Dear Wookie. I intend to vote for Referendum 74 but I will do so with great reluctance. “Marriage” has a very deeply felt meaning to millions of people. The term is bound [[...]