Now Disbanded, Mars Hill Church’s Disgraced Pastor Mark Driscoll Is Back With A Flashy New Website Soliciting Tax Free Donations[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Washington State’
January 9th, 2015 - 1:42 am § in The Ave Scene
The Seattle 15?
Seattle Met Chooses Seattle Up and Coming Leaders Seattle Met is one of those glossy urban magazines one finds in hotel rooms and on the coffee tables of affluent friends. The Met is also an interesting magazine because it has reached out to one the few remaining political reporters in Seattle,[...]
December 19th, 2014 - 12:35 pm § in Hypocrisy
European Union complains to WTO about Washington Boeing subsidies
The European Union has filed a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization objecting to the billions of dollars in state tax subsidies that Washington State has given to Boeing. The EU contends the subsidies are illegal because they discriminate against foreign suppliers by requiring Boeing t[...]
December 10th, 2014 - 12:01 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
WASTATE: Pay as you go?
REUVEN CARLYLE: Want a tax break? Publicly share your “pay as you go” ideas. “Pay as you go” is a budgeting principal that has been tried in Congress and in many states and failed in almost as many places. It’s popular on the left and right during good times but understandably struggles[...]
November 24th, 2014 - 10:42 pm § in The Ave Scene
Is Adam Smith Going to DOD?
The Hill puts Adam Smith on List as Potential Secretary of Defense:[...]
November 24th, 2014 - 9:43 am § in Uncategorized
WASTATE .. how to find three to five billion dollars?
Legislators hear about the 3 to 5 billion dollar school-funding challenge[...]
November 11th, 2014 - 11:57 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Is Washington Joining the Confederacy?
According to the Washington Post we are one of the 29 states where tax collections have yet to return to their pre-recession heights. Put another way, we look a lot like South Carolina or Alabama! We also, along with the former Confederacy, rank near the bottom in our support not only for K-12[...]
October 26th, 2014 - 12:11 pm § in Religion, The Ave Scene
Is Religion an Issue in Elections Here?
I do not know Mark Miloscia at all, but why shouldn’t a strong religious stand be an issue for any candidiate? Religions do take moral and political stands … as do certain companies (AKA Hobby Lobby or Koch). Does anyone seriously doubt that Mitt Romney ‘s religion was an appro[...]
October 26th, 2014 - 11:32 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Privacy and free speech at the UW.
This post is based on a letter I recently wrote as editor of THE-Ave.US to a UW Prof who was upset that a post on TA had referred to a conversation the Prof had posted on the AAUP listserv. My letter, written as gmail, raises two important points. First, unlike most other large universities[...]
Time for real progress