Lovers of Our San Juan Islands Beware. We are so lucky to have the San Juans as a place where the poorest citizen can come and camp and I can bring my 34ft Aquila to anchor in skull cove. Now the Donald Trump administration is threatening to make the 27 national monuments , including the San [&he[...]
Posts Tagged ‘WASTATE’
May 12th, 2017 - 11:49 am § in The Ave Scene
Who is making a buck of off the Seattle real estate bubble?
Tax data geek-out time: All real estate agents & brokers statewide paid $47.3M in taxes on $3.1B revenue. This includes B&O taxes, the primary business tax that companies pay. This is the tax agents pay on their income from real estate transactions. Seller fees for transaction are not [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Leak at Hanford
U.S. Department of Energy declares an emergency at a Hanford nuclear site tunnel that contained rail cars full of nuclear waste collapsed. There apparently has been no release of radiation and no workers were injured, said Randy Bradbury, a spokesman for the Washington state Department of Ecology. T[...]
May 5th, 2017 - 8:13 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Can the WADEMS Challenge Momma McMorris Rodgers?
Rep. Who Voted To Repeal Obamacare Tries To ‘Jimmy Kimmel’s Baby’ Her Son. NOPE. Don’t worry, Rep. McMorris Rodgers, YOUR son will be fine! This was once Tom Foley’ seat but the WADEMS have been afraid to support a challenger who could take on this right wing luddite version of Pat[...]
January 25th, 2017 - 11:47 am § in Uncategorized
Will WASTATE go for charters under Trumped Education?
The Donald’s choice of Betsy DeVos as the next secretary of education is momentous for the fight here WA over charters. Stripped of lots of rhetoric the fight here has two parts: 1. Who should control the tax money spent, under our Constitution, to provide public education? On one side, most[...]
December 2nd, 2016 - 1:08 am § in The Ave Scene
Star Wars Comes to WASTATE
Next Star Wars Will Film Near Vancouver, Washington, Hundreds of Extras Needed – Landry Post Next Star Wars Will Film Near Vancouver, Washington, Hundreds of Extras… Share LANDRYPOST.COM[...]
November 10th, 2016 - 8:54 am § in Misc.
Identity Hypocrisy: Jayapal seems not to know that Tulsi Gabbard is a Hindu and a woman
Meanwhile, the local progressive pride seems to ignore that Tulsi Gabbard, First Hindu In Congress, just used the Bhagavad Gita at her swearing-in Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu to join either chamber of Congress, used the sacred text from her faith in a ceremonial swearing-in conducted [...]
October 19th, 2016 - 3:29 pm § in Misc.
Election 2016: How WA State May End Up Red!
Reuven Carlyle Here is a helpful overview of the intense electoral battle for control of the state Senate and House of Representatives. The chambers are effectively tied. Any scenario is possible from GOP controlling both chambers to Democrats controlling both chambers to ongoing divided government.[...]
October 15th, 2016 - 12:42 pm § in Misc.
How The Gop Defines Its FB Image
“This page is reserved for WA State Republicans to openly discuss WA State GOP politics. It is not good practice to defame or overly bash GOP members or declared GOP candidates for Local, State and Federal Office. We expect proper decorum and courtesy here, if you cant abide by those rules the[...]
Washington state about the worst in nation in terms of taxing the top 1 percent.
Two political scientists, Paul Pierson and Jacob Hacker, argue that the path to prosperity lies through blue states, which invest in education, infrastructure and human services, rather than red states, which cut taxes and rely on extractive industry. The charts are interesting, particularly the one[...]