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The Cascade Chapter of the Sierra Club has come out against Initiative 1053. This is Tim Eyman's 2010 initiative trying to impose a 2/3 vote requirement for Washington State Legislators to pass revenue measures and close special interest tax exemptions. The measure is unconstitutional. An initiative can not amend the Washington State Constitution. Article II, Section 22 of the Wa...
MajorityRulesBlog - Wed 10:50 a.m. - 5 clicks 
(non-re)post by tensor The Washington Policy Center suffers from desperation by proxy: Charles Krauthammer will speak at this year’s Washington Policy Center dinner, October 6 in Bellevue. But, Charles Krauthammer Day is in April! Perhaps that’s why you (still) can’t get anyone to go see him in October? The WPC does excellent research on public policy issues, promoting market-ori...
Effin' Unsound - Tue 11:30 p.m. - 7 clicks
Mission Accomplished! So stuff some socks down your flight suit and join us on the deck of the U.S.S. Drinking Liberally for an evening of political machismo under the influence. We’ll “bring it on” at the Montlake Ale House, 2307 24th Avenue E. beginning at about 8:00 pm. Some of [...]...
HorsesAss - Tue 6:09 p.m. - 5 clicks
All I’m sayin’ is that you won’t ever see a TPM or HA or even a Seattle PI delivery van involved in any high speed chases. ...
HorsesAss - Mon 5:45 p.m. - 4 clicks
Yesterday, I wrote a diary about the formation of the One Nation coalition and their upcoming march on Washington. Well, what a difference a day makes! Already, the One Nation coalition is starting to show signs of promise. ...
DailyKos (Washington) - Mon 3:41 p.m. - 8 clicks
In writing about the muted local response to the fatwa against Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris, Crosscut writer Pete Jackson asks “Who will speak up for Seattle cartoonist under fatwa threat?” Um… I did, Pete. What, don’t you read HA? I even posted my own Mohammed cartoon in a show of support: And just to prove I’m an [...]...
HorsesAss - Mon 11:23 a.m. - 3 clicks
Back in my 710-KIRO radio days (widely remembered as the glory days of Seattle news/talk), one of my favorite schticks was to have Gen. JC Christian (a.k.a. Jesus’ General) on the show, and then wait for the inevitable barrage of bewildered and often offended callers. The General never broke character, and I always played it [...]...
HorsesAss - Mon 10:04 a.m. - 3 clicks
He's back! (that's him, ironically, on the far left) Disgraced former Seattle talk host Rabbi Daniel Lapin, in his role again as "show rabbi of the religious right," appeared onstage Saturday to help Glenn Beck "non-politically" reclaim Martin Luther King......
BlatherWatch - Mon 3:07 a.m. - 11 clicks
blackwaterdog has written an excellent diary titled Change HAS come to Washington . Everything changes over time. Yes democrats and the Obama administration have done some "terrific stuff." That terrific stuff has yet to make a difference in many lives, certainly not in my life. ...
DailyKos (Washington) - Sat 12:46 a.m. - 6 clicks
Monday night, I sent the following letter to several active local (5th CD)Democrats including the leadership of the various local committees: I have been an active part of the organized Democratic Party since 1983 or so. Since I live in the 9th LD and Whitman County, I've had to get up and continue after a loss, more often than not. I've lost primaries and been at the winner's office the ...
Washblog - Fri 12:23 a.m. - 15 clicks
Sitting here in a near coma, just relaxing for a bit and the fucking door bell rings. Huh? Wha'? Get up, everyone else is taking a nap too, go to the door just in time to see some guy go around the corner so I chased him down to see what the fuck he wanted. Out comes the pamphlet for some fucktard republican running to replace that notorious Blue Dog cocksucker Brian Baird, who is getting out whil...
Ornery Bastard - Thu 4:07 p.m. - 15 clicks
This issue should have been decided long ago by the Washington State Supreme Court. Any attempt to limit the Washington State Legislature from enacting revenue bills or repealing non-performing tax exemptions by requiring a supermajority vote is unconstitutional. Initiative 1053 is unconstitutional and should be rejected by voters this November. The Washington State Constitution is very...
MajorityRulesBlog - Aug 25 - 12 clicks
For his shady business dealings and efforts to bypass campaign laws, Republican Senate candidate from Washington state, Dino Rossi, has been listed as one of 12 "crooked candidates" in 2010 by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). According to CREW research, Rossi's relationship with lobbyists David and Richard Ducharme and real estate mogul Michael Mastro deserves...
DailyKos (Washington) - Aug 25 - 6 clicks
One of the more shadowy groups organized to protect Wall Street in the financial reform debate is now running ads in Washington State in the senate race, attacking Patty Murray. The Committee for Truth in Politics ran ads in ads in Arkansas, Connecticut, Colorado, Illinois, Montana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin "aimed at confusing people by portraying the financial refo...
DailyKos (Washington) - Aug 24 - 2 clicks
Just how much we should make of the results in Washington’s primary election last week – beyond the determination of who will be on the ballot in November – won’t be clear until after the general election voting is done: Only then will we be able to do some conclusive matchups. But if you operate [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Aug 23 - 10 clicks
A Crosscut piece definitely worth the read: About the shift of ownership of one of the key churches, University Baptist Church near the University of Washington – a landmark among liberal churches in the area. Now the Mars Hill Church, an Evangelical church known for its conservative stances and its criticism of the region’s dominant [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Aug 22 - 9 clicks
Chris Grygiel performs a public act of journalism, peeking behind the headlines into the crosstabs of the new outlier poll on the Murray-Rossi race. Like an iceberg, most of the story is lurking below the surface. ...according to SurveyUSA, Rossi was favored over Murray by people in Western Washington by 53-44 percent and the two were tied in the greater Seattle area at 48 percent. However i...
Upper Left - Aug 21 - 5 clicks
When Jerry Brown, who is running for governor in California this year, ran for that office the first time in 1974, he spoke of “moving left and right at the same time.” Is Snohomish County taking that to heart 36 years on? First, and most significantly, the 2nd congressional district – which runs north to [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Aug 18 - 2 clicks
…to say about the US Senate primary, but so far the results are tediously predictable. It'll be Patty Murray against Dino Rossi, but you knew that last week. Last month, for that matter. Probably could'a guessed last year. When the rest of the votes from the Puget Sound corridor come in, it'll be interesting to see how close Patty comes to the 50% mark with the traditionally conservative prim...
Upper Left - Aug 18 - 3 clicks
With about 80% of the votes on hand counted and an unknown number of votes just arriving or yet to arrive, we don't know everything about the primary outcomes, but we know some things. We know, for instance, that the anti-incumbent fever we've been hearing about all year hasn't spread to our state. Rick Larsen in the 2nd is the only Democratic member of Congress polling under 50% and even Lar...
Upper Left - Aug 18 - 4 clicks
Did the primary election results in Washington say a lot we didn’t already know about what to expect out of the November election? Not a tremendous amount, although the results should give everyone some reason not to get comfortable. In the Senate race, incumbent Democrat Patty Murray took 46% to Republican Dino Rossi‘s 34%. For [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Aug 17 - 3 clicks
Consider for a moment the subject of the media political frenzy – that supposedly powerful, big grassroots movement going by the name of the Tea Party. To judge from Washington primary results, they don’t look so big and powerful tonight. They look, rather, like minor players – the establishment favorites carried the day. (Or at [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Aug 17 - 2 clicks
Maybe it’s time to check if Seattle Mayor Michael McGinn is still carrying his Sierra Club Card. His Department of Planning and Development (DPD) has issued a controversial draft proposal, entitled City of Seattle Proposed Tree Regulations Dated July 14, 2010. Unfortunately the proposal represents a complete reversal of recent tree protection legislation passed by the Seattle City Council...
MajorityRulesBlog - Aug 17 - 4 clicks
Denny Heck David Castillo David Hedrick Jaime Herrera Tuesday’s election day in Washington will be one of the first real Northwest indicators of how November’s elections will play out. One of the best places to examine for clues may be the Washington 3rd district: An open House seat – incumbent Democrat Brian Baird is retiring [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Washington) - Aug 15
