This year will be particularly difficult due to the national economic disaster. Unlike the federal government, Washington is required to have a balanced budget. Our budget situation is dire, and…
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Global Warming – Cap and Trade?
Last year the legislature instructed the governor to negotiate our entry into the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) and come back with a plan we would have to approve. She has,…
Unwinding the Stadiums
Lo these many years ago the Kingdome was created, and it was good… but only if you liked watching baseball in a concrete mausoleum. Since then we’ve built Safeco Field,…
Initial Thoughts on the Budget
At the time I write this the national economy is in free-fall, with banks and other businesses failing right and left. The car companies may be next. So far the…
Seat Belts in School Buses
I reacted the same way many of you did when I heard from my son about the Bellevue High School football team bus rolling over – I was horrified. We…