I spent an hour with The Stranger in an endorsement review last week and was astounded at the amount of time they spent on the McGinn-led hysteria about the tunnel…
Viaduct Replacement Tunnel Angst
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Sales Tax Exemption for Canadian Residents?
British Columbia is making a minor change in their sales tax today that for some incomprehensible technical reasons winds up exempting all of their residents from paying sales tax in…
Asarco settlement money funds new soil cleanups (Dept. of Ecology news release)
OLYMPIA – With Asarco environmental damage settlement dollars secured and the Legislature’s support, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is planning the next phase of arsenic and lead cleanup associated…
Interesting Study on Charter Schools
The US Dept of Education just released a study on charter middle schools that’s worth reading. Click Here for the report. I’ve supported charter schools in the past as a…
Retire-Rehire Program Abuse
The Seattle Times has a great story on the use of the “retire-rehire” provision in state law that allows someone to retire, and then be hired back by the state…