As all of you who have children know, they will often live up to what you expect of them, as long as they believe the expectations are reasonable. My consistent…
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Budget Stalemate in Albany Puts Strain on New York State – NYTimes.com
It’s worth reading this article in today’s NY Times about how dysfunctional the NY legislature is in dealing with their budget problem. We will have a significant problem this year…
Incremental Progress on the SR-520 Bridge
Last year the legislature passed a bill (HB2211) that authorized tolling on 520 starting in 2010. I voted against this for a variety of reasons, but mostly because the bill…
Sound Transit East Link public workshop in downtown Bellevue
Sound Transit included the following blurb in the weekly easatside tranpsortation news WSDOT sends out. These are typically useful events with lots of charts, maps, and staff around to answer questions….
Another Bizarre Supreme Court Decision
Today the WA State Supreme Court issued a decision in the Federal Way school district case. Federal Way sued the state complaining that our distribution of funds did not meet…