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A second look at Washington school rankings finds signs of statewide decay
February 11, 2011 – 8:38 am | No Comment

Last April, the Washington State Board of Education published its Public School Accountability Index, a measure of how the state’s 2,000-plus public K-12 schools are educating more than half a million children. Earlier this week, …

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Initial poll on I-1077 state income tax measure misleads voters
April 24, 2010 – 2:28 pm | 4 Comments
Initial poll on I-1077 state income tax measure misleads voters

[Article first appeared at Red County.]
Janus-Vatican Polling, despite the reliability of statistics in predicting public opinion and behavior, is not an exact science. Questions that are not stripped of value-loaded or misleading phrasing can turn …

I-1077: Income tax measure is assisted economic suicide
April 22, 2010 – 7:59 am | 12 Comments
I-1077: Income tax measure is assisted economic suicide

[Article first appeared at Red County.]
449px-Millais_-_Ophelia_(detail) Like the plot of a slick science fiction thriller, Washington residents are about to be framed for the crime of murdering their own economic future. After the Democrats in …

Wash. Attorney General Will File Lawsuit to Contest Legality of Health Insurance Mandates
March 22, 2010 – 1:50 pm | No Comment
Wash. Attorney General Will File Lawsuit to Contest Legality of Health Insurance Mandates

As had been suggested by some conservative blogs, Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna announced Monday afternoon that he will file suit to challenge constitutionality of the health care legislation passed by Congress and awaiting the …

Washington Poll reports high level of support for public health care option
March 8, 2010 – 1:12 am | One Comment
Washington Poll reports high level of support for public health care option

Would a Democratic Jedi mind trick strategy work to pass healthcare amid low public support by simultaneously informing the public that they were in favor of the measure? In politics, literally anything can happen.

Gov. Gregoire to sign suspension of I-960 into law
February 23, 2010 – 10:28 pm | 2 Comments
Gov. Gregoire to sign suspension of I-960 into law

Gregoire has indicated she will sign SB 6130 on Wednesday, just in time to do a little free-wheeling tax raisin’ and for Democrats to figure out how to legally kill off the I-960 spending restraint law while it sleeps, like a vampire story in reverse.

I-960 on ice: Murder on the Olympia Express
February 18, 2010 – 8:02 pm | 2 Comments
I-960 on ice: Murder on the Olympia Express

By moving to suspend voter-mandated tax restraints, Democrats in the Washington state Legislature sent a clear message to the people: We are the governors and you are the governed, and there is no reciprocity in that relationship.