Daily Archives: February 1st, 2017

Posted inEducation, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics

Washington State Senate passes Republicans’ school levy swipe scheme on a party-line vote

by Andrew Villeneuve

Thanks to the arrival of new­­ly-mint­ed Sen­a­tor Shel­ley Short (R‑7th Dis­trict; north­east Wash­ing­ton) and the return of Doug Erick­sen from the Dis­trict of Colum­bia, Repub­li­cans in the Wash­ing­ton State Sen­ate were today able to pass the school levy swipe scheme they intro­duced late last week with no votes to spare. Sub­sti­tute Sen­ate Bill 5607, con­cern­ing education […]

Posted inPolicy Topics, Technology

Tim Eyman acquires email list of Democratic activists, begins sending them his propaganda

by Andrew Villeneuve

Hav­ing decid­ed he’s not enough of a pub­lic nui­sance, dis­graced ini­tia­tive pro­mot­er Tim Eyman today sent a large list of Demo­c­ra­t­ic activists a copy of his lat­est email appeal, which is for the most part a rehashed ver­sion of what he sent on Mon­day announc­ing his lat­est scheme to dev­as­tate pub­lic ser­vices, I‑1550. We know […]