The State Reactions to Supreme Court decision rendering I-1053, I-1185 unconstitutional The Republican-oriented majority in the Senate says it has a plan to keep tax hikes on supermajority lockdown — despite Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling. Coalition leaders, who control which bills are brought to a full Senate vote, say they won’t allow any tax bills go…
Breaking UNCONSTITUTIONAL! State Supreme Court invalidates Eyman’s I-1053 (and, by extension, I-1185?) In a landmark ruling 20 years in the making, the Washington State Supreme Court this morning struck down Initiative 1053 as unconstitutional. The court majority said the constitution controls the majority needed for tax hikes and the constitution requires only a majority of…
Daily Clips will not publish Wednesday, February 27 so that the editor can attend the monthly meeting of the King County Democratic Central Committee. See you there. King County Many questions, some answers, in SPD’s first West Seattle briefing on surveillance cameras One month after Seattle Police-managed, Homeland Security-funded surveillance cameras were installed, unannounced, along Alki, SPD reps…
King County A light weekend for King County-specific government and political hard news, but two veteran local columnists sure had plenty to say: Dems keep shooting themselves in foot How can legislators keep introducing a bill they don’t support? Because not only are they sometimes not reading their bills. They aren’t writing them, either. Lobbyists…
King County Seattle Districts Now kicks off its signature-gathering campaign Wednesday night, in the basement of the Rainier Valley Cultural Center, a passel of neighborhood activists gathered at tables to coordinate and celebrate the beginning of the Seattle Districts Now signature-gathering campaign. Their goal: 30,943 valid signatures in the next six months, which will ensure their amendment…
King County Cops: “We’re not spying” Residents: “We don’t believe you” A healthy crowd of Alki residents packed Wednesday’s Seattle City Council Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology committee meeting to voice their concerns about 30 surveillance cameras recently erected along Seattle’s waterways—most notably Alki beach. The cameras, purchased through a $5 million federal homeland security grant…
King County Dark clouds on the horizon for Boeing? By the numbers, it was a terrific quarter and year for the jet maker. Most eyes, however, are affixed to two bad news stories. Most obviously, the 787 fleet remains out of commission as investigators try to get to the bottom of their mild “catching-on-fire” problem,…
Daily Clips will be taking Tuesday off, so that the editor can attend the Washington State Democrats’ annual Crab Feed in Olympia. See you there. The State Rodney Tom? “Now it’s time to send him packing” On the eve of Washington State Democrats’ annual crab feed in Olympia, the Dems have set out to feed…
King County Theo Chocolate disputes ‘union-busting’ allegations in recently published ILRF report In a 24-page report titled “Aiding & Abetting: How Unaccountable Fair Trade Certifiers Are Destroying Workers’ Rights”, the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) details a 2010 chain of events in which it claims Seattle’s Theo Chocolate violated U.S. and international labor standards during a Teamsters…
King County Rob Holland quits Seattle Port Commission Seattle Port Commissioner Rob Holland has resigned, three years into his first term and days after a critical article by Seattle Times reporter Emily Heffter laid out Holland’s multiple problems, ranging from improper personal expenses on his Port credit card to personal employment difficulties to tensions with port staff. Fellow…