In Our View: Democracy vouchers return power to voters The Columbian Published: September 7, 2022, Share: A quick look at OpenSecrets.org reveals one of the major flaws of the U.S. election system. There we find that at least 100 Americans have donated more than $1 million to indirect campaign groups for the 2022 election. Following […]
Archives for September 2022
Wildfire Update & : News Bits That Could Effect Central Washington
GENERAL NEWS ‘Bad legislation’: Lewis County asks Gov. Inslee to change Clean Buildings Act (The Chronicle) How federal ‘revenue’ relief obscures local government spending (Crosscut) New payroll taxes would fund New York, and Pennsylvania long-term care proposals that mirror Washington’s (The Center Square) WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE Goat Rocks Wilderness fire grows to 80 acres; […]
Other states have proposed long-term-care laws that could sneak up on workers
Sep 2, 2022 | Washington Policy Center | Elizabeth Hovde “If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.” — Catherine Aird Take the warning, Pennsylvania and New York. Once workers in your states learn about a new social program that will take money from their paychecks for a […]
The Elephant | Donkey in the Room
Sept 6, 2022 | iVoter Guide | Washington State Edition How can a voter gain insight into a candidate when iVoterGuide doesn’t cover the race (yet!), when a candidate fails to answer the questionnaire, or before much public information is available? That’s when it is helpful to address the “elephant”—or “donkey”—in the room! […]
