Regulatory
delays from Inslee’s Department of Ecology (DOE) are the reasons why
Phillips 66 announced last week it was canceling the construction of a
job-creating renewable diesel facility in Whatcom County. The company described tactics similar to those DOE is also using with the Kalama methanol facility,
and the bureaucratic delays are costing local communities hundreds of
jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue. These job-killing delays
are conducted to boost Governor Inslee’s environmental portfolio so he
can selfishly obtain a job for himself (he hopes) in a future Democrat
president’s administration. (Lynden Tribune and Senate Democrat caucus)
Comment: Looks to me more like he's workin' hard at pissin' off his taxpayers.
Department
of Transportation road crews used to concentrate on highway
“beautification” projects, but today they focus on cleaning up tons of
garbage created by homeless encampments. A spokesperson
says $3 million in the department’s budget is currently set aside for
“homeless cleanup.” Now that’s a liberal job-creation program! (KIRO)
Comment: And the next thing you know, the U.W. and W.S.U. will be offering degrees for it, with salaries starting at $250,000 a year!
In just three weeks, Washington’s new family leave program is already overbudget and behind schedule. 22,000 people have applied for the weekly payout since the program began January 1st.
State bureaucrats had projected they would receive that number of
applications in the first three months, not first three weeks. Because
the Inslee Administration failed to correctly estimate the caseloads,
payment delays will occur. Guess they should have known that when you
promise free stuff, people will sign up fast. (AP)
Comment: Hey, ain't socialism great?
Rep.
Melanie Morgan (D-Tacoma) has introduced a bill to make it illegal to
discriminate due to “hair texture and protective hairstyles.” Current
state law makes it illegal to discriminate due to race, religion, or
sexual orientation, but hair is not on the list…yet. (KREM)
Comment: After that... a bill to make it illegal to discriminate against those who wander the streets naked.
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A
leader of a liberal special interest group attempts to portray Amazon
as an “abusive boyfriend” simply because the company has stood up to the
crazies in Seattle government. If we use
writer Katie Wilson’s silly analogy, and honestly analyze the
dysfunctional relationship, isn’t the Seattle City Council the “abusive
partner” here? First the council blames Amazon for the homeless problem
the city has created (development and landlord regulations that reduce
affordable housing, and a criminal justice policy that enables a
drug/crime/homeless culture). Amazon has arguably done more to help
homeless individuals with its support for Mary’s Place and other
effective charities than the city has with its expensive homeless
programs that selfishly increase government employee headcount (the city
council giving money to their “enablers”, i.e. government unions).
Then, even though Amazon and its employees pay millions (maybe billions)
in local taxes, the city thinks it deserves all the money Amazon earns.
The abusive partner (city council) keeps saying that if we just give
them a little more money, things will get better. Yet they keep coming
back demanding more money. Finally, the abuser (city council) now wants
to punish Amazon for standing up for itself. The Seattle City Council
is the real abusive partner here. (BTW – we won’t attack Wilson for her
sexist stereotype that only men are abusive in relationships.) (Crosscut)
Comment: I thought this was the from the script of some soap opera show.
Predictably,
the Seattle City Council is attempting to find a scapegoat instead of
fixing the criminal culture which led to the recent mass shooting. Members
of the city council focused their efforts on computer programed aps
that automatically increased fares as people were attempting to escape
downtown after the shooting. Apparently councilmembers believe they are
empowered to force private-sector Uber/Lyft drivers to risk their own
lives to go the scenes of a mass shooting, after public-sector transit
officials had stopped serving the area, at a price the city council
determines. (Seattle Times)
Comment: Let's face it, Seattle isn't dying, it's DEAD!
Sex trafficking is also associated with the homeless culture which liberal policies have created. At
a recent forum in Federal Way, victims who were homeless spoke how they
were promised shelter, food, clothes, and drugs in return for sex. (Bellevue Reporter)
Comment: Okay, so what's new?
Leaflets around the University District reveal there is a “Seattle Drug User’s Union.” The
flyers indicate members are “Proud to be a drug user” and they are
seeking ways to decriminalize their drug use. The union members meet
the first Thursday of each month at a needle exchange location. (MyNorthwest)
Comment: I know, let's enroll them in SEIU!
Reports are circulating that the name of Seattle’s new National Hockey League team might be the Seattle Kracken. For
those who are unfamiliar, a “kracken” is a giant octopus-like creature
from Scandinavian folklore (and Pirates of the Caribbean movies). (MyNorthwest Sports)
Comment: Yea... and the fans will be puffin' on their pipes in the seats too. |
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