Hello from the Beautiful Pacific Northwest. News that might interest you.

It has been a very eventful week, here in the warm, smoky, increasingly uncomfortable Seattle area. The most prominent news has concerned the air quality (horrible from wildfire smoke from BC and Eastern Washington), temperature (highs in the 80s), and traffic congestion from the "normal" road closures for construction and accidents. Every day brings headlines …

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Political “Food Fight” illustrates how dysfunctional Seattle is.

The "food fight" in question involves the City of Seattle plans to pay for school breakfasts and lunches for ALL students, not just "low-income" ones. This is a grand idea of the new Socialist Mayor Katie Wilson, and it has inspired some jousting among City Council members. The issue, of course, is how to pay …

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News (mostly bad) from the beautiful Pacific Northwest

First, in Weather: Today was a stormy day around here. Thunder, lightning, power outages, rain, the whole shebang. With emphasis on the BANG part. Thunderstorms knock out power around Western Washington. 8,000+ lightning strikes ignite wildfire concerns around Washington and Oregon. Ceiling Leak forces gate closure at SEA Airport amid thunderstorms, ground delay. https://twitter.com/tommylikecloud/status/2077819064202973193?s=20 Next, …

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WASHINGTON STATE VOTERS! PLEASE PAY ATTENTION! PRIMARY ELECTION APPROACHING!

And yes, I do mean to shout. The Primary and General elections in the Democrat-Ruled State of Washington are the most significant for the survival of our state, and its ability to continue as a "going concern." We have already seen the departure or announcements of departure of large companies that in the past, made …

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Welcome to Seattle at the end of May, 2026. Updated May 29.

Seattle seems to be doing its level best to make things miserable for everyone. These first few stories are all from the MyNorthwest.com site. Former King County Sheriff says City has Failed Aurora, but Arresting Sex Workers is first step. Seattle decriminalized prostitution, leading to gun battles on public streets between rival pimps. Major thoroughfare …

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Why Washington State Supreme Court elections matter this year, and why YOU MUST VOTE IN THE PRIMARY!

Any Washington State resident who has been paying attention knows that the Far-Left Democrat Legislature finally passed into law the "Millionaires Tax" that they have been lusting after for decades. My previous post here told you how the Public Employee Unions and their Democrat henchmen have disguised an Income Tax as a tax only on …

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Selling the Income Tax (AKA Millionaires Tax) to the Public. How they are doing it, and why NOT to fall for it.

Readers will know very well that the Far-Left DemocRat Legislature of Washington State finally, after decades of trying, passed what they called the "Millionaires Tax" into law this year. Readers will also be aware that the State Constitution forbids a graduated income tax, stating in plain language that any direct tax MUST treat ALL taxpayers …

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Washington State Government Explained in One Commercial

This Sound Transit commercial is set to be released this week. For those not resident in Washington State, Sound Transit is the quasi-public agency which builds and runs the Western Washington bus and rail transit systems that run from Snohomish to Pierce Counties on the West side of the Cascade Mountains. Their head honcho, who …

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*I wish I didn’t have to keep writing these posts on Washington State, but the depressing news just keeps coming.

Have Dementors taken over my state of Washington? It certainly is depressing, reading news stories of taxpayer money thrown away with both hands; big companies that have been here for decades announcing moves to other states; local restaurants, individual and chains, closing down for good; illegal aliens being treated better than taxpaying citizens; heavily-taxed roads …

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Extra! Extra! Read all about it!! State of Washington digs a deeper hole! Citizens hardest hit!!

And the blows to the law-abiding citizens of Washington State just keep coming. It now seems that every day there are new stories of further insults to the intelligence and the already-strained bank accounts of long-suffering Washingtonians. Every day, new indications that we will be hit with higher costs of living, additional red tape and …

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