stevemur

What if the “affordability problem” is just Progressivism? stevemurch.com/say-it-with-me…

@Timodc WA gas prices are high because there’s more than $1.10 in every gallon that goes to Dem-imposed taxes and fees. Best of all, they can’t really even say what outcomes are better because of it. Progressive policies are inflationary. ✌️ stevemurch.com/say-it-with-me…

Great news MAGA americans, you won’t be able to afford your summer road trip bc gas and food prices are skyrocketing but the president did own the Japanese with a sick burn in the oval. Hope that keeps you warm at night.

@TheMaliaMarks @seattletimes Search “fraud” on the Seattle Times website and sort by most recent date. There’s essentially nothing on the very clear signs of fraud at DCYF in WA. Thank you for your report!

@stevemur @seattletimes Has the @seattletimes turned down similar articles? @stevemur

The @SeattleTimes doesn’t care about clear signs of fraud, but this reporter does. Thanks @TheMaliaMarks

“When I explained to a friend recently that the subject matter of most comedy is tragic (drunkenness, overweight, financial problems, accidents, etc.) he said, “Do you mean to tell me that the dreadful events of the day are a fit subject for humorous comment? The answer is “No, but they will be pretty soon.” Man jokes about the things that depress him, but he usually waits till a certain amount of time has passed. It must have been a tragedy when Judge Crater disappeared, but everybody jokes about it now. I guess you can make a mathematical formula out of it. Tragedy plus time equals comedy.” - Steve Allen, 1957

It's tiresome to have to keep saying that he shames his office, but he shames his office.

@PattyMurray In uniparty Washington State, there is zero incentive to aggressively investigate and prosecute voter fraud, and plenty of incentive to look the other way.

The average person is more likely to be struck by lightning than they are to commit voter fraud. Seriously. That's a real stat. I'm voting NO on the SAVE America Act.

This is the key point that seems to fall on deaf ears in Washington. Our sales tax base is about to get severely eroded while at the same time we're aggressively causing capital flight. It's a toxic recipe for the state.

@komonews Which “community members,” specifically?

BREAKING | Mayor Katie Wilson said the pause is due to concerns that include a lack of proper evaluation, possible usage by federal immigration enforcement, and some community members feeling unsafe with the cameras around. komonews.com/news/local/sea…

No. Batten down the hatches. Reduce spending on non-essentials, until the essentials are fixed.

I was at a “meet the candidates” event for Pedersen a few years ago at a neighbors’ home, and he was talking about declining educational outcomes in the state, and prolonged closure during COVID. When I mentioned the teachers unions have a fair amount of responsibility, he looked horrified.

Truth. If there is a bad idea pushing you out of WA state it is more than likely a law introduced by Sen. Pie Crust Jamie Pedersen….

@sfmcguire79 So glad we’ve moved on.

He can’t be serious…

Higher taxes for worse essential services. Great job Progressives: “After calling 911 for severe pain, Hogan was transferred to a nurse at an AMR call center in Texas. Despite calling back four more times over several hours to report she had congestive heart failure, dispatchers told her to keep waiting. It took 10 hours for an ambulance to arrive at her building; by then, the crew simply canceled the ride because she didn’t answer her phone. Weeks later, her body was found decomposing near her bed.”

The “original”? In Pike Place Market? That’s not the original, it’s where the original one moved to. Long lines, tourist spot. Not for sitting or lounging. Madison Park, yes, still is hanging on to some comfort for guests. The Roastery on Capitol Hill — total luxury — has closed. Throughout the city, chairs and tables have been removed, and restrooms are combo locked and-or out of commission.

@stevemur Go to the original. Or to Starbucks in Madison Park: "Luxurious" is not an exaggeration. Or Boston and Queen Anne Ave. Or on Elliott Bay. Or... Next you'll say those aren't in "Seattle proper". Progressives are doing a ton of damage, but let's not make shit up to prove it.

Here in a Starbucks in the Lake Tahoe region of Nevada -- tables, chairs, comfortable seating, fireplace... just like the Seattle Starbucks of old. I can't recall a single Starbucks in Seattle proper that still has soft seating or restrooms without combination locks. It's amazing how Progressives have not only inflated everything, but eroded formerly high-trust spaces. I know it can get tiring to read someone ranting on about it all... But wow, such incredible destruction of everyday trust and norms. It doesn't have to be this way. Voters let it be so, and some even seem to like the destruction.

@Meliazzzz Issaquah and the Sammamish Plateau are not Seattle, nor is Bainbridge

@stevemur There are two in Issaquah alone. But sure …

@CBSNews Good for you @CBSNews - good report. But you should also credit @nickshirleyy.

CBS NEWS INVESTIGATION: A salon, a modeling agency, and 89 hospices? We visited a 3-story LA building being called "ground zero" for fraud. We went to look for ourselves. cbsn.ws/4bmB3Kg

@JimMcMurtry01 Nowhere on this list: “Improve student outcomes”

Photo smuggled out of BCTF Politburo Meeting—#1 priority for teachers… decolonization/Indigenous struggles

@VijayInWA If income isn’t anyone’s property, then I’d like to claim Senator Pedersen’s.

When Washington State's economy is in tatters, after talent, tech and job creators have fled for friendlier locations, we will look back and realize one man, more than any other, was responsible for wrecking our state. Senator Jamie Pedersen of the 43rd district (alas, my own district) has spent literally years conspiring to create an income tax in our state. He knew he had to take baby steps, and shred our constitution piece by piece. He started with the capital gains tax. In a 2018 email Senator Pedersen mapped out his strategy: “But the more important benefit of passing a capital gains tax is on the legal side, from my perspective. The other side will challenge it as an unconstitutional property tax. This will give the Supreme Court the opportunity to revisit its bad decisions from 1934 and 1951 that income is property and will make it possible, if we succeed, to enact a progressive income tax with a simple majority vote.” Pedersen's cynicism knows no bounds. His own party overwhelmingly voted to pass initiative 2111 that explicitly banned an income tax in Washington. This initiative was purposefully taken up by the legislature so that Washington voters couldn't vote on it themselves. Why? If voters passed the initiative, the legislature couldn't repeal it, but by taking it up before voters had that chance, the legislature enacted a law they could repeal whenever they wanted. And this was exactly Pedersen's intent. About this initiative he stated: “That was — what did Mary Poppins call that? — a 'pie crust promise.' Easily made, easily broken. We put that language into statute, and we can amend it any time we want to. I wouldn't take that super-seriously.” This cynical Senator is the same guy who told parents of WA state that if their child got pregnant (for whatever reason) they have no right to be notified about that. No legislator has caused more harm to the state of Washington in the last 50 years than Jamie Pedersen. x.com/bkheywood/stat…

The longer Washington’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) and its Secretary Tana Senn refuse to speak plainly about serious allegations of fraud and missing oversight records... The clearer it becomes that this is not a communications failure — it is a leadership failure. Read our (previous) article on the continuing silence by Tana Senn and AG Nick Brown, especially since nothing has changed: future42.org/serious-allega…

What could possibly go wrong?