Democrat elitists sue voters who voted for Initiative Measure No. 976 ($30 car tabs)

The city of Seattle, King County, and the Port of Seattle filed a lawsuit in the King County Superior Court arguing against voter Initiative 976, the voter-approved $30 car tab measure. They claim the initiative violated the state Constitution by – among other allegations – misleading voters.

The irony of Dow Constantine – who sits on the unelected Sound Transit board of directors – attacking a voter-approved measure for misleading the public should not be lost. Democrats to the public: If you vote for tax relief, we will sue you.

Study shows mass transit will not reduce traffic congestion in the Puget Sound

A new study backed by the Washington Policy Center found that Seattle’s transit heavy approach to solving transportation congestion will not “improve people’s access to employment nor their quality of life in the long-term.”

Specially, the study found that mass transit – at any cost – does not have the potential to “reduce driving or to reduce traffic congestion in the Puget Sound.” Among other considerations, the study took into account the Puget Sound’s distribution of both job and residential locations.

Charter schools outperform public schools in latest test scores

Washington students on NAEP test drop again

The results for the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) – a national Test administered to students every two years – are now available. Washington state scores dropped for fourth and eighth grade math and reading scores when compared to 2017.

Superintendent Chris Reykdal pointed to poverty as the cause of low test scores. However, Washington’s nine charter schools – where 60 percent of students are low-income, minority children – far outperformed public schools. Charter schools did not experience a downward trend in test scores.

State Supreme Court upholds Seattle’s “first come, first served” law for renters

After a King County judge struck down Seattle’s law which requires landlords to accept the first qualified tenant to apply for a rental, the state Supreme Court has overturned that order.

Separately, the court placed a prohibition on landlords which prevents them from doing criminal background checks on applicants.  This decision is arrogant, monumental stupidity.

These decisions are all but certain to have a detrimental impact on the long-term rental market because they take away important rights of landlords over their private property.