Insaaanely Busy!


Source:  ShiftWA.org

Governor Inslee and the Washington Department of Transportation wants to track everything you do. Inslee, Millar and WSDOT hate the fact you are able to drive when and where you want to. The bureaucrats believe they should be able to restrict where you live, and make you use the buses and trains they provide to get to work and visit your family. They want to tax you more when you do something that they don’t approve of, and fine you when you do something they deem “un-mutual”. (Shift Article)

The 2021 Legislative Session begins today, with Governor Jay Inslee and the Democrats’ legislative majorities planning to make it even more expensive to live in Washington State, and expand the size of state government (and their own power).  Of course, Shift will be busy keeping our readers up-to-date on the Democrats’ latest shenanigans.   WashingtonVotes will also be providing timely information on specific bills, amendments, and votes to its subscribers.  This is a free service provided by the Washington Policy Center.  (WashingtonVotes/Washington Policy Center)

Among Governor Inslee’s 2021 legislative priorities is an unconstitutional state income tax, starting with capital gains.  The governor just can’t get enough, despite increasing the size of the state budget a record 19% during the current 2019-2021 budget period. Now, with taxes and other revenues projected to annually increase about 4% during the next two-year budget cycle, the governor wants even more of our money to pay off his campaign promises.  Fortunately, the governor has failed at passing his illegal state income tax many times during his reign.  As the Seattle Times writes, “Inslee has pushed for a capital-gains tax since 2014, when he broke a 2012 campaign pledge to veto any new taxes. But it consistently has failed amid opposition from Republicans and some moderate Democrats.” (Seattle Times)

More people in rural Washington communities are concerned about Governor Inslee’s latest “regional” method to reopen the state.  Governor Inslee’s latest plan switches the geographic area, from 39 counties to eight geographic regions, which determines when basic activities can resume (based on whatever various random bits of information that Inslee has decided are important this week).  Last week, Shift reported the concerns of Kittitas County (which had been one of the first to move to Phase 2 under Inslee’s county-based process) over its community now being “regionally” linked to Yakima and the Tri-Cities (which have had the highest infection rates in the state).  Now we hear that people in Grays Harbor and Pacific counties are concerned with being linked to Thurston County.  They are also concerned that jail inmate infection rates are being included even though they are not (generally) roaming about the community.  In a well-shared Facebook post by Grays Harbor community leader Kellie Daniels, State Representative Jim Walsh made the comment, “The ‘regional’ scheme is designed to undermine (the) independence and authority of county governments.” (Kellie Daniels on Facebook, Governor Inslee’s Medium Page, and Ellensburg Daily Record)

Democrat California Governor Gavin Newsom, who has managed the COVID-19 crisis almost as poorly as Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, is now facing a recall campaign from frustrated citizens.  Both California and Washington rank near the bottom of states for administering the vaccine doses they have received from the federal government, with Washington sliding in below its southern neighbor at only 29.3% of the doses administered, to California’s 31.7%. Unfortunately for both Democrat governors, starting next week they will no longer be able to blame the federal government for their failures. (Politico and Bloomberg) 

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