Monthly Archives: March 2009

Joe Turner at the Tacoma News Tribune outlines the difference between the state house budget and the state senate budget…. HOUSE BUDGET PROPOSAL 1. Leaves $852 million in savings. 2. Public school and state agency job cuts: Unknown. Could be … Continue reading →

The State Senate released their budget which raises no new tax revenues. Here’s some of the more alarming cuts: 1) Gutting the Initiative 728 funding (reducing class size) by 93% 2) 60% of the Basic Health Plan (which covers low … Continue reading →

Goldy over at HA does a nice job going through our state’s structural deficit as we get ready for the announcement of the all cuts State Senate budget… From Goldy’s perspective: Our over-reliance on a retail sales tax levied on … Continue reading →

It’s time for the state legislature to get specific. What does a $9 billion cut in state government look like? On Monday, the Senate will take the first shot at what exactly gets cut. I will do my best to … Continue reading →

It appears the Yakima Herald has become a victim of the Republican Party ‘do nothing’ attitude by suggesting the Obama administration focus on the financial sector and put energy and health care on the back burner for now. (see March … Continue reading →

Here’s the story.

Just wanted to make sure y’all saw this…

Let me juxtapose a couple quotes from Curtis King in today’s Yakima Herald article about the now $9 billion dollar hole in our state budget. To get a clearer picture, the total budget is $37 billion. So, legislators need to … Continue reading →

The Tri City Herald’s editorial misses the mark on it’s defense of the casino game known as the “retro program”. This is a game where the employer, (or most likely one of the 40 or so organizations that use it … Continue reading →

A few blogs ago I pointed out Budget committee Chair; Councilmember, Micah Cawley’s lack of understanding of what budgets are and how to use them. Here is the video of that meeting. (Scroll down to 4:30 am & click on … Continue reading →