Ross Hunter

Month: March 2015

  • Advice from 4th Graders – Week 8

    Advice from 4th Graders – Week 8

    I think I missed a week. This week’s advice card is also excellent. I’m sad I have to white out the names of the kids due to privacy laws. These cards are from the 4th graders in Linda Myrick’s civics club at Somerset Elementary in Bellevue.  

  • Debtors Prisons – Legal Financial Obligations

    Just before session started this year I had a chance to attend the Facing Race legislative forum. Hosted by several local and national organizations, it was a chance for me to hear stories and facts about a variety of social justice topics, including Legal Financial Obligations. Some of the repeating themes were how hard it…

  • Advice from 4th Graders – Week 7

    Advice from 4th Graders – Week 7

    I am really enjoying these posts from Linda Myrick’s 4th graders at Somerset Elementary in Bellevue. This particular piece needs broad circulation, and I will be sending it to all the members of the House. We have three more days of floor debate this week and the advice is very topical.

  • Fiscal Cutoff

    Fiscal Cutoff

    State legislatures typically meet for a relatively short period of time each year and consequently are very deadline driven. Congress works on things until they are ready to be brought forward, but in most states (including Washington) the dates are relentless and serve to help the body focus on what is likely to get done…

  • Advice from 4th Graders – Week 6

    Advice from 4th Graders – Week 6

    Really, really good advice from the 4th graders in Linda Myrick’s class at Somerset Elementary in Bellevue.