During the session this year I did a number of presentations of a slideshow on how people evade taxes in Washington and the key points of a bill that would limit the ability for some of these scams to work. Eventually I recorded the show so that other people could see it. This is my…

We sent this notice out 2 weeks ago, but I wanted to re-post it today so that you can change all of your plans to come. We intend to have an interchange with constituents on budgets, education, transportation and any other topic that comes up. We’d love to see you. Washington State Legislature Sen. Rodney…

The Tax Foundation, one of my personal favorite conservative tax research organizations, wrote about a new law passed this year by the Legislature. The bill attempts to level the playing field between in-state and out-of-state companies by taxing them the same for business they do inside Washington. The Tax Foundation objects. They’re wrong.

Last month’s Atlantic Magazine has a great article on the transformative effect the current recession will have on people in America over the next few decades. It’s a little depressing a read, but very thought-provoking. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/03/how-a-new-jobless-era-will-transform-america/7919 Here’s the blurb the magazine uses to intro the article: The Great Recession may be over, but this era…

For the umpteenth year in a row we have failed to get a bill out of the Legislature that shifts the funding streams around to fund 4Culture, King County’s arts funding arm. Every year everyone with a funding idea gloms onto the bill and we can’t get all of them passed. This year we had…