We are indebted to the 5th LD Republicans for the attached map showing the breakdown of Voting on Proposition 1, the plan to raise car tabs and sales tax to fund buses. The 11th District voted Yes 31%, No 69%. http://www.5ldgop.org/images/King_Co_Prop_1_Vote_Results.pdf That being the case, why do fiscally conservative 11th District voters support socialists such …
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I am indebted to Sound Politics for pointing out some info about the 11th District's anarchy-loving and anti-capitalist state senator, Bob Hasegawa. Washington voters have voted repeatedly to require a two-thirds majority to pass tax increases in Olympia. Recently, the state senate voted to amend the state constitution to include this requirement. Democrats of course voted …
Continue reading Hasegawa Gives The Finger To 11th District Voters
This year's Port of Seattle elections might have more than the usual interest. That's because of the imminent opening of a major expansion to the Panama Canal, which could have a very significant impact on jobs at West Coast ports, including Seattle. "For the first time since its completion a century ago, the Panama Canal …
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Most people in the 11th District are unfamiliar with any legislative accomplishments of the District's new state senator - and past representative - Bob Hasegawa (D). On a couple of occasions, I've heard mutterings to the effect that Hasegawa was somehow involved with the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) riots in Seattle. I decided to do a little research, and …
I received an election mailer from Bob Hasegawa a while back. There wasn't much to it, but a couple of statements caught my eye: "Rep Bob Hasegawa has had a lifelong commitment to protecting civil rights, human rights...."; and this: "He began (at UPS) as a part-time warehouseman...and worked his way up to heading the …
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