Seattle Sisyphus: Reflections on Where We Are Today
A very smart and trusted colleague and I were sitting in the Neighbor Lady a few weeks ago. He said, “I think you and I, for the foreseeable future, are doomed to keep rolling a rock up a hill just to have it come rolling back down.” His reference to Sisyphus hit home, since from […]
Crosscut and Seattle Times Hand Big Win to Job Tax Advocates
The horse, as they say, is out of the barn. So are the pigs, and the chickens, and all the communists pushing for a tax on jobs in Seattle. The Seattle Times and Crosscut have posted stories about a very poorly argued post about a study by McKinsey Company about the City needing $400 million […]
I Told You So: Ballard Mob Action is the Product of Years of Pandering by the Council
“Remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside . . . we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required–not because the communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. […]