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UFWS Message: If They Come in the Morning
Sent March 20th 2012If They Come in the Morning by Bill Lyne ufwsblog.org So the budget that nobody read but all the Senate Republicans and three nominal Democrats voted for as the clock struck midnight turned out to be a bit of an embarrassment. It seems that...
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UFWS Message: An Open Letter to Nick Hanauer
Sent February 27th 2012Who Breaks a Butterfly Upon a Wheel by Bill Lyne An Open Letter to Nick Hanauer Our friends over at Publicola have recently been hosting a rousing debate between big bucks Democrat Nick Hanauer and WEA President Mary Lindquist on teachers’ unions and K-1...
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UFWS Message: Night of the Living Dead
Sent February 16th 2012Night of the Living Dead by Bill Lyne www.ufwsblog.org Death and taxes may be inevitable, but here in Washington, tax exemptions never die. There are tax breaks hanging around that are so old and so irrelevant to the well-being of the state that only...
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UFWS Message, Working Class Heroes
Sent January 23rd 2012Working Class Heroes by Bill Lyne www.ufwsblog.org A big thanks to Senators Hill, Tom, Becker, Kastama, and Litzow, who have put some money in our pocket here at the blog. Last year, when the bill to establish Western Governors University...
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UFWS Message, Signs Taken For Small Wonders, Part 1
Sent January 19th 2012Signs Taken For Small Wonders, Part 1 by Bill Lyne ufwsblog.org Like a SuperPac not coordinating with the McKenna campaign, the Seattle Times called out Democratic Leadership by name this week. They told us that a study from the University of P...
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UFWS Message, STEM and the State
Sent November 14th 2011STEM and the State by Bill Lyne www.ufwsblog.org Last month, Western Washington University held its Board of Trustees meeting at Safeco Field, the house that Washington taxpayers built. The last part of the meeting was devoted to a panel discu...
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UFWS Message: Get Off the Fence
Sent September 28th 2011Get Off the Fence by Bill Lyne ufwsblog.org Sit on a fence long enough and you end up with a fence post up your ass. So now is the time for everyone in Washingtons public university communitystudents, parents, alumni, faculty, staff...
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UFWS Message, Hunter and the Hunted
Sent April 5th 2011Hunter and the Huntedby Bill Lyne www.ufwsblog.org So the House budget proposal was unveiled on Monday, and, well, it could have been worse. Dont get us wrong, here at the blog we still feel that tax loopholes should be on the table (giving mone...
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UFWS Message: Hunter and the Hunted
Sent April 5th 2011Hunter and the Hunted by Bill Lyne www.ufwsblog.org So the House budget proposal was unveiled on Monday, and, well, it could have been worse. Dont get us wrong, here at the blog we still feel that tax loopholes should be on the table (giving mo...
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UFWS Message, Whole Lotta Countin’ Goin’ On
Sent March 24th 2011Whole Lotta Countin Goin On by Bill Lyne www.ufwsblog.org At the end of the day, politics is about counting. Here in Washington, for example, folks in Olympia and beyond are counting, counting, and recounting. The house and senate budget write...
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