Posts by Bill Lyne

The 14 year-old migrant workers in Skagit Valley went back to work in late July.  These children finger the jagged edges of American racial and economic inequality on a daily basis, so they probably didn’t notice the fact that part of their future was sacrificed to the politics of the Washington State Legislature.   Familias…

So just in case you haven’t read enough Olympia post mortems, here’s the blog sine die edition, with a special recurring tax theme. The legislature finally put a stop to the bi-partisan tax increases they’ve been leveling on students for the last four years.  Next year, there will be no higher ed tuition increases.  Both…

And all this time we thought Republicans just hated collective bargaining.  Turns out they don’t really understand how it works.   Anyone who has ever successfully negotiated a contract knows that the goal is not to win but to reach an agreement.  Both sides start with dreams, find the responsibilities embedded in those dreams, and end…