So for those readers on a tight schedule, let’s not bury the lead: The recent brouhaha over the Western Washington University Collective Bargaining Agreement is not about students, not about the state budget, not about “shared sacrifice” or any of the other pious crap that Bruce Shepard’s attackers are mouthing.  It is about a managerial…

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 the “fund education first” crowd had written a budget that cut education by another 80 mil or so, which quickly became…

Our new favorite Republican here at the blog is Senator Pam Roach.  Olympia buffs will remember that two years ago Senator Roach was thrown out of the Republican caucus and denied access to caucus staff and counsel in response to what Republican leadership felt was a pattern of abusive behavior.  Her colleagues apparently considered Senator…