The Legislature has passed a bill that would allow the Department of Revenue to discipline businesses that don't pay their liquor taxes under Washington's new liquor privatization initiative.
Has Jay Inslee pulled a Sarah Palin move? City Light considers a big change in street lighting. And lawmakers look at a tobacco tax that would apply to roll-your-own sales of pipe tobacco.
Big projects may be off the table in tight financial times, but a city like Seattle with an environmental-minded mayor should step in more modest ways. How about building sidewalks and encouraging electrical conservation? [/content/images/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif]
And maybe we have a chance at some payback in the field of sports-franchise theft.
Jay Inslee declares himself an ex-Congressman to focus on the governor's race. War on cars? Maybe from Olympia.
