Archive for July 30th, 2010

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Akers and Didier?

BY:  MICHAEL FROME 7.31.2010
What an interesting development.  I am really not sure what to make of this joint press release by Paul Akers and Clint Didier, two nonestablishment grassroots candidates for Washington State Senator.  These two gentlemen have earned my respect; indeed I have cast my vote for one of them in the primary.  They both represent the [...]

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Governing Outside the Law

BY: MICHAEL FROME 7.30.2010
Turns out that Governor Gregoire really, really wants to put another bullet into the patella of the free market.  So much so, she is willing to violate her properly defined role as Governor.  She does this by promulgating an executive order…that has the exact same effect as a recent bill rejected by [...]