Jay Manning skates away from transparency, thanks Public Disclosure Commission
Last week, the Public Disclosure Commission allowed Jay Manning to avoid transparency and scrutiny once again, but he was not able to entirely avoid the truth.
As we have discussed recently, Jay Manning is a...
Tales of Tyranny – Bethel School District Story
Unlike most of the Tales of Tyranny stories, this was a story about a local government entity - the Bethel School District in Pierce County, Washington. In this case, the school district purchases a...
Does The Olympian censor letters to the editor for political reasons?
I’ve been receiving various reports for years that The Olympian, a "local" newspaper, has a practice of censoring letters to the editor if they disagree with the political content of those letters. I was...
We the Governed’s top 10 stories from 2016
Every blog site must have it’s annual top 10 list. Here is ours. These are listed in order based on the highest viewed articles on our site from 2016:
Thurston County Invents $42,000...
Be Anonymous, be a government whistleblower – TV ad #2
This is another one of our Whistleblower Ads running on television – started in January, 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz7G7xCDH24
Total citizen opposition to questionable rural car tax at Thurston County hearing
At the Tuesday hearing for Thurston County’s proposed rural car tax for the new Thurston County Transportation Benefit District generated very little love from local citizens. Every phone call, email and resident who testified...
Weirdos and Heroes in local Washington State Government
In this first video in what I expect to become an ongoing series, we feature a few of the many weirdos who have achieved positions of power in local government. We also feature...
WA State Elections – $30 car tabs, R-88, and Camas Tax Revolt
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In this video we discuss some of the 2019 elections...
Primary Election Results – unanticipated outcomes, and major contrasts for November
Washington State’s primary election results from Tuesday night narrowed down some political races around the state. However, the drawn out process of updated counts over the next few weeks with the trickle-in mail-in ballot...
East meets West in Defense of Property Rights – event in Ellensburg this month
The Citizen’s Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR) is hosting a networking, education, and training event in Ellensburg, Washington. The event is titled “East meets West in Defense of Property Rights." This event is held...
