WA lost hundreds of millions of dollars to scammers
May 24, 2020 The Seattle Times
“By the time the fraud was recognized, scammers had made off with “hundreds of millions of dollars,” ESD Commissioner Suzi LeVine acknowledged Thursday.”
“All of that happened despite a $44 million software upgrade at ESD that was supposed to help detect such fraud.”
Every vote counts?
March 26, 2020 Whitman County Gazette
“I-976 was supposed to go into effect Dec. 5, but has been held up by the city of Seattle and King County officials who have filed suit to prevent its implementation.”
Trust in law enforcement
May 26, 2020 reason
Minnesota Man Dies After Video Shows Cop Pressing Knee to His Neck for Nearly 8 Minutes
“…pressing his knee into the side of Floyd’s neck while he’s on the ground and handcuffed.”
More flags, military jet flyovers, and an increased use of the word hero will make it all good.
Whidbey waters and sewage treatment plant outfalls
I will purchase a subscription to any Puget Sound area newspaper working to inform us on Whidbey water quality impacted by sewage treatment plant outfalls.
One or more sewage treatment plants are sending unsafe product into Penn Cove?
Reporting on this topic appears to be completely off limits to the press.
Several Island County beaches are now closed for recreational shellfish harvest because of sewage treatment outfall.
Sewage treatment outfall. Not stormwater.
This appears to be a routine/ongoing situation.
View the Washington State Department of Health beach list here.
More here:
Whidbey Signs of Water Quality
A good time to safeguard trust in the press too.
1:25 News crew busted for lecturing about masks while not wearing them:
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I feel like a man on the moon in 1969 was a proud American moment.
Since that time, both major parties have taken turns in power and have squandered credibility that would help in the current situation.
We were told we needed to send troops to Vietnam to stay safe.
Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.
Growing Up In The Cold War Era
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