In the news:
Lawmakers look to lower voter approval threshold for school bond measures as many fail to pass
By Brandon Thompson, KIRO 7 News
Feb 15, 2025
“State lawmakers are debating a bill that would amend the constitution to lower the threshold of votes school districts need to receive to pass bond measures to large construction projects.”
“For 80 years, Washington law has required districts to reach 60% voter approval to receive the authorization to get the loan that typically funds new buildings or large improvements and expansions to schools. Joint Resolution 8200 would lower the threshold to a simple majority of 50% plus one to pass, as it currently stands in 38 other states.”
KIRO appears to allow comments. “No one seems to have shared their thoughts on this topic yet” is what I see over and again.
College-educated people in WA are not able to keep the ferry system running. They are not able to keep drug addicts from camping on the sidewalk. Not too impressive. People want to Say No to more funding? No Means No?
Time to change the rules to keep the cash coming in.
More here: Measurable Results Not Required In Exchange For Public Funding
Many comments are posted with the video above.
Glorification of military service / total nonsense:
WA Secretary of State
Our right to vote has always been protected by the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces.
Do you have a veteran in your life you would like to thank?
You can honor them by sharing their story and reading the stories of other veterans: https://t.co/ZbQSXTP2xd pic.twitter.com/9BlBECvCji
— Washington Office of the Secretary of State (@secstatewa) May 25, 2020
“Our right to vote has always been protected by the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces.”
Page 7 of the Washington State Elections Voters Pamphlet for the November 5th, 2019 General Election:
“Our right to vote is protected by the members of the U.S. Armed Forces.”
If a right to vote has always been protected by the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces, how come women were not allowed full voting rights at the end of WWI?
Why the need for a 1965 Voting Rights Act if overseas military operations somehow secured voting rights?
If a right to vote is protected by the US Armed Forces, what becomes of that right when the US leaves Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc., without a victory?
Men Died For the Right to Vote?
Right To Vote Linked To Military Operations/US Troops in Distant Lands?
Also From WA
From comments:
“Washington has turned into an HOA. I didn’t sign up for this.”
Governments at various levels are now in the habit of setting deadlines for new restrictions, bans and mandates.
As time goes on, the consumer choices we have are becoming more restricted by a combination of government and big business policies, not Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden or the next bad guy DOD will be going after in distant lands.
Related:
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
Goodbye Free Enterprise System – Banning Gas Powered Equipment
Consumer Demand Or Government Demand?
The country struggles with:
Possibly of interest:
Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?
How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?
Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.
Love to see newspeople interview elected officials and let us know how sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
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Symbol of a society that can’t stop bragging about freedom, thanking the troops for freedoms, fighting wars for freedoms, staging military jet flyovers at sporting events for freedom, etc.
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