By The Tim on August 17, 2012
Back in January 2008, nearly two years after the housing bust began, and six months after home prices peaked in the Seattle area, Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire was hitting the campaign trail with a reelection message powered by complete denial: Addressing the politically powerful Washington Realtors, the Democratic governor said she sometimes wishes people [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged 2008, Friday Flashback, Gregoire, politics
By The Tim on November 28, 2011
This is fairly off-topic (although we have covered this subject occasionally in the past), but with all the teeth-gnashing I’ve been reading about lately regarding the latest round of supposedly major cuts required to keep state spending in line with revenues, I thought it might be interesting to look at a couple of charts on [...]
Posted in News, Opinion | Tagged budget, Gregoire, politics, tax revenues
By The Tim on February 12, 2010
[Note: This is an opinion piece on a political matter. If that sort of thing offends you, it is recommended that you skip this post.] Christine Gregoire, January 2008: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” Gregoire said, quoting former President Franklin Roosevelt and referring to national recession fears. “It is a [...]
Posted in Economy, News, Opinion | Tagged Economy, Gregoire, legislation, Local Economy, Olympia, Opinion, politics, tax revenues
By The Tim on October 13, 2008
I usually try to avoid getting into political issues on here, but something has come up that I simply cannot ignore. A few days ago the Seattle P-I posted videos from Christine Gregoire and Dino Rossi where each candidate makes the case on why you should vote for them. As I was watching Christine Gregoire’s [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged Economy, Gregoire, politics, Sohn, tax revenues
By The Tim on August 4, 2008
February, 2008: Gov. Chris Gregoire, at a Seattle economic forum Thursday, boasted she has found that Washington is “literally the envy of other states.” “I ask all of us to make sure that we do not buy into, or even for that matter, listen to, the dire talk internationally and nationally, because it can become [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Gregoire, King_County, Local Economy, recession
By The Tim on June 27, 2008
Here are a few recent stories that have been covered elsewhere and are worth at least mentioning here. Latest foreclosure statistics: Seattle P-I, Foreclosures in Seattle higher, but much lower than nation’s The Seattle area had about twice as many foreclosures in May as it did a year earlier but continued to have a far [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Cat Le, Cohen, commercial, Countrywide, dead horse, FHA, foreclosures, Gregoire, Kelleher, link_roundup, Pryne, Rain City Guide, Rhodes, Seattle_PI, Seattle_Times
