[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 very [...]
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 [...]
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 a self-fulfilling [...]
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 lower foreclosure [...]
According to the latest data, it looks like the state economy is slowly catching up to the unwinding national economy.
More than 3,000 jobs were lost in Washington last month, pushing the unemployment rate to 4.9 percent, up from a near record low of 4.5 percent in February, the Employment Security Department said Tuesday.
The change is [...]
Good news everyone! Although the nation is slipping into recession, here in Washington State “our economy is strong” and the only thing that can bring us down is listening to all the “dire talk.” Well, that’s what Mrs. Gregoire would have us believe, anyway…
Gov. Chris Gregoire, at a Seattle economic forum Thursday, boasted [...]
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