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Topic: RANT: Be a Good Neighbor??!
I live in West Seattle and on California. It is very difficult to pull out of my apartment garage many days of the week due to cars parking too close to the driveway to my apartment building, but I understand that people need to park on the streets to support local businesses. I deal with it. I am upset that while parked legally today in the Alki neighborhood – one of my fellow West Seattle NEIGHBORS – called and complained that I was parked within 5 feet of their driveway resulting in a $50 ticket! Seriously, is the slight inconvenience of someone parking NEAR your driveway at 9 PM at night (when traffic is not heavy) really worth the price of ruining someone else’s day. Have your management paint your curbside yellow if you are going to be anal about how close a car parks!
This is a quote I got today from Northwest Progressive Institute:
“Eyman’s I-1366 certified for ballot; jeopardizes $8 billion in revenue through 2021
As required by law, the Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) has completed a fiscal impact statement for Tim Eyman’s I-1366, which was today certified for the November 2015 statewide ballot by Secretary of State Kim Wyman.
According to OFM’s analysis, I-1366 is an even greater threat to Washington’s future than previously believed. The 13% sales tax cut that I-1366 would impose if legislators don’t submit to Eyman’s demand for a constitutional amendment to sabotage Article II, Section 22 translates to a loss of $1.4 billion a year in 2017, the first year it would fully be in effect. It only gets worse after that. Through 2021, Washington’s treasury would be deprived of approximately $8 billion in funding for vital public services like schools and universities.
“OFM’s fiscal impact statement for I-1366 confirms what we’ve been saying for months about I-1366: This is the most destructive, mean-spirited initiative that Tim Eyman has ever qualified for the ballot,” said Northwest Progressive Institute founder Andrew Villeneuve. “Eyman doesn’t have the votes in the Legislature to overturn the Supreme Court’s 2013 League of Education Voters decision, so he’s resorted to blackmail. And he’s taking Washington’s young people as his hostages.”
“We can see what’s at risk by looking at the state budget. The sales tax is easily our state’s largest single source of tax revenue, supplying nearly half of the money that goes into the general fund. And more than half of the general fund goes to K-12 schools, colleges, and universities. Education is our single largest responsibility as a people. And, in the words of our Constitution, it is also our paramount duty. We are obligated, as a society, to make ample provision for the education of Washington’s youth.”
“”The Supreme Court has determined we have not been meeting this obligation and ordered our legislators to act. The slight progress the House and Senate have made to date towards complying with the Court’s McCleary orders is jeopardized by I-1366. Legislators just agreed on a bipartisan basis to put more money into schools and lower tuition. That carefully crafted agreement will be undone in the span of a few months if I-1366’s first scenario comes to pass,” Villeneuve said.
“And under other I-1366’s second scenario, our regressive tax code would be locked into place permanently. As few as seventeen senators – twelve percent of our entire Legislature – could kill any attempt to raise or recover revenue for our state treasury. Our founders strongly believed that decisions like these should be made by the many, not a few. We should honor and uphold the Constitution they gave us by rejecting I-1366.”
OFM’s analysis also determined that funding for implementation of I-900, Tim Eyman’s performance audits initiative from ten years ago, would be cut by Scenario 1 of I-1366. I-900 stipulated that a percentage of state sales tax revenue be dedicated to funding performance audits. Ironically, money for conducting those audits is now at risk along with the other public services that the sales tax funds. “
Please think long and hard on anything he wants done. He doesn’t give a damn what turmoil it throws things into in Olympia. I’d like to suggest a no vote on I-1366 this fall.
DESIRED:
-Excellent multi-tasking skills. Computer proficiency, adaptable with technological programs. Reliable work ethic.
-Creativity and desire to learn, help, and be around plants.
-Excellent communication skills – ability to work well with co-workers, and communicate well with vendors.
-Excellent organizational and time management skills.
-Must be available for part-time work. Two to three days between Monday and Thursday. Hours somewhat flexible. 9-5 generally.
Data entry:
• Effectively enter purchase order information with accuracy and speed;
• Keep track of data, sort employee records, maintain filing system.
Creative work with weekly in-house newsletter, website, and mailers:
• Proficiency with Microsoft Publisher and WordPress;
• Interest in maintenance of happy work environment at the nursery;
• Work with in-house illustrator to make a “Growing Gardeners” newsletter for kids each month.
Filing, ordering of office supplies, and maintenance of office surplus:
• Keep track of office supplies’ need and stock;
• Maintain passwords, invoices, and re-ordering information;
• Perform assistant duties to manager of nursery and nursery buyers, as requested.
The West Seattle Nursery is an awesome work environment — family-like. Bring a good attitude and a good work ethic, and you will enjoy yourself immensely.
Attach your resume to your email cover letter. Write — ‘Office help: YOUR NAME’ in the subject line of your email to — ‘Info@WestSeattleNursery.Com’
West Seattle, Washington
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