Capital Budgets Emerge in Olympia: Good News or More of the Same?
Anyone who’s worked on issues in the Washington State Legislature will tell you there are sort of two phases, policy and budget. Early in a 60 or 90 session there are lots of debates before the deadlines in each house about bills that change rules and regulations or add new ones. The second phase is […]
Bisnow: Opportunity Zones Only Work With Lower Costs
I had the opportunity to be on Biznow’s panel last week on Opportunity Zones, a feature of last years tax reform legislation at the federal level that is supposed to encourage investment in areas struggling economically. I made the point that wound up in the headline of the story: Opportunity Zones Expose Conflict Between Growth Advocates […]
Representative Reeves: Speaking Up for People Who Rent Their Property
I was digging into the upcoming meeting of the Renters Commission on April 1 (ironic day for the meeting) at which the Commission will consider rent control. I don’t know what they have in mind but we opposed the creation of the Commission because we figured it would be simply a tax payer supported forum […]
