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 […]
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 […]
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 […]