PERSISTENCE 1648 didn't make it. The stakes are too high and the costs too great for any of us to waste time on the various stages of grief (denial, anger, depression, acceptance).   Instead, we must embrace the U.S. Marines' motto: improvise, adapt, and overcome.  ...

I just finished up being interviewed on John Carlson's radio show this morning (570 KVI). He's super supportive of our new initiative that TERM LIMITS all the tax increases Inslee and the Democrats jammed through this session (it gives the voters the chance to veto...

Over the years, we've qualified 17 initiatives for a statewide vote. What did they all have in common?In every instance, we launched a signature drive not knowing if we'd succeed.  "You don't really know how much you can do until you stand up and decide to try." Kevin...

Quiet victories are great victories Last week's email update read:  "Join me at 2 historic hearings" One of them was the Senate Ways & Means committee hearing on Sen. Steve Hobb's Taxapalooza tax bill. It was scheduled for 9 am last Thursday and I invited all of...

Ward Connerly is an American heroWhat an amazing 24 hours: Political activism involves slogging through swamps and sludge and muck. It's messy and ugly and gross. But every once in a while, you find that perfect moment, that mountaintop that makes it all worth it.I...

Join me at 2 historic hearings in Olympia tomorrow (Thurs, April 18):Initiative 1000 hearing 8-10amand Sen Steven Hobbs' $12 billion Taxapalooza bill 9-11am It's gonna be a challenge, but join me at 2 overlapping hearings in Olympia tomorrow:Topic: Initiative...