SEATTLE NEWS ARCHIVES & FEATURES

Dori: Sound Transit gives $318 million of your money to ‘education’

Aug 19, 2019, 1:27 PM

Sound Transit, $318 million, Red Line...

(File, Associated Press)

(File, Associated Press)

The King County Council is getting a one-time windfall of $318 million from Sound Transit to spend on … education.

Ooh, this sounds efficient, doesn’t it? We give $318 million of our tax dollars to the most criminally corrupt public agency in the history of the United States, Sound Transit filters the money through its graft and inefficiency, and then they give it to the King County Council, which has special interests deciding how to spend it.

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “My property taxes have gone up $2,500 the last couple of years ‘for the schools’ — and now I find out that part of the reason I have $400 car tabs is so that Sound Transit can give some of that to education. We thought Sound Transit was about transportation.”

That would be a reasonable thought process, but the one factor you left out is that you live in this region — where getting our money, taking advantage of us, and being as inefficient as possible with our dough is what government is all about.

Yakima Fruit Market latest business in Sound Transit’s path

Here are my guesses of how the money will be spent, as I outlined in the following Tweet this weekend:

Of course, that’s not how I think it should be spent, but I’ll bet it will be something like that after Sound Transit and the far-Left King County Council run it through their filters. That’s your tax dollars at work.

But you know what? It’s for the children. Our public schools are cracker-jack, and our kids deserve the best.

70-year-old PICK-QUICK Drive In could be in Sound Transit’s demolition path

No, you’re not having a nightmare — ST4 could be coming

shooting seattle center bite of seattle...

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘Crickets from city leaders’: KIRO reporter blasts 5-hour silence after Bite of Seattle shooting

Three dead and four injured in a shocking Seattle shooting. City leaders respond to the tragic incident at the Bite of Seattle.

36 minutes ago

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk speaks to the media during a press conference i...

Associated Press

UN human rights chief says Israel must end occupation and house demolitions in Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations’ human rights chief said Monday that Israel must end its occupation of large areas of southern Lebanon and halt the demolition of homes, days before Lebanese and Israeli officials are set to hold another round of direct talks. Volker Türk spoke to The Associated Press as he wrapped up […]

56 minutes ago

Associated Press

Republicans decry a new Democratic Socialists of America platform as Dem primaries split the party

NEW YORK (AP) — A new platform from a progressive group that’s notched several recent primary victories is becoming fodder for Republican attacks, as the GOP looks to frame Democrats as extremists and communists ahead of November’s midterm elections. Although the Democratic Socialists of America’s Workers Deserve More platform doesn’t necessarily line up exactly with […]

1 hour ago

FILE - Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee...

Associated Press

McConnell remains in rehab and says he’ll miss key Kentucky political event

WASHINGTON (AP) — The office of Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., released an update on his health Monday, this time with a statement from the congressional Office of Attending Physician stating the senator has not yet been medically cleared to leave a rehabilitation facility where he is undergoing physical therapy. The update comes shortly before his […]

1 hour ago

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters following a weekly policy luncheon a...

Associated Press

Trump demands Senate cancel August break until it passes voting bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Senate Majority Leader John Thune cancel the chamber’s upcoming August break until senators pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill, even as Republicans lack the votes to advance it. Trump has repeatedly urged Thune to scrap the legislative filibuster, which effectively sets a 60-vote threshold for […]

2 hours ago

FILE - David Huerta, the president of the Service Employees International Union California who was ...

Associated Press

Prosecutors move to drop charge against California labor leader arrested during immigration protest

Federal prosecutors have moved to dismiss a charge against a labor union leader who was arrested while protesting the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in California. The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles filed a motion Monday to dismiss its case against David Huerta, president of Service Employees International Union California, which has more than 750,000 […]

2 hours ago

Dori: Sound Transit gives $318 million of your money to ‘education’