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Jun 13 Bax commented on State House and Senate Agree on Compromise Estate Tax Fix, but Senate Refuses to Put It to a Vote.

Ho, hum, another day, another time the Dems have the GOP pull the football out from under them a la Lucy and Charlie Brown. When are they going to learn?

Jun 11 Bax commented on Man "Places" His Penis inside His Unconscious Neighbor to "Save Her Life".

I'm sure he'll be on the receiving end of a whole lot of attempted life saving once he's in prison.

Jun 11 Bax commented on Governor Inslee Calls Second Special Session Before First Special Session Even Ends, as State Government Shutdown Looms.

@8 - again, you do not appear to understand how property taxes work. You are basing your percentages on the listed price of these homes, not the assessed value. Also each of these homes pay taxes to a variety of different government entities, which each have different rates. Without a breakdown of all of the rates and the assessed value, you can't get a fair idea of why these two homes pay what they pay.

Jun 10 Bax commented on Senate Republicans Hold Budget Deal Hostage Over Drown-Government-in-a-Bathtub Measure.

@2 - I don't think you really understand how property taxes in general, and the 101% aggregate limit in particular, works.

Jun 1 Bax commented on Raise Wages and "Fast Food Restaurants Would Collapse." O RLY?.

Thankfully, the union members at the Stranger can educate these fast food workers on the benefits of collectively bargaining. Wait, what?

May 28 Bax commented on Rep. Orcutt Shrugs Off Bridge Collapse: "11 of the 12 Sections of the Bridge Are Still Standing".

How about DOT prioritizes maintenance so that the bridges in his district have 92% of the surface area working properly? It's only 8% of each bridge that won't work right, so I'm sure that's no big deal to his constituents.

May 24 Bax commented on An I-5 Bridge Over the Skagit River Has Collapsed.

@84 - multiply $2.6 billion by at least 10, and then you're getting close to what it would cost to completely rebuild I-5 all the way through King County. Remember, 5 is basically one long bridge from Boeing Field to Northgate. Replacing that isn't cheap. I'm all for it, but I'm also all for raising taxes and tolling the road to pay for it, which no doubt you'd be opposed to.

May 23 Bax commented on An I-5 Bridge Over the Skagit River Has Collapsed.

@56 -- not true. You collide with something in the right spot, it'll come down.

May 23 Bax commented on An I-5 Bridge Over the Skagit River Has Collapsed.

@33 -- of course, I absolutely support raising taxes for roads and transit, and even implementing tolls everywhere. I wish we had the sort of transit system around here that many other cities have (DC, SF, Chicago, NYC, etc.). But thanks for jumping to conclusions.

May 23 Bax commented on An I-5 Bridge Over the Skagit River Has Collapsed.

There was some guy on KOMO who claimed to have been on the bridge right before it collapsed, saying that he passed the oversized load. The guy then said he saw the oversized load strike the bridge. The KOMO caller didn't sound like a total whack job or anything either, he sounded pretty rational.

It's as logical an explanation for a collapse as any, but it'll obviously be awhile before WSP and WSDOT figure out what happened. I just hope nobody got killed.