Bad policies have real-world impact
Bad policies have real-world impact
We want to hear what skyrocketing fuel and home heating prices have meant to you.
[un]Divided: Seattle’s crime crisis is not a figment of the right’s imagination
[un]Divided: Seattle’s crime crisis is not a figment of the right’s imagination
A recent FOX News segment featured interviews with Seattleites, who denied the city has a drug or crime crisis. On the unDivided Podcast, Brandi Kruse questioned why anyone would deny or downplay what’s happening on our streets.
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Energy bills are intentionally deceptive in Washington
Energy bills are intentionally deceptive in Washington
When the cap-and-trade gas tax was passed, Gov. Jay Inslee said Washingtonians wouldn’t feel a price increase, despite widespread predictions to the contrary. Of course, those predictions turned out to be correct. This tax is not just raising the price of filing our gas tanks, it is also making home energy more expensive. But Gov....
[un]Divided: Everett’s mayor deserves credit for her public safety push
[un]Divided: Everett’s mayor deserves credit for her public safety push
The Democratic mayor of Everett announced the city will be hiring more police officers, meanwhile the department is actively enforcing its new drug possession ordinance. Brandi Kruse has more on the unDivided Podcast.
[un]Divided: Governor Inslee owes working class truth on gas prices
[un]Divided: Governor Inslee owes working class truth on gas prices
Hundreds of people lined up to take advantage of lower gas prices at an event put on by Future 42 last week. On the unDivided Podcast, Brandi Kruse says the event illustrates how Governor Jay Inslee’s Carbon tax is hurting the working class.
Why we fight for lower gas prices
Why we fight for lower gas prices
On Wednesday, Sept. 13, Future 42, in partnership with Americans for Prosperity-Washington, rolled back the price of gasoline to $3.82, the national average for a gallon of gas, at Jackson’s Shell station in Kent. Just before the event, the price of gas was $5.17. People were waiting in line for an hour before the event...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Gas rolled back to $3.82 in Kent today highlighting why WA’s gas is among most expensive and what can be done about it
MEDIA ADVISORY: Gas rolled back to $3.82 in Kent today highlighting why WA’s gas is among most expensive and what can be done about it
Future 42 and AFP rolled back gas prices to highlight Washington’s tax and cap and trade policies and 200 people filled up their tanks in just two hours as gas dropped from $5.17 to $3.82
[un]Divided: King County Metro downplays study that found widespread drug contention of public transit
[un]Divided: King County Metro downplays study that found widespread drug contention of public transit
After the release of a University of Washington study showing 100% of airborne samples taken from inside buses and trains showed traces of Methamphetamine, King County Metro insisted that transit is still safe for riders and drivers. Brandi Kruse discussed the issue on the unDivided Podcast.
[un]Divided: Future 42, Americans for Prosperity team up to give Washingtonians relief at the pump
[un]Divided: Future 42, Americans for Prosperity team up to give Washingtonians relief at the pump
Washington state continues to have some of the highest gas prices in the nation, due in part to Governor Inslee’s carbon program. To illustrate just how much lower gas is elsewhere in the country, Simon Sefzik with Future 42 says they will be dropping the price at the pump at a station in Kent. He...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Gas will be rolled back to $3.82 in Kent to highlight why WA’s gas is among most expensive in the country
MEDIA ADVISORY: Gas will be rolled back to $3.82 in Kent to highlight why WA’s gas is among most expensive in the country
Future 42 and AFP will roll back gas prices to $3.82 to highlight Washington’s tax and cap and trade policies
Supposed Inslee allies continue to contradict his cap-and-trade claims
Supposed Inslee allies continue to contradict his cap-and-trade claims
When Gov. Jay Inslee was working to pass his cap-and-trade gas tax, he said the cost to consumers would be negligible – despite experts predicting otherwise. Now that those predictions have come to pass, he’s trying to blame everyone but himself. Unfortunately for him, it’s hard to pass the buck when even his allies agree the...
[un]Divided: Even climate advocates acknowledge Carbon tax is hurting the poor
[un]Divided: Even climate advocates acknowledge Carbon tax is hurting the poor
When Progressive publication Crosscut asked its readers to weigh in on the state’s high gas prices, even some in support of the Carbon program that led to the increases say the poor are unfairly shouldering the burden. Brandi Kruse has more on the unDivided Podcast.
[un]Divided: Hard truths are needed to end crime crisis
[un]Divided: Hard truths are needed to end crime crisis
As our state experiences breakdowns across the criminal justice system, it will take politicians and members of the press acknowledging hard truths before we can start digging our communities out of the crime crisis. Brandi Kruse has more on the unDivided Podcast.