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2003 PRESS RELEASES & ADVISORIES
Appeals Court rules
in EFF’s favor
Press Release | December 30, 2003
In a decision
published December 23, Washington’s Court of Appeals ruled that a
lawsuit filed by the Evergreen Freedom Foundation (EFF) against the National
Education Association (NEA) last year was improperly dismissed...
State agency partially
corrects misinterpretation of law
Press Release | December 23, 2003
OLYMPIA—Responding to legislative criticism, Washington's Employment Security
Department (ESD) has amended draft rules to correctly reflect the new maximum
weekly eligibility period for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits...
Governor abandons
"Priorities of Government"
Press Release | December 18, 2003
OLYMPIA – Governor Gary Locke abandoned the "Priorities of Government"
budget model today with a proposed $193 million supplemental budget increase...
Supplemental budget:
Priority-based or business-as-usual?
News Advisory | December 17, 2003
Governor Gary Locke will unveil his 2004 supplemental budget request tomorrow.
He has stated in a press release that his proposal "will employ the
same methods used to develop the priority-driven biennial budget, and will
contain choices to fund programs and services most demanded by the people
of Washington...
Prosecutor's evidence
cites Ridgway's workers' comp claims
Press Release | December 11, 2003
Serial killer Gary Ridgway’s gruesome but flippant claims about defrauding
the state workers’ compensation system can be found in the King County
Prosecutor’s summary of evidence...
WEA risks alienating
beginning teachers
Press Release | December 3, 2003
OLYMPIA – WEA filed a lawsuit today to overturn lawmakers' budget guaranteeing
pay raises for teachers making less than $40,000 per year...
EFF: Hopefully WEA
next in line for IRS audit
News Advisory | November 26, 2003
Headlines around the nation announced today that the National Education
Association (NEA) is being audited by the IRS for reporting "zero"
political expenditures on its tax forms, even though the union spends millions
each election cycle to elect candidates and influence policy...
EFF to co-host forum
in Marysville tomorrow
Press Release | October 21, 2003
MARYSVILLE – The Evergreen Freedom Foundation and Seattle talk radio host
Mike Siegel (KTTH 770 AM) will host a public town hall tomorrow evening to
address issues raised in the Marysville teacher strike...
Location of EFF Strike
Forum Creates Concern: Location Moved
Press Release | October 17, 2003
On Wednesday, October 22, at 7:00 p.m., the Evergreen Freedom Foundation
will co-host a community forum/debate about the Marysville teacher strike...
Union says Marysville
parents have no standing
Commentary | October 15, 2003 | Lynn Harsh
Who should have the most say about where, how and when children are
educated? Not parents, says the Marysville Education Association...
Recommendations for
Governor Locke re: Marysville strike
News Advisory | October 9, 2003
Governor Locke will be holding a press conference this afternoon at 2:00pm
to address what has now become the longest teacher strike in state history...
Marysville students
want to be back in class
Press Release | September 29, 2003
Students in Marysville made it clear at a press conference this morning
that the 27-day teachers' strike is harmful to their education and their
future goals and they want to be back in class...
Marysville
union declares EFF an "evil band of zealots"
News Advisory | September 26, 2003
MARYSVILLE -- In a rather surprising attempt to sway the minds of teachers
who are walking the picket lines in Marysville, the Marysville Education
Association has published an article declaring the Evergreen Freedom Foundation
an "evil band of zealots."
History
of Washington teacher strikes
News Advisory | September 22, 2003
The Washington Education Association (WEA)—defending current teacher
strikes—has stated that the legality of the strikes is unclear. The
record may help clarify the issue...
EFF
publishes new report on No Child Left Behind
Press Release | September 8, 2003
OLYMPIA—A new report published today by the Evergreen Freedom Foundation
explains the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and explores ways in
which educators, parents and concerned citizens in Washington can use it
to improve public schools...
EFF releases names
of On-Alert schools
Press Release | September 5, 2003
OLYMPIA—A list of the 389 public schools in Washington state that received
"On-Alert" status in accordance with federal regulations in the
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is now available on the Evergreen Freedom
Foundation's website...
Governor
Davis Does Not Take Sufficient Responsibility for Crisis
Press Release with Pacific Research Institute
| August 21, 2003
SAN FRANCISCO – In his “no apology” speech on Tuesday, California
Governor Gray Davis said that he “takes responsibility” for the
“difficult time” California is experiencing. But he failed to
mention that California’s budget crisis could have been averted...
State to hold forum
on competitive contracting
News Advisory | August 6, 2003
OLYMPIA—Washington’s Department of General Administration (GA)
will hold an initial rule-making session on competitive contracting reform
on August 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the General Administration
Auditorium (Capitol campus)...
Teachers, AG appeal
cases against WEA
Press Release | July 23, 2003
OLYMPIA—Two lawsuits against the Washington Education Association will
be appealed to the State Supreme Court tomorrow after they were dismissed
by a June 24 Court of Appeals ruling...
Number of full-time
equivalent state employees continues to rise
Press Release | July 22, 2003
Numbers released by the Department of Personnel (DOP) last week imply that
state employment is down, but data provided by the Office of Financial Management
(OFM) show that the number of full-time equivalent positions on the state
payroll has increased in the last year...
Washingtonians to
work until July 20 for cost of government
News Advisory | July 15, 2003
The average Washingtonian will work until July 20 to pay for the cost of
government, nine days longer than the average American...
PDC decides to appeal
WEA case to State Supreme Court
Press Release | July 8, 2003
OLYMPIA—In a unanimous vote this morning, the state Public Disclosure
Commission (PDC) decided to appeal its case against the Washington Education
Association (WEA) to the State Supreme Court...
Court strikes staggering
blow to free speech
Press Release | June 25, 2003
TACOMA—In a stunning blow to teachers and other union workers, Washington’s
Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the state law prohibiting unauthorized
use of non-member union fees for politics is unconstitutional...
PERC hearing addresses
union disclosure
Press Release | May 12, 2003
OLYMPIA– An open hearing is scheduled before the Public Employees
Relations Commission (PERC) at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning to address increased
protections for employees who are subject to mandatory union dues...
Media invited to
attend 1st annual Free-Market Policy Conference
Press Release | April 30, 2003
SEATAC, WA – Some of the brightest conservative thinkers in the
country will be debating and discussing critical public policy issues at
the Evergreen Freedom Foundation’s first annual Free-Market Policy
Conference on May 9...
April 27: Washington
Tax Freedom Day
Press Release | April 25, 2003
OLYMPIA—In an ironic but fitting twist, Tax Freedom Day for Washington
citizens is April 27 this year, the same day the state legislature is scheduled
to adjourn...
House budget: Tax
shell game
News Advisory | April 18, 2003
House Democrats know voters won't approve $641 million in new tax increases
to meet the untimely pay raise demands of public employee unions, but voters
just might do it for the children...
Notes on I-728 and
I-732
News Advisory | April 11, 2003
The Washington Education Association is spending millions of dollars
to raise Cain about the possible freeze on funding for education Initiatives
728 and 732...
Taxpayers fight back
Press Release | April 8, 2003
OLYMPIA—Concerned taxpayers have joined forces to run a large,
full-color newspaper ad that will appear in The Olympian tomorrow...
Transportation Pajama
Party
News Advisory | April 4, 2003
Governor Locke and several state lawmakers worked feverishly into the
night last Tuesday in an attempt to hammer out details in a transportation
improvement package...
Citizens pitch in
to buy newspaper ad and send message to legislators
Press Release | April 1, 2003
OLYMPIA — A large, full-color newspaper ad that will appear in
The Olympian tomorrow is the work of nearly one hundred talk radio listeners
who pitched in to buy the space...
EFF ad targets union
concealment
Press Release | March 28, 2003
YAKIMA — A newspaper ad designed by the Evergreen Freedom Foundation
(EFF) ran in today’s Yakima Herald-Republic (page 11A) targeting officials
of the Washington Education Association for concealing their political goals
from the union’s own members and the public...
WEA ignored law,
says AG's office
Press Release | March 27, 2003
TACOMA—In oral arguments before the state Court of Appeals this
morning, the Attorney General’s office charged the Washington Education
Association with ignoring a clear and simple law when union officials used
unauthorized non-member fees to advance political causes...
Revenue for 2003-05
up $1.3 billion—$238 million less than planned
Press Release | March 19, 2003
Based on the uncertainty surrounding the war in Iraq and the expectation
that Washington's economic recovery will not be realized until sometime
in 2004, the state's March revenue forecast projects a drop in revenue for
2003-05 of $238 million...
It's final: WEA doesn't
have to report election influence
Press Release | March 11, 2003
The Washington State Supreme Court declined last week to hear an appeal
of a 1997 lawsuit filed by public school teachers and the Evergreen Freedom
Foundation (EFF) against the Washington Education Association (WEA)...
New study: Greenhouse
gas programs could cost state billions
Press Release | February 28, 2003
A new study released by the Chicago-based Heartland Institute reports
that state efforts to battle "global warming" could end up costing
the average Washington family as much as $5,326 a year...
Govern yourself,
log on to WashingtonVotes.org
Press Release | February 7, 2003
The legislature is in session. Lobbyists are amassed in the state's
capitol. Do you know what your elected officials are doing in Olympia...
Nearly 30% of Washingtonians
would directly benefit from elimination of dividend double tax
Press Release | January 30, 2003
Opponents of President Bush’s proposal to eliminate the double
tax on dividend income often claim the measure would benefit only the richest
few. But new IRS data show that nationwide more than one quarter of all
tax returns included dividend income in 2000....
Open letter to Secretary
of Transportation Doug MacDonald
Press Release | January 16, 2003
Washington's Secretary of Transportation (DOT), Doug MacDonald, recently
drafted a letter to the Evergreen Freedom Foundation criticizing our recommendations
for solving traffic congestion....
January 14: Taxpayer
Action Day at the Capitol
News Advisory | January 7, 2003
The Evergreen Freedom Foundation (EFF) is sponsoring a Taxpayer Rally
at the Capitol on Tuesday, January 14, to coincide with the beginning of
the legislative session and Governor Locke’s State-of-the-State address...
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