Slog - Comments on Danny Westneat Has Balls http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b But does anyone know if he still has a job? Here's how the Seattle Times columnist described I-920, the estate tax repeal that his boss, publisher Frank Blethen, ordered his ed board to endorse, in his column yesterday: The worst is Initiative 920, to repeal the state estate tax. Paid for by a handful of multimillionaires, it slashes taxes for a handful of multimillionaires. The kicker: It all comes out of the hide of education, just as schools are laying off librarians or cramming 30-plus kids in classes. If ever an initiative deserved a thrashing, this is it. On of... Copyright 2008 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:13:12 -0800 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:59:34 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gomez I've got an idea: what if his boss, sensing it's a lost cause and realizing the backlash that's coming his way, ordered Westneat to write that to help the paper save face.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482421 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482421 Media Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:23:55 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Danny was washing Frank's Lexus in the parking lot this morning.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482424 Media Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:25:25 -0800 Comment by Joni Balterzzz With his tongue.

]]> Joni Balterzzz http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482425 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482425 Media Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:38:20 -0800 Comment by ivan I think Gomez has nailed it.

]]> ivan http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482502 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482502 Media Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:14:32 -0800 Comment by him I don't think so. I like Danny Westneat, and I seriously doubt (a) Frank would want ANY of his writers opposing 920; and (b) Westneat would stoop to that. Even today Westneat wrote in opposition to Prop. 1, which the editorial board supports.

]]> him http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482507 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482507 Media Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:21:53 -0800 Comment by Dianna It's refreshing to see someone who still has guts.

]]> Dianna http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482567 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482567 Media Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:49:47 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Gomez.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482655 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482655 Media Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:35:45 -0800 Comment by Troy Westneat's a good writer and a better columnist; all the more unfortunate for someone with his experience to justify specific taxes based revenue allocation.

Remember the latte tax? Opponents (rightly) decoupled its worthwhile cause, early child education, from the tax method itself.

Argue for or against the estate tax, just don't make the same mistake as latte tax fans. A cause's perceived funding importance doesn't affect whether a tax method is valid.

]]> Troy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482706 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/danny_westneat_has_b#c482706 Media Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:59:34 -0800