Puget Sound region among "top 5 regions" to watch for economic growth
Joel Kotkin has a good Forbes piece on the nation’s economy. Pointing out that the national economy is made up of many economies, he highlights “the five regions…poised to flourish…” Read the article for the assumptions and his analysis. The good news here is that the Pacific Northwest makes the cut. More especially, the Puget […]
February 09 , 2011 - Richard S. Davis
Reducing the number of elected state officials and increasing accountability
That’s the theme of my column today. The Research Council has looked at the issue many times over the years. Gov. Gregoire’s call for education reorganization, with specific implications for the elected superintendent of public instruction, raises the question: why stop there? Let me know what you think.