http://houstonwade.com/blog News and opinion that matters to you. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:29:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I addressed earlier an economy consists of four things: the movement of goods, people, information, and capital. Get these things flowing around, and as many fingers on them as possible, and one has a very healthy economy. With a healthy local or regional airport we can do three ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2011/08/31/airports-can-build-local-economies/% Washington's tax structure is kooky, weird, unfair, backwards, punishing... I can go on with adjectives, or I can just show you. Let's look at a Rich Guy. He makes $10 million a year and lives in a $2 million mansion on the beach. He pays zero in income ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2011/08/31/tax-fairness-its-all-the-rage/% The Washington State Ferry system is incredibly underfunded. As the debate rages over how we are going to pay for a new $4.5 billion 520 floating bridge we are having a hard time finding funding for our state ferries. $4.5 billion could put a new boat on every ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2011/08/31/the-ferries-for-crying-out-loud/% The Boston metropolitan area has 50 world class 4-year institutions. The Entire State of Washington has what, 15? Washington State is growing faster than our universities and we are, quite frankly, out of space. Our state 4-year institutions are maxed out. The main reason is because the University ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2011/08/31/we-need-more-universities/% An economy is defined by four things: The movements of goods, people, information, and capital. A 21st century economy cannot rely upon the infrastructure of the last century. If the infrastructure stagnates then the economy stagnates. Kitsap county (heck, every community on Earth for that matter) needs to ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2011/08/31/we-need-to-plan-for-the-future-today/% [caption id="attachment_69" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Houston Wade for State House"][/caption]Heck Yes! That's right, folks. I've thrown my hat into the ring and am in the running for the Washington State House of representatives. Our elected legislator from the 23rd district has been appointed to the state senate and now her ... http://houstonwade.com/blog/2011/08/31/houston-wade-for-the-washington-state-house/%