GUNS
GUNS AND
GUNS AND POLICE USE OF FORCE WERE APPROVED ON THE WESTERN
AND EASTERN FRINGES OF THE
STATE BUT NOT IN THE MIDDLE.
>> THIS RULE URBAN DIVIDE I
WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO TWO
MORE ANALYSTS WE HAVE JOINING
US TONIGHT.
US TONIGHT. LONGTIME ANALYST MARCO LOW FROM
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY AND BILL
BRIAN FORMER REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR IN 2016.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
WE SAW THIS NATIONWIDE BUT
PARTICULARLY HERE IN WASHINGTON
STATE IN THESE INITIATIVES, AND
LEGISLATIVE RACES, THIS RURAL
URBAN DIVIDE.
URBAN DIVIDE. >> SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES,
YOU HAVE BEEN CRAFTED TO APPEAL
TO AN URBAN AUDIENCE.
FRANKLY UPFRONT PEOPLE HAD GONE
AND TALK TO FOLKS IN CENTRAL OR
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND TWEET
THEM, PERHAPS IT COULD HAVE PUT
TOGETHER AN INITIATIVE MORE
PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE WOULD
SUPPORT. IN MANY CASES THERE IS
REAL ARROGANCE LIKE THIS IS
WHAT SEATTLE WANTS, THIS IS
WHAT KING COUNTY WANTS AND WE
WILL RAISE ENOUGH NEED TO PUSH
IT DOWN EVERYBODY ELSE'S
THROAT.
THROAT.
THROAT. WHAT YOU SAW IS WASHINGTON
GETTING TIRED.
GETTING TIRED. >> IN THESE RACES FIRST OF ALL
IT WASN'T REALLY OPEN DISCUSSION
AS MUCH AS IT WAS $20 MILLION
$20 MILLION-$30 MILLION SPENT.
YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING IN MOST
RACES BUT IN RURAL AREAS YOU
DON'T HAVE THE ECONOMICS WHERE
A TAX MAY BE A SMALLER PART OF
YOUR BUDGET AS OPPOSED TO A
SIGNIFICANT HIT TO SOMEBODY WHO
IS ALREADY STRUGGLING
FINANCIALLY.
FINANCIALLY. >> ALSO WILL TAXES I DON'T
THINK THE INITIATIVES,
PARTICULARLY DEALING WITH SODA
OR OTHER ISSUES, I DON'T THINK
ANYONE MADE THE CASE ON WHY
THESE NEW TAXES ARE NECESSARY.
THERE IS A REAL TAX WEARINESS
OUT THERE.
OUT THERE. UNLESS YOU ARE EXPLAINING WHAT
YOU ARE GOING TO GET FOR THE
MONEY AND WHY IT IS NECESSARY,
WHY IT IS NECESSARY WHEN OUR
BUDGET PROTECTIONS --
PREDICTIONS ARE $4 BILLION IN
THE BLACK YOU WON'T PASS AN
INITIATIVE. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW
HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH.
>> I KNOW CHRIS VANCE, AS YOU
KNOW THE FORMER HEAD OF THE
STATE GOP, FORMER CANDIDATE FOR
SENATE, HE HAS SAID --
REPUBLICAN.
REPUBLICAN. >> HE BELIEVES THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS DEAD IN KING COUNTY
THERE IS A NEED FOR A THIRD
PARTY BASED ON THE RESULTS WE
SAW IN SOME OF THE LEGISLATIVE
DISTRICTS DOWN SOUTH, WHAT DO
YOU THINK ABOUT THE IDEA THAT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AS HE
SAYS, IS DEAD.
>> I THINK CHRIS WANTED TO BE
DID SO HE CAN CREATE THE NEED
FOR WHAT HE IS DOING.
BUT REALLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF
US STILL FOCUSED ON DEALING
WITH THE ISSUES PEOPLE CARE
ABOUT ABOUT.
ABOUT ABOUT. THAT IS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO
WITH EDUCATION. HOW DO WE PULL
PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM BOTH SIDES
OF THE AISLE AND TALK ABOUT NOT
JUST HOW WE SPEND MORE MONEY
HOW WE MAKE SURE IT GETS TO KIDS
IMPROVING PERFORMANCE. A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE MODERATE REPUBLICANS
THAT WANT TO FIX OUR
TRANSPORTATION EVEN A LOT OF
REPUBLICANS LIKE MYSELF WHO
WANTS TO BE ACTIVE ON CLIMATE
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT DEAD, THEY
ARE NOT GOING AWAY AND THEY ARE
WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES, CITY
COUNCILS TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO A
LOT OF THE PROBLEMS PEOPLE
AROUND KING COUNTY WORRY ABOUT.
>> NEXT YEAR'S LEGISLATURE
THOSE MODERATE REPUBLICANS DID
NOT GET REELECTED IN THEIR KING
COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS?
>> I THINK IT DOES SAY THE
MESSAGE YOU HAVE TO BE
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. WITH A LIT PEOPLE RUN ON, HARD
TO GET TO A PRIMARY AS A
MODERATE REPUBLICAN IN KING
COUNTY BECAUSE THEY DON'T ALLOW
MODERATION IN A PARTY.
NOW YOU WOULD SAY IT'S HARD TO
GET SUPPORT.
GET SUPPORT. YOU'LL GET PUSHED OUT OF KING
COUNTY AND OTHER GROWING URBAN
AREAS IN THE STATE.
>> FUNDAMENTALLY, THE STATE
REPUBLICAN PARTY NEEDS TO
DECIDE WHETHER IT WANTS TO BE A
STATE RUN PARTY AND IF HE DOES
WANT TO BE A STATEWIDE PARTY WE
HAVE TO HAVE THE CANDIDATE'S
PERMISSION TO TALK ABOUT THE
ISSUES AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF
THE PEOPLE THEY ARE RUNNING TO
SERVE.
SERVE.
SERVE. >>
SERVE. >> THE CHALLENGE ULTIMATELY IN
THE NEXT SENTENCE YOU WILL SEE
MORE GROWTH IN KING COUNTY SO
MORE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS AND
IT WILL GET WIDER AND LARGER IN
RURAL AREAS.
RURAL AREAS. >> YOU ARE STICKING AROUND WITH
US THROUGH THE SHOW SO WE WILL
BREAK MUCH MORE,