State education funds — so basic education funds — are the only funds that can be used to fund basic education after the current school year. Teacher salaries are basic education, and can only be funded with state dollars (after this year). The whole McCleary case that led to all this was because of the massive…

The Legislature did not provide that kind of funding across the state. In some places, districts are seeing a significant bump over previous salary levels — but some places are not. Central Puget Sound, the East Side, and some areas north of Seattle saw adjustments from the state of 12 to 24%. Some South Sound…

I’m very familiar with the way education funding in Washington works and want to clarify something you wrote for people who aren’t from around here. Schools are funded based on a prototypical school with a certain number of teachers for a certain number of students — and ratios for admins to students, nurses to…

I’ve been very involved in education advocacy in the Washington State legislature for several years. The statement that is likely to catch a lot of attention is not completely accurate:

Voldemort Scott is running for Senate. @45 wasn’t clear on that — shocking, I know.

I’m so confused.

Notice he could not even link to a Dot Gov for that one and had to stick with Faux news...

Tables that are round, duh. 

So much winning. Are you tired of winning yet? 

We just got back from a vacation where we rented a Nissan Armada — 5 people plus luggage limits your options and minivans were 2X the price — and with its amazing 14 mpg for the trip, I had more range anxiety about getting back to a gas station before returning it than I’ve ever had with a Tesla. I actually had to…

Over 40K miles, we’ve averaged about 8% more energy consumption that rated. For comparison, the last ICE car we drove in a similar way averaged about 20% to 30% more gas used than rated MPG.

A 30 mile commute is nothing. Traffic delays? If you’re not moving, you’re not using energy as you idle. The HVAC uses next to…

AP1 is the first autopilot hardware and associated software. It is said to be less capable, and with less potential for any additional development. The newer hardware and software is going to see additional development. There could also be some older computing hardware in other areas that could come up (3G vs 4G…

What is your intended use? Passengers? Commuter car vs. more longer drives? What battery would you look for in a used S? I have an S85D now, and will add a Performance 3 as soon as I get the call for delivery. We’ll be keeping and driving both daily.

Why do you think these are for sale? 

I’ll allow it. But only for 500 days. 

A relationship that can survive mini golf is one to be treasured. My wife and I were playing in the days before we were married and it was a true test. One date she suggested we go play and I could not miss, no matter how much I tried (without looking like I was trying). She could not make a putt to save her life. I…

Related, but not mentioned here - where are expectant mothers dealing with addiction supposed to go? Addiction centers turn them away because they're pregnant. Few providers of prenatal care are trained to handle addiction. 

Yahoo? Dogpile? Infoseek? AskJeeves? All clearly skew liberal.

Everyone knows that Google has a liberal bias.