Administrative State
Understanding King County’s Sales Tax: Clarifying the 10.3% Rate and New 0.1% Increase
By Cindy Alia 7/24/25
King County, Washington, residents and businesses face a complex sales tax structure that has sparked confusion, particularly with recent tax changes. A July 22, 2025, King County Council announcement about a new 0.1% sales tax for public safety and criminal justice has raised questions about the total sales tax rate, with some mistakenly interpreting it as “10.3 cents per $100.” This article aims to clarify the combined sales tax rate in King County, including the new increment, and address potential misconceptions.
Who Owns AMERICA? Identifying Threats to Private Property
Enjoy and learn from this fact and linked post by Guest Author Steve Busch from his websitehttps://oldmanoftheski.com/ OMOTS
Who Owns AMERICA? Identifying Threats to Private Property
July 15, 2025 by Steve Busch
The fundamental right of the average citizen to own property is under siege. Threats to private ownership include a net reduction in the amount of property available due to government land acquisitions, increasing foreign ownership of both residential and agricultural land, plus onerous government taxes and regulations.
CAPR King County Chapter Response and Comment to Proposed CAO Update and Other Ordinances
8/20/25 By Dominique Scarimbolo
Dear Councilmembers,
On behalf of the Citizens’ Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR), King County Chapter as the new President, I submit the following written comments to be entered into the record regarding the August 20, 2025 Local Services and Land Use Committee meeting packet and agenda. CAPR represents property owners and small business stakeholders across King County who are deeply concerned about the ongoing erosion of private property rights under the guise of “comprehensive planning,” “equity,” and “environmental stewardship.”
I. Accessibility and Transparency Failures
Washington’s APA and a Hypothetical Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors: Legal Ramifications
By Cindy Alia 6/20/25
The call for administrative law reform:
Washington State Statutes Reveal the Need for Administrative Law Reform in a hypothetical situation of a Ban on Gender Affirming Care as Determined in the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in United States v. Skrmetti, as well as in Current Statute in Washington State which Allow for Gender Affirming Care.
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in United States v. Skrmetti (June 18, 2025) upheld Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1, which bans puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors to treat gender dysphoria, while allowing these treatments for other medical conditions. Tennessee defended the law as protecting minors from unproven treatments with risks like fertility loss.
Washington’s APA and the Threat to Constitutionally Protected Jury Trial Rights
June 20, 2025 By Cindy Alia
Where should justice stand? Should it take a back seat to so called expediancy of administrative adjudication? Where should the people carry the weight of decision making in any adjudication?
CAPR Announcement for the Annual CAPR Banquet May 31, 2025 Honoring Keynote Speaker Brian Heywood!
By Cindy Alia 5/28/25
Join us at the CAPR Annual Banquet Event Saturday, May 31, 2025!
Seating still available, register for the event here!
To be held at the Doubletree Suites, Southcenter
Registrtion/Social hour 5:00 pm, Dinner/Event to begin at 6:00pm
Fighting Criminalization, Lawfare, Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in the USDA and DOI and
May 13, 2025 by Cindy Alia
President Trump has signed an Executive Order intended to fight Overcriminalization In Federal Regulations.
Open Letter to Acting King County Executive
5/10/25 By Cindy Alia
This open letter to acting King County Executive Shannon Braddock is to the point for the citizens of King County!
Dear Executive Shannon Braddock,
I am writing as a deeply concerned Washington State resident and business owner in King County to formally object to your recent announcement that King County will be filing suit against the Trump administration over alleged unlawful conditions attached to previously approved federal grant funding.
Covenant Homeownership Program Egalitarian Robin Hood Hoax
4/24/25 by Cindy Alia
With the passage into law, and Ferguson's signature, HB 1858 along with HB 1696 has created a costly special interests program with yet to be proven results. Never let a good idea go to waste takes on new overtones. The Covenant Homeownership Program has not yet yielded results, but has taken a lot of revenue from the pockets of Washingtonians.
Property Tax Still a Danger, Sneaky Taxation on Groceries!
By Cindy Alia 4/21/25
Rumor has it excessive property tax increases bills are off the table, according to the Washington State Standard. Color me skeptical, but I see there is one property tax increase bill waiting a turn on the Senate Floor Calendar, as of this writing the afternoon of April 21st, SB 5798 quietly rests on a floor calendar which currently holds 13 bills. I won't rest till these folks in the legislature all go home to plan how to pick one's pocket in future sessions. Til then I do not trust the notion that bills are off the table.
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