Yawn.  This column is so full of overwrought rhetoric and inaccuracies that it could be considered "fake news".  Apparently Mr. Burke lives in the area and has been recently added to the Herald's roster of columnists...one really has to wonder why the Herald decided to add a Sid Schwab clone instead of a local voice from the other side of the aisle.  Oh well, such is life in the liberal side of Washington State.