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UW dining manager charged with six felony counts of child sexual exploitation

“Grant Lee Hough, general manager of residential dining at UW, was arrested by Seattle police June 16 and charged two days later in King County Superior Court with six felonies, including sexual exploitation of a minor, two counts of commercial sexual abuse of a minor, two counts of communication with a minor for immoral purposes, and possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the first degree, according to court documents obtained by The Daily.”

“According to the probable cause certification, Hough allegedly met the minors online, positioned himself as a "sugar daddy," and exchanged money, food deliveries, vapes, marijuana, alcohol, clothing, and phone service for sexual contact. He paid the girls through cash apps and also had Grubhub deliveries sent to the 15-year-old’s home. Encounters allegedly occurred in hotel settings in Benton County, Gig Harbor, and Tacoma.”

“In messages to the 13-year-old, Hough allegedly offered her $1,000 to have sex with her and one of her friends, and claimed to have paid for sex with several other girls, the charges say.”

Fuck this piece of shit.

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u/MysteriousEdge5643 — 10 days ago
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Washington State’s empty booth at the “Great American State Fair”

u/Baronhousen — 10 days ago
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The initiative to overturn Washington State's millionaires tax has already hit 135,000 signatures and needs 400,000 by July 2nd. The tax would impact 25,000 households, or 0.5% of the state population. Polling indicates that most Washingtonians would vote to preserve the tax.

Source for signature count

The polling suggests that this ballot measure is not going to do well. Multiple polls suggest that Washingtonians support a millionaire tax (around 60%), with one survey finding that even a slight majority (51%) of Republicans supported it.

Backers of the initiative are arguing that this tax is unconstitutional and will eventually lead to an income tax on all Washingtonians.

Washington has never had an income tax, largely due to a state Supreme Court ruling in the 1930s that income was considered property, and that a progressive income tax was unconstitutional because of constitutional limits on how property can be taxed. Since then, voters in WA have voted down income tax attempts 10 times, most recently in 2010.

The bill signed by the governor is a 9.9% tax on all income earned over a million dollars. For example if you earned $1,000,001 you would pay 10 cents in income taxes. It takes effect in 2029.

Two other conservative ballot initiatives, one on a "Parental Bill of Rights", and another on restricting transgender athletes from participating in girls high school sports could fare better.

u/MysteriousEdge5643 — 1 month ago