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Jim Boldt

Op-ed: Back To The Future: The Disregard For The Real, Contemporary World

Jim Boldt, President of Duckabush Communications/Public Affairs, wrote the following commentary about voters, cyber security, ports and ballot access. Now two weeks into a torturous...Read More

Jim Boldt: Environmental/Health Justice? What, Where and Why No Definition?

A proviso in the 2019-2021 biennial operating budget directs the Governor’s Inter-agency Council on Health Disparities to convene and staff an Environmental Justice Task Force...Read More

Jim Boldt: “Vaccination Exemption – Is Your Religion, Religious Enough?”

Jim Boldt, President of Duckabush Communications/Public Affairs, wrote the following commentary on the Department of Health, Board of Health meeting regarding the implementation of the...Read More

Boldt: Sorry, housing is not a federal or state constitutional right…yet

Jim Boldt, President of Duckabush Communications/Public Affairs, wrote the following commentary for the Wire about HB 1591. Photo courtesy of Eric Fredericks via Flickr. (Note:...Read More

Boldt: SB 5905 & “The rise of the Luddite Democrats”

Senator Saldaña and her colleagues want to demand that the ports of Washington State never use advanced technology to load and unload cargo. Ports are...Read More

Boldt: The death of civility

As has been the case for decades, the memes and subject matter of bills introduced into the legislature each winter reflect the current real or...Read More

Jim Boldt on homelessness in Washington: Homeless McCleary?

Jim Boldt wrote the following commentary on the state's role in providing funding to address homelessness. ...Read More

We Are Not Alone – Not Aliens, School Funding Issues

Jim Boldt, President of Duckabush Communications/Public Affairs, wrote the following opinion piece about the nationwide trend of using the court system to ensure adequate funding...Read More