Hour 2: Office vacancy tax?, guest Dr. Chris Rabin, UW faculty's lack of diversity

The Urbanist is pushing for an office vacancy tax. Guest: Jason spoke with Dr. Chris Rabin last week at the Beyond biohacking conference. // Big Local: Eastern Washington school bus drivers are going to Idaho for their fuel. A Tacoma manufacturer calls it quits after 48 years after Washington’s crime and taxes finally won. An artist in Tukwila had $5 thousand dollars worth of art and her father’s ashes stolen from her. // You Pick the Topic: UW’s faculty is one of the least ideologically diverse in the country.

Jason Rantz is Seattle’s fresh, contemporary conservative voice. Young and urban, passionate and bold, Rantz is outnumbered by the Progressive chorus, yet refuses to ignore the conservative principles at the core of America’s greatness. Prolific on-air and online, Rantz knows he’s outnumbered in Seattle, but he’s never shy to be outspoken about it.