Mark Mason

Founder of Affirma Consulting, an award winning Bellevue based Technology Consulting firm.

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

Hey @KIRO7Seattle a good consumer story is how local firm @AlaskaAir revoked the most important benefit to their MVP customers in pursuit of the mighty dollar. No reserving exit row for free for tall flyers. I’m off to @Delta.

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

After 10 years as an @AlaskaAir MVP/MVP Gold, I moved my loyalty to @Delta.

The reason is simple: Alaska took away the benefit I valued most—free exit-row seating—and now wants $100+ per leg

That’s how you lose a decade-long loyal customer. #AlaskaAir #MileagePlan #Delta

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

@JavierBlas Careful what you shoot at Houthis. Most VLCCs don’t react to well to bullets.

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

Exactly @GovBobFerguson. We don’t have the weather subsidy that CA has. Peeps gonna just move to Scottsdale and spend their summer in Seattle.

[Vinem et Lex @vinemetlex]

The thing about Washington is it sucks.

The weather sucks

The cost of living sucks

The traffic sucks

The one good thing about it was no income tax.

But Bob sucks, so he’s going for total suck.

Washington already has a horrible sales tax.

I might take it up the rear in Oregon with income tax, but I don’t pay sales tax, and have a much nicer place to live.

Sorry neighbors to the north. Fight for your no income tax status

[Brian Heywood - That Damn Mormon @bkheywood]

Hold on to your Butts. Warning TLDR

Things Gov. Ferguson already taxes

1. Clothing and apparel
2. Electronics
3. Furniture
4. Appliances
5. Vehicles new and used
6. Books
7. Toys and games
8. Bicycles, golf clubs, basketballs
9. Cosmetics and beauty products
10. Jewelry
11. Home improvement materials
12. Digital downloads
13. Prewritten computer software
14. Streaming services and digital subscriptions
15. Hotel and motel lodging
16. Haircuts and salon services
17. Repair services such as car repairs, appliance fixes
18. Installation services (appliances, flooring etc)
19. Cleaning services
20. Landscaping and lawn maintenance services
21. Construction services for home remodeling
22. Personal training or fitness classes
23. Tanning services
24. Tattoo services
25. Car washes
…
Not to mention gas tax and climate gas tax, heating your home tax, pot tax, alcohol, car tabs, property taxes , business licenses etc etc etc etc etc.

And you still can’t live within your budget. So now you want an unconstitutional millionaires tax

Because you have done polling and if you can tempt Brian Heywood to run an initiative against you then your union bosses are all lined up to spend $10’s of millions of dollars to paint me, millionaires, business owners, entrepreneurs, small manufacturers, successful start ups and anyone stupid enough to help grow the economy here as villains, as bad guys who are making it harder for the average citizen. When, in point of fact, it is your party who for 40 years has been taxing and spending while failing miserably in schools, roads, infrastructure, crime, homelessness, affordability. It is all on you.

You want citizens to:

Please ignore the billions you already take from citizens making their life more expensive.

Please ignore the $9billion you just increased taxes by and still can’t keep up with the wasteful spending increases

Please ignore the money that has been incompetently lost by the state

Please ignore the money that has fraudulently disappeared from state coffers

Please ignore the fact that you cannot track the impact on the climate of the $4.5 billion and counting you have taken from struggling citizens at the pump just from the CCA hidden gas tax

Oh and please ignore the constitution and the law that was passed last year that prohibits the state, counties, or cities from issuing an income tax

And don’t forget that Olympia democrats are already defining millionaires as people making $125K or more a year

And above all everyone please ignore the absolutely horrible polling numbers that show Bob Ferguson is not a popular guy. He needs union money and union support quick or he might get challenged from the Left so here he is to sacrifice the formerly thriving business community on the alter of Union demands.

Millionaires move, average citizens get screwed. This played out in California, and is beginning to happen in WA state.

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

Hey @GovRonDeSantis and @GregAbbott_TX Christmas came a little early! You’re about to get an influx of tech execs and biz owners.

[Governor Bob Ferguson @GovBobFerguson]

BREAKING: I support a Millionaires’ Tax on income over $1 million a year.

The fairness of our tax system ranks 50th. Let’s make this historic change this session.

This is a separate proposal from the budget I announced today — revenue would not be realized until 2029.

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

@McDonalds I love ya, but you gotta speed up the load sequence on the app. Takes FOREVER to get code.

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

@sanjiv_yajnik we finally got it solved. CapOne really needs a separate fraud resolution path for larger business clients.

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

@sanjiv_yajnik I’ve exhausted standard cust svc routes. We are 15+ yr client spend 2M+/yr on spark & have been fraud frozen since Wednesday, causing big biz pain. Help!

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

🚨 **Rainier Ave Construction Woes** 🚨

Hey @CityofRenton, the construction on Rainier Ave is turning our daily commutes into nightmares! Tonight at 8:30 PM, it was gridlock with no traffic officers in sight to help manage the chaos.

Some relief soon? #NeedBetterPlanning

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

@CityofRenton with this construction, traffic on Rainier Ave Corridor is a NIGHTMARE!! Help!

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

@ArkRazorbacks #gohogs

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

Major wreck has I90 closed in both directions around Easton. @wsdot @wsdot_traffic @KIRO7Seattle @komonews

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

Hey @CityofRenton, any chance we could keep the Holiday lights on at Coulon a little later? Pretty please!? They’re so festive.

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

@AskCapitalOne MasterCard charge card (Pro Account) not working either. Is that expected? Anything I can do?

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

@CityofRenton the length of time Logan has been closed is insane! Please open that street!!

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

@xboxsupport is anyone else complaining about connectivity with Minecraft servers for Xbox one? I'm in Seattle and Minecraft won't start.

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

Pleasantly surprised by my #surface.  Takes some getting used to, but hardware is great.  Outlook on #WinRT please though #Microsoft.

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

Interesting infographic on conversion rate optimization. Nice that it shows a bunch of tools for different needs. http://t.co/qd0Qr4mQ

[Mark Mason @MarkHMason]

What's an Entrepreneur? The Best Answer Ever http://t.co/oanUEXs7 via @IncMagazine