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Jeff Rhodes
Vice President for News and Information
Jeff is a native of West Virginia and a graduate of West Virginia University with a degree in journalism. He served in the U.S. Army at Fort Lewis, Wash., as a broadcast journalist and has worked at a number of newspapers in West Virginia and Washington.
Most recently, he spent 11 years as editor of the Port Orchard (Wash.) Independent, which earned the 2011 Washington Newspaper Publishers’ Association’s General Excellence Award as the top community newspaper in Washington.
Previously, he was editor of the Business Examiner newspaper in Tacoma, Wash., for seven years.
Jeff lives in Lacey; he and his wife have grown twin daughters.
Thanksgiving: The Holiday That Mirrors the Freedom Foundation’s Ideals
It’s a profound tragedy that American children aren’t taught the true lesson of Thanksgiving — one that reinforces the values of hard work and self-sufficiency reluctantly embraced by the Pilgrims and on which the nation they helped settle ultimately became the strongest, most prosperous on earth.
WSJ Article Links Union Defections to Outreach, Highlights Freedom Foundation Efforts
An article on the Nov. 21 Wall Street Journal underscores what the Freedom Foundation’s experience has shown
Freedom Foundation taps Withe to head nationwide expansion
The Freedom Foundation has announced plans to share its message of worker rights with an even wider audience and named a point man to lead the effort.
Freedom Foundation Celebrates Success
Fox News host Laura Ingraham called the Freedom Foundation a “great organization” and told a sold-out ballroom full of well-wishers attending the group’s annual banquet she was proud of the great work it does.
Unions and The Participation Trophy Paradox
A friend of mine this week posted a meme on Facebook that observed, “I’m so old I remember when you had to actually win something to get a trophy.”
Huckabee to Headline Freedom Foundation’s Oregon Banquet
Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who hosts his own TV show, Huckabee, will be the keynote speaker at the annual banquet for the organization’s Oregon operation on Nov. 9th at the Salem Convention Center.
Appeals Court Rejects Seattle Income Tax, Setting Up Supreme Court Battle with Statewide Implications
Opponents of Seattle’s scheme to impose an income tax on its high earners were handed a less-than-satisfying victory on July 15 when an appellate court ruling struck down the ordinance solely on constitutional grounds, leaving open the possibility of an appeal to the Washington State Supreme Court
WSJ rightly credits Freedom Foundation for crackdown on Medicaid dues skimming
Giving credit where it’s due, the Wall Street Journal on July 3 published a story about the Trump administration’s decision to more rigorously enforce a long-ignored federal law making it illegal for states to deduct union dues on behalf of homecare providers being compensated by Medicaid.
Independence Day Is No Time to Define Patriotism Down
A retired public employee from Tacoma named Sherry Conway on June 20 posted a comment to the Facebook page hosted by the Northwest Accountability Project criticizing those who help fund the Freedom Foundation’s activities.
Laura Ingraham to Highlight Freedom Foundation Annual Banquet
Freedom Foundation members and supporters will be treated to an evening with one of the nation’s most respected — and listened to — conservative voices at the organization’s 2019 annual banquet.
