June 15, 2020



Source: ShiftWA.org

The Seattle Times has joined the loud chorus of voices asking Governor Inslee and Democrat legislators to provide responsible leadership, by eliminating or postponing the second 3% pay raise in 12 months for state employees, which is schedule to take effect July 1st.  Because government employee unions contribute so heavily to Democrat campaigns, voices not impacted by this conflict of interest have largely been ignored by the Democrat lawmakers.  While hundreds of thousands of private sector jobs were eliminated by Governor Inslee’s emergency orders, nearly all state employees kept receiving paychecks – even the tens of thousands who were charitably described as  “non-essential.”  With the state government expecting to cut services to those in need due to an estimated $7 billion drop in tax revenue, it is cruel to expect those struggling economically to have to pay more in taxes to fund a pay raise for those who never lost their wages. (Seattle Times)

Vandals used an otherwise peaceful Black Lives Matter protest march as an excuse to spray paint graffiti and cause other property damage in Olympia over the weekend.  One of the many homes that was damaged belongs to Olympia Mayor Cheryl Selby.  The mayor’s husband said he is concerned about the safety of his family.  After last week’s embarrassing confession by Governor Inslee that “It is news to me” that Seattle protestors had taken over six blocks and forced the abandonment of a Seattle police precinct, there is no word yet if the governor was informed of the vandalism which occurred near his state-funded mansion. (Q13 News and Rebecca Perry Twitter)

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