July 28, 2020


Simple question: Does Governor Jay Inslee side with his fellow Democrats on the Seattle City Council who want to slash police funding by 50% or does he side with the 73% of Washington voters who oppose this extreme proposal?  Inslee is the sixth-highest paid governor in the country ($187,353 a year, after receiving pay raises in the past 12 months totaling $10,000), so he should be able to answer this very simple question, which impacts the public and personal safety of hundreds of thousands of his constituents.  The governor is consistently speaking out on federal issues over which his current position has no responsibilities.  Inslee should make his views known on this Washington State issue which is making national headlines every day. The silence from the governor is leading many to believe he must favor defunding the police. (Seattle Times, Elway Poll, and Washington Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials)

Senator Shelly Short (R-Addy) says Governor Inslee is using a double standard in ordering health/safety measures on certain Washington State residents.  The Senator said “the hypocrisy is clear for all to see” in regards to the governor’s orders restricting church services, weddings, funerals, and live entertainment while doing “nothing to restrict hundreds if not thousands gathering for protest rallies and marches.”  Despite the fact the protests consists mostly of young people who are the primary group responsible for the latest explosion of coronavirus infections, the governor has done absolutely nothing to restrict the protestors’ activities.  Besides the arson, property damage, and assaults on police officers, these protestors are likely impacting the health and safety of Washington residents. (Senator Short media release)

While tribal casinos have not followed the health and safety guidelines of Governor Inslee during the coronavirus outbreak, a News Tribune editorial suggests they should at least ban cigarette smoking.  Because the state’s tribal nations are major contributors to Jay Inslee’s campaigns (and many other Democrat Party accounts), the governor has said and done nothing to stop tribal casinos from bringing large crowds together to gamble (yes, they are sovereign nations, but the governor could have used the leverage of the tribal casinos’ monopoly on the lucrative sports betting business he just gave them). The News Tribune believes the Puyallup Tribe should join other tribes in eliminating smoking in their casinos. The paper points out smoking causes lung problems and thus increases the severity of ailments caused by the coronavirus. Also, when patrons removes a facemask to smoke at a gaming table, they increase the likelihood of spreading the disease. (News Tribune and KING5 News)

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