July 8, 2020



Source: ShiftWA.org

 The Freedom Foundation has filed a lawsuit challenging Governor Inslee’s authority to mandate that everyone must wear a mask in public.  A Foundation spokesperson said, “If people choose to wear a mask, that’s their choice. But Inslee is going after otherwise law-abiding citizens when there are rioters destroying Washington cities such as Seattle with no punishment in sight.” The lawsuit contends that Inslee’s orders go against Washingtonian’s freedom of conscience, which is protected by the state constitution. (YakTriNews)

By one researcher’s count, Governor Inslee issued his 200th COVID-19 related proclamation on Tuesday, and nearly all were done without consulting members of the state legislature.  With Inslee’s leadership capabilities limiting him to work almost exclusively with his employees and campaign contributors, the opinions and wisdom from many community leaders are being ignored.  As a result, many people are losing faith in the governor, and thus many have difficulties following his orders. This is manifesting itself by many Washington residents expressing concerns with the governor’s statewide mask mandate.  (For the record, the governor’s 200th proclamation extends many of his previous orders for another 30 days to August 6th.) (Governor’s Office List of Proclamations, Membership list of Inslee’s “Safe Start” Advisory Groups, and July 7th Proclamation)

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July 7, 2020
Source: ShiftWA.org

The Vancouver Columbian has joined the growing list of Washington newspapers which believe Governor Jay Inslee should call a special legislative session to urgently repair the damage being done to the state budget by the coronavirus outbreak and Inslee’s own government edicts.  Unfortunately, this request runs counter to Inslee’s “management” style of demanding the federal government repair the state’s financial mess which he helped make worse.  The paper says, “Gov. Jay Inslee should work on getting the state’s financial house in order rather than wondering whether Congress will pay for a cleaning crew. Economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic will require action from the Legislature regardless of whether the federal government provides assistance.” (Vancouver Columbian)

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