August 28, 2020


Newspapers from across the state are calling for Governor Jay Inslee to convene a special session of the Washington Legislature to fix the state budget, which has been destroyed by an estimated $8.8 billion revenue shortfall. Despite the constitutional requirement to operate a balanced budget, Governor Inslee (in collusion with legislative Democrat leadership) has stubbornly refused to call back the legislature to fulfill their legal obligations (likely due to the fact the Democrats want to impose new and higher taxes and don’t want to do this right before the November elections).  Senator Hans Zeiger (R – Puyallup) correctly points out in a letter to his senate colleagues that “Our constitutional government was not designed to operate on an ongoing emergency basis. Emergency powers in our law are designed for brief circumstances.”(Washington Policy Center and Senator Hans Zeiger letter)

 An Alaska man has admitted to attempting to set fires to Seattle’s East Precinct on Monday night while others were attempting to seal people into the building by applying quick drying cement to doors. Meanwhile, Democrat officials including Governor Jay Inslee, Attorney General Bob Ferguson, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, and Washington State Democrat Chair Tina Podlodowski have refused to condemn the violent actions against police officers being perpetrated by liberal protestors. (Seattle Times)

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