This is Leadership? Unbelievable!!!

 

Governor Jay Inslee and his liberal special interest buddies have their heads in the sand over the economic realities facing our state and employers.  The governor needed a study financed in part by government employee unions to misleadingly demonstrate that Washington State is a good place to work. Obviously, the study did not talk with private sector employers who are forced to pay the ever-increasing taxes or who are struggling to keep their businesses open while adhering to the ever-changing state emergency restrictions.  Yes, Washington State is a great place to be a government employee (where you receive a pay raise while the state is in a historic economic crisis), but this is not true for the rest of the state’s workers. This is yet another example of our governor only listening to those who benefit from increasing the size, cost, and power of state government, while ignoring the needs of private-sector workers. (Shift)

Governor Inslee stumbled his way through a national interview over the weekend.  Among the confusing and nonsensical statements Inslee made on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” are these gems:

 

• “I’ll tell you why 80% of the homes were burned down in Southeastern Washington… the only moisture in Eastern Washington was the tears of people.”
• “We have a great candidate in Joe Biden who understands that we can put people to work. The wind turbines there are generating clean electricity and putting people in good union jobs. That’s the future we need. But we need to have action.”
• “We have this cosmic challenge to our communities.”

During the very short interview, the governor side-stepped his administration’s failure to manage to state’s forests.  During his first term as governor, Inslee admitted that the state needed to manage more of the state’s lands to reduce the spread of fires.  Yet, because of the poor performance of his administration at improving the health of Washington’s forests, the governor’s office took down the data from its website which showed the state was failing to meet the Inslee-inspired goals. (This Week with George Stephanopoulos and Washington Policy Center)

Over six months into the coronavirus pandemic, and Governor Inslee’s dysfunctional Employment Security Department (ESD) is still incapable of processing benefit applications in a timely or accurate manner.  Many applicants receive messages from ESD stating there are troubles with their information, but they are not notified what the problems are or what is needed to correct them.  These on-going errors are frustrating for thousands of Washington citizens, who require the benefits to feed their families and pay bills. (Everett Herald)