This is Leadership? Unbelievable!!!

 


Governor Inslee continues to receive criticism for being out of touch with agriculture because of his thoughtless act of bringing apples from the quarantine zone Western Washington – which turned out to be maggot-infested – into Eastern Washington.  Despite representing Central Washington orchardists in the state legislature and Congress for six years, and even signing legislation related to fruit quarantine restrictions in 2018, the governor was unaware that he was breaking state law by taking apples grown on the grounds of the Governor’s Mansion in Olympia to the areas devastated by wildfires in Bridgeport, Omak, and Malden.  Inslee’s actions demonstrate the reason behind the restrictions of bringing home-grown fruit into areas economically dependent on the tree fruit industry, as his apples were contaminated by maggot larvae and could easily threaten the local crops.  Thus, while thousands of its citizens are impacted by the wildfires, Douglas County is needlessly having to spend resources tracking down the location of one of the boxes of Gov. Inslee’s apples to ensure the maggots do not spread into local orchards. It is feared that someone might have dumped the apples near an orchard.  Inslee’s office issued a statement saying “We regret this mistake. This is a good reminder of the importance of awareness around apple quarantine.” It is also a good reminder that our governor lacks that awareness, and is seemingly clueless about laws that protect the economic activities that support hundreds of thousands of Washington residents.  (Spokesman Review, Senator Brad Hawkins webpage, Douglas County Facebook post and News Tribune)

Governor Jay Inslee’s Department of Ecology (DOE) failed to obtain receipts/records for 15% of the work done to clean up an old mining site near Granite Falls.  The Washington State Auditor’s Office released a report showing that nearly $375,000 was unaccounted for during the work to remove toxins at the former Monte Cristo mining site.  A spokesman for the Auditor’s office stated its conclusions of DOE’s actions, “Their monitoring clearly wasn’t adequate.” Sounds like someone at the top in Ecology must be ready for a promotion, given the way Gov. Inslee’s rewards incompetence in his administration (see Employment Security Department for details). (Everett Herald)

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