Well, King Inslee Exploded Proclamation Signings - This is Worse!

 

“(Inslee’s) blatant pandering to the extreme left… He calls the state’s public safety system, built and reinforced by his Democrat gubernatorial predecessors over the last 35 years, full of systemic racism, unsafe law enforcement practices, and just not equitable.  And his criticism is not just limited to law enforcement. According to Inslee, education, healthcare, housing, and other areas are all flawed and are in dire need of reform. It’s amazing that Inslee would even want to belong to a party that has overseen such racist developments over the last generation.” (Shift Article)

Democrat Lt. Governor Cyrus Habib moved to California (and stopped taking salary) in September, despite his term not ending until January.  Even though he is a heartbeat (or plane ride out of state) away from being governor, Habib decided to start early on his next career in the priesthood, instead of completing his obligation to the Washington voters who elected him.  It is surprising this has been kept secret from the public by Habib and his staff.  Governor Inslee has also kept this a secret since mid-August, but it wasn’t like he was asking Habib for any help during the pandemic. This is the lack of transparency that we can expect from the one-man, one-party rule that controls our state government. If only such secret behavior bothered the media enough to get them to challenge the Democrats on their behavior, instead of endorsing all of them for re-election. (AP/Everett Herald)

Inslee and the legislature were to reduce state expenditures by $2 billion to balance the budget, spending would still be increased by 16% over the last completed budget (2017-2019).  This good financial news does not comfort the Democrats, as both the governor and liberal legislative leaders are indicating that they plan to raise taxes on already hard-hit Washington residents to afford even higher government spending. This fiscal irresponsibility reverses what Democrat governors in the past (Locke in 2002 and Gregoire in 2010) elected to do when faced with similar budget deficits, which was to prioritize government spending and reduce waste rather than jam through new taxes. (Washington Policy Center)

An article titled “Governor Inslee, or King Inslee?” from the Freedom Foundation states that the governor has signed 349 proclamations since his state of emergency declaration on February 29^th. His one-man rule is now in its eighth month, as the governor (and Democrat legislative leaders) have stubbornly refused to call a legislative special session to responsibly address the state’s budget deficit. Prior to 2020, Governor Inslee had signed 77 proclamations in his first 7 years in office, and, ironically, 10 of them were to call for a special legislative session. (Freedom Foundation)

Seattle restaurants were featured in the New York Times – not for their world class menus, but for the disastrous impact of Governor Inslee’s shut down orders and the extreme city and state policies which have forced them to close (of course the liberal beacon NYT doesn’t state it that way).  While many of the region’s top restaurants have shut down (11 of Tom Douglas’ 13 establishments are still closed), others have attempted to keep their employees working by trying different business plans (Canlis began selling takeout gourmet burgers, for instance). Yet it is not just the impact of COVID-19 emergency orders which have hurt local eateries, for customers have also stayed away due to the increased prices caused by ultra-liberal wage and benefit laws, and the unsafe environment in the city thanks to the ceaseless (and unpunished) protests and riots going on.  (New York Times)