Hey! What About Me Joe?

Source: ShiftWA.org

Shift’s sources reveal that Governor Jay Inslee’s outgoing chief of staff David Postman has been offered a position with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team.   It was announced last week that Postman would be leaving the post he has survived in since December 2015, and was expected to stay on the state payroll for a few more months wrapping up unnamed projects.  This move has increased the discussion on whether one of those projects is securing Inslee a glidepath into the Biden Administration, despite the governor’s repeated pledge to remain in Olympia. After all, this is the same man who said (with a straight face) he would oppose tax increases, to get the votes he needed for his current job. Some believe that Postman’s rumored posting could provide Inslee the inside track to a position, while others contend Biden bringing Postman on his team diminishes Inslee’s chances since it could mean Postman is the only talent around Inslee (including Inslee) worth promoting. (US News & World Report)

We found a recent statement by the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) to be rather curious, though, of course, many things at ESD are curious.  The ESD posted on its website, “The governor, with support from the Legislature, has announced that job search requirements will remain suspended through Dec. 7”, for those applying for/obtaining unemployment benefits.  The statement did not provide information as to how the legislature provided this support, since the legislature has not been in session since March.  The statement also raises the question as to why Governor Inslee’s ESD finds it suddenly necessary for the legislature to provide support on the governor’s emergency orders, after spending the past seven months ignoring Republican legislators letters and calls from numerous newspapers to bring the legislature back into special session. (Employment Security Department’s website and Shift) 

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