Middle-ground Action Is Not Enough!


Source: ShiftWA.org

The head of the Washington Hospitality Association said Governor Jay Inslee’s $135 million “relief” package (which was hastily raised from the $50 million Inslee first proposed) will only cover about 2 days of losses for the state’s bars and restaurants, which the governor targeted with his latest random restrictions.   Even though the governor has no scientific data to support his actions to cripple the industry, last week he prohibited indoor service at the state’s bars and restaurants for at least 28 days.  Some $30 million in the governor’s relief package – which is drawn on federal money which Inslee has a dubious legal ability to spend – is for loans, showing how out-of-touch Inslee is about economic issues.  Representative Gina Mosbrucker (R-Goldendale), who has been in the hospitality industry for 25 years, says, “The last thing we want to do is a loan.  When we add more and more numbers in debt, it feels like, to us, we will close even sooner when we have been in this state of emergency for so long.” Governor Inslee has stubbornly refused to convene a special session of the legislature to develop a plan for assisting the employers and workers his actions have severely impacted. (OPB/AP and Spokesman Review)

A constituent complaining about the failures of Governor Jay Inslee’s Employment Security Department (ESD) was outgoing Representative Gael Tarleton’s last experience in her Olympia office.  The four-term Democrat legislator, who recently lost her campaign against Secretary of State Kim Wyman, described on Facebook a phone call she received as she was cleaning out her office.  Tarleton answered the phone and the caller said, “Hi, we’re constituents of Rep. Tarleton and needed to speak to her about unemployment benefits. We can’t get anyone at Employment Security to answer our calls or emails.” Seems appropriate, since nearly all calls to legislators during the past eight months have been from constituents frustrated by the dysfunction of Governor Inslee’s administration. (Representative Tarleton Facebook Post)

Even though Jay Inslee was not successful in obtaining the “climate czar” position that President-elect Joe Biden gave to former Secretary of State John Kerry – a presidential campaign loser like Inslee – the governor is still working his contacts to acquire another position in the new administration.  If Inslee does move back to Washington, D.C., there will be a special election to determine who will replace him as governor.  Shift is running a straw poll to see who our readers favor.  Click on the link and let us know who you support. (Shift Gubernatorial Straw Poll)

 

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