Auditor has helpful suggestions for lawmakers
This editorial will appear in Thursday’s print edition. In slightly more than two weeks, state legislators will gather in Olympia for the 2010 session – and the unpleasant task of dealing with a $2.6...
View ArticleAn alternative to axing boards, commissions
This editorial will appear in Monday’s print edition. State government has a host of small appendages: commissions, boards and advisory committees with a dizzying variety of functions. Many may wind up...
View ArticleState workers not in the clear yet
Gov. Chris Gregoire told a gathering of reporters and editors in Olympia today that she hasn’t ruled out additional cuts for state workers. In response to a question from NPR’s Austin Jenkins – who has...
View ArticleRecession’s lesson: Pay now, or pay much more later
This editorial will appear in Sunday’s print edition. Call them what you will – furloughs, temporary layoffs, reality catching up to state government, the Legislature balancing the budget on the backs...
View ArticleA brutal winter ahead for Olympia’s Democrats
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. Washington voters could hardly have been crueler to the Legislature’s Democrats. On Tuesday, the electorate left the Democrats in charge of the...
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