I've worked in the state legislature and in agency management for 23 years, the last 8 where all that money is...there is so much corruption and under-the-table movement of money and favors that one would be very hard pressed to exaggerate it. But it takes something like Tacoma (which is part and parcel of some of the same thing that is going on in the AG's office...oh, and the AG is investigating the Tacoma event...isn't that sweet?) to get people's attention. Garden-style money corruption just doesn't tickle their fancy. They're too worried about whether, maybe, someone who might not like abortion very much might get elected.
And the Republicans here? A complete waste of time. They wouldn't know how to drive a good issue home if it smacked them in the face. What's the difference between the state GOP and Locke on the business climate and the current high tax burden? Nope, by gum, the GOP is right on the page with Locke about that 7E7 project! /sarc
Cpt. Hattell of the WA WSP, who is heading up the Tacoma-Brame situation is actively covering up crimes committed by members of the state supreme court, Locke, and Gregoire. the Brame investigation will be a white-wash; maybe. I do have some plans that may keep that from being the case.