Let me see if I can help from some personal observations. When Washington was a frontier zone men and women of incredible character lived there (some still do -we call them Conservatives), because they did what it took in natural resource development. Opportunity was great, and they flourished.
Unfortunately, with every great activity, some losers show up. Instead of the region getting rid of the losers, they were rescued by "expanding government". Pretty soon, the losers, now on the government teet, followed the marching orders of other losers already in government.
They (the losers) scored their first big victory with the spotted owl. It was the beginning of the death of logic in WA to develop natural resources. So now you have a state where opportunity is robbed from anyone who wants to do any natural resource development - The forests have gone to hell with no management, greenies are busy getting the farmer off the land to save it, and whatever others lies they can spin, and they hate the fact that oil from the North Slope of Alaska is refined at Cherry Point, but given enough influence they'll stop that eventually too. When the losers get the state to that point - they'll be starving in the Garden of Eden.
The populace in the cities need to be re-educated and have a wake up call. There is an election coming, so you, on your own need to go out and slowly (but before election day) work on getting people re-educated and
Hannitized they'll be in shock as to accepting the reality, then mad as hell that the left duped them, and they too will spread the word. Get them registered as republicans. Bounce out
slickmeisters like Brian Baird, and install people like
Dawn Courtney.I could go on all morning, but will stop for now.