It won't make any difference if the court calls for a revote or if they pull Gregoire out of the Governors mansion by her scraggly hair. The damage has been done. The Democrats control both houses of the legislature and the Governors office. The legislative session just ended with the biggest tax increase in Washington state history. Sixty cents a pack on cigarettes, two bucks more for a liter of booze. They re-instated the *death tax* for estates over two million. They added nine cents a gallon on gasoline over 4 years starting with 3 cents in July giving us one of the highest gas taxes in the country. A tonnage fee on cars and trucks. The gas and tonnage fees are for roads and bridges, etc. but most of the projects are on the western side of the state.
Some bills were out of committee, passed both houses and were signed by Gregoire in less than 24 hours, in violation of the public comment period required by law. Some people traveled all the way across the state (400 miles) to testify and when they got there (Olympia) they were told that there was no more time for them to speak. Ofcourse the lobbists were allowed to speak first and for as long as they wanted. They changed the rules so no super majority was necessary, only a simple majority. Just what the Repubs in the Senate want to do but are too damn gutless to do.
There isn't a prayer that Congress would allow eastern WA to split into another state. It would mean 2 more Republican Senators which means they would almost have to make Washington DC a state to get two more Demoncrats for balance.
May God strike the theiving b*****ds dead.
May God strike the theiving b*****ds dead.
Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel :)