I think this article is relevant. Things aren’t looking bleak for everyone.

As you probably know, that agency was formed out of a recognition that the previous model of salmon recovery had spawned (no pun intended!) a whole bunch of discordant recovery fiefdoms. The PSP was formed to bring coordination and efficiency to the process. Like-minded bureaucrats; however, are loathe to recommend cutting each other’s programs and so, now, we still have all the other little empires PLUS the Puget Sound Partnership (which, by the way, is building a brand new $37 Million office in Tacoma). Now for the PRESS part… Chris Dunagan and I had this same discussion on his blog. I asked him to ask the PSP for a list of all taxpayer funded recovery efforts underway on Hood Canal (the PSP’s FIRST task was supposed to be an inventory of all existing recovery activities). They will not respond, he will not press (pun REALLY intended!).

And as long as members of the PRESS judges Congressional and Legislative leadership as who brings in the most pork, our economy will continue to spiral downward out of control.

The Legislature will never cut the Puget Sound Partnership as long as Rep Norm Dicks is in Congress, because he got Gregoire to appoint his son to be incharge. That works for Gregoire because it then gets taxpayer money to fund it.

If Gov’t mandated health insurance goes through, citizens will be TAXED for 4 years before any health coverage is started. This will drain $$$$$ billions out of the WA state economy. Not only will jobs be eliminated by businesses which can not afford to pay twice for employee health coverage for 4 years, the extra expense will dramatically curtain public spending.

We have a disaster unfolding with this Progressive government, which even voting them out in 2010 might not prevent in time.

There are many cost saving solutions, but the legislature has ignored most of them because it doesn’t fit the Progressive agenda.

There was an interesting story in the PI today about the have nots.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/185560.asp