One Governor, Two Washingtons
By Tom Forbes at July 30th, 2010.In 2008, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, referring to the famed “Cascade Curtain” that divides Western and Eastern Washington economically and ideologically as well as geographically, said “It is time for us to unite again as one Washington and move forward.”
Gregoire’s Office of Financial Management has been holding hearings all over the state to discuss balancing the looming $3 billion budget shortfall next year. The only hearing east of the Cascades was held last night at Spokane Community College. Even though Governor Gregoire had attended all four previous budget hearings in Western Washington, she did not attend the one in Spokane. According to the Spokesman-Review, Gregoire stated in a video introduction that she “had a long standing commitment that has kept me away.”
And what exactly was that “long standing commitment?”
According to Joel Connelly at the Seattle-PI, Gregoire held a $1,000 a person fund raiser last night at Wild Ginger restaurant in Seattle.
It would appear that the only budget concerns the governor has are for her reelection.
Tags: Christine Gregoire, One Washington
Tom Forbes
Tom lives in Pullman and is managing editor of the Washington conservative political blog Palousitics (www.palousitics.net)
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Tom — get your facts straight before looking like an idiot. First — Spokane was the fourth budget meeting. There were only 3 previous. Second — the governor was speaking at a global health forum in Seattle about how to expand that important sector in Washington state – maintain and grow jobs, attract new pharma companies, etc… doing her work to help the economic recovery. It’s a no win with people like you….