The ShiftWA site today posted these two article links at the top of their "Morning Briefing" email. Both the Spokane-Review and the Everett-Herald have written articles about the state legislature's dealings in secret:
The Legislature “has simply exempted itself from the rules requiring the government to do its business in the light of day,” Shawn Vestal writes in an editorial piece that calls lawmakers out for their “shameful self-dealing” as it relates to public records law. (The Spokesman-Review)
“Lawmakers should end their public record exemption,” the Everett Herald Editorial Board wrote this last weekend. “We can make no case more clearly than the Public Records Act, itself…” (The Everett Herald)Reading these two editorial pieces makes it clear to all tax payers in the state that the concept, in the minds of legislators, that they are elite and above any accountability to those who elected them to their position. If this attitude concerns you at all, I urge you to contact your legislative district representatives - both Representatives (#1 & #2) and Senator - to let them know how you feel about this. If we don't communicate with them, they won't have reason to care whether they'll retain their position. I can assure you, they WANT to!
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