April 01, 2007
Ask the Governor (II)

Thank you all for your thoughtful questions below.

Doug asked: "When will taxes and spending in this state return to reasonable levels?"

I think most Washingtonians believe they get good value from government in return for the taxes we all pay. My current budget is a business plan for the next ten years. It continues to build on our economic success by making strategic investments in our quality of life -- investments in education and health care for all our children; investments in economic development to create more opportunities for world class businesses and family-wage jobs; investments in safe communities and investments in our environment.

Please read more about my business plan for Washington's future, here.

Posted by Gov. Chris Gregoire at April 01, 2007 11:05 AM | Email This
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1. Dear Governor,
For the entirety of my lifetime in the Northwest, the transportation has seemed so poorly thought out and executed upon, and then fought about so divisively when corrections are suggested. What do you think is the root of our historically schizophrenic decision making regarding public transportation and personal mobility?

One historical point I could use to illustrate is why does I-5 run straight through the cities instead of around them with feeder corridors leading in and out of the city centers? It introduces heavy traffic and car congestion, without many good valves to release flow. We found funding for that bad alignment megaproject yet the succesful Interurban rail network was completely dismantled against popular opinion in the 1940s. We are now seeing the costs of rebuilding what the prewar generation had already accomplished in the Sound Transit projects.

How have we come to inherit so many bad decisions and what can you do to help untie them?

Posted by: Acid Brain on April 1, 2007 11:23 AM
2. Gov,

I do not know what you have been smoking, but you are a fool if you think that most citizens here think they get good value from government for the taxes we pay. You need to ask more than the Olympia parasites who personally gain from spending our hard-earned money and the leftists in Seattle who are still hoping for socialism in this state. Say Gov, why don't you ask the taxpayers who work 1,2,3 jobs and are forced to pay for your gravy train lifestyle?

Posted by: Angry Taxpayer on April 1, 2007 04:17 PM
3. That comment was the April Fool's joke - right?

Posted by: TheFirewalker on April 2, 2007 06:17 AM
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