Odessa Mayor goes to Olympia

Now, before you go grab a rope or a bucket of tar, please let me explain why I should attend the Association of Washington Cities Legislative Conference. AWC is a private, non-partisan corporation that represents us before the state legislature, the state executive branch and with regulatory agencies. All 281 towns and cities in Washington State are volunteer members of this organization.

At this conference, I heard from our lobbyists and listened to the concerns of fellow city officials. So, you may ask, what issues concern us? We are concerned about losing more revenue from state shared-reve...