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Letter to the Editor:

Writer wants legislature to fulfill its “paramount duty”

To the Editor:

On his Facebook page and in comments to the press, Rep. Matt Manweller commented on July 1 that Democrats were “inebriated” in the legislative building and the media were nowhere to be found at 3 a.m. when the state budget fell apart. Since then, Republicans, Democrats and the Olympia press corps alike have debunked his assertions.

What is a more serious issue for the citizens of this state is that some legislators do not plan to fully fund education and do not believe that they have to obey the State Supreme Court’s decision in McCleary (2012). So said Rep. Tom Dent on May 19 w...

 

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