In a week of big stories, don’t overlook Jay Inslee’s huge failure

You might have missed reports this week about Jay Inslee’s total failure at Western State psychiatric hospital. The state facility lost federal certification – and a big pile of federal money. Despite public attention and court orders, Inslee has done next to nothing as governor to improve Western State. And Inslee knows it’s his fault – that’s why he’s working so hard to say nothingabout it. (Shift WA)

State government unions, and the Leftist politicians who benefit from the dues-to-donations system, spoke out against yesterday’s U.S Supreme Court ruling that found government workers cannot be forced to pay union dues. The court said forcing public employees to pay dues or fees to unions as a condition of employment violates workers’ freedom of speech. (Seattle Times)

Jay Inslee’s office is quietly hoping you’ll forget about Results Washington, his failed initiative to make state government more effective. It’s such a failure, his office won’t even refer to it by name anymore. In announcing a new role for Results Washington alum Lisa van der Lugt, Inslee’s office called it “the state efficiency and environmental performance program at the Department of Enterprise Services.” What’s the deal Jay, aren’t you proud of your work to shake up an “ossified” state government? (Governor’s Office)

Proponents of creating districts for Everett City Council elections are considering combining their efforts on a measure for November’s ballot. At a recent council meeting, the independent group Everett Districts Now and the city council publicly discussed working together. (Everett Herald)

The group that collected thousands of signatures to force a vote on Seattle’s jobs tax says that’s just the starting point. Saul Spady, who helped lead the No Tax on Jobs campaign, said the group wants to help find solutions to the homelessness crisis that are fiscally responsible. (My Northwest)

The Spokane City Council committed $430,000 in infrastructure improvements for the Catalyst building, part of Eastern Washington University’s expansion in Spokane. The structure received the largest economic incentive offered to date by the city, Council President Ben Stuckart said. (The Spokesman-Review)

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