Is the world really as cockeyed as it seems? I can’t image even a Libertarian bringing such radical change to state government. And this from a Democratic governor and legislature? Folks, the money is all gone. The safety net is gone. But I do see some money for the derelict net program still on the budget! Quick, Spend it! The poor department saps who thought they needed to save something for the next year now find their money swiped or non existent. This really makes budgeting an interesting exercise for next year, if you even have a budget to spend!
UPDATE: 11:00 Thursday 1.20
Apparently the bill will move to the House floor and voted on Friday, then to the Senate. Apparently there is no sympathy in Ways and Means for the rescuing the $500,000 in the supplemental. If you want to save this, you should contact them now.
Why? These programs are how the job of saving Puget Sound is going to get done. On the ground, locally to places needing help. Small projects not centralized in one place, that will educate, (like the video I did called Voices of the Strait) and get volunteers out to help get the work done. without these programs, things will likely languish and continued deterioration of the shoreline and water will continue. Nows the time to step up.
So here’s the entire posting of what is going to be on the chopping block. A big document, needing more time to parse. But the rough take is truly ugly. If you are poor, you are about to become poorer, if blind, less supported, sick, less likely to have the State help with medical issues, in jail, needing drug treatment to not get out and rob me again, out of luck. Needing a translator in a medical or court facility, forget it. Got HIV? Too bad. Needing personal care as an elderly person? No way. Mentally ill? see you on the streets or in my doorway.
http://leap.leg.wa.gov/leap/Budget/Detail/2011/hoSummary0118.pdf
On the environmental front, here are the organizations that are contracted by the Puget Sound Partnership that the Governor created, with the job of trying to clean up Puget Sound by 2020. That’s looking like a pipe dream at this point.
Puget Sound Partnership Cuts cuts PDF
These program recipients likely will have their contracts cut, this week. Many of your neighbors are about to be thrown out of work. Many programs to help clean up the Sound and Straits are going away. Don’t like what’s here? Better pick up the phone and call your representative or senator in Olympia. Not much time left. It gets voted on Friday.
Some of the affected Peninsula Environmental Programs that will lose some or all of their state funding:
City of Port Angeles
Clallam County
Feiro Marine Life Center
Hood Canal Coordinating Council
Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group
Hood Canal School District
Jefferson County
Mason County
North Olympic Salmon Coalition
Olympic Park Institute
People For Puget Sound
Port Townsend Marine Science Center
Sea Grant
Washington State Parks
WSU Extension Programs – Beach Watcher, etc.
And others….
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