Hans Dunshee is a nice guy. He has his quirks, like when he reached over and voted another Representative's vote the wrong way (You know... a GOP Rep's vote? Back when they just used buttons instead of laptops?) and he's all about his logger persona... big with flannel shirts.
But he's also a die-hard democrat, with everything that means. And in this instance, what it means is that he wants to jack our taxes up in the midst of a horrific recession to do all he can to pay off his union buddies.... kind of an Obama-lite.
That it IS all about union pay back is based on the fact that it is union labor and union labor alone who'll be used to build these school facilities, presuming this bond could pass.
"Union Labor" of course means "prevailing wage," a bizarre concept that says that we, as tax payers, must pay absurd amounts of money for labor... absurd amounts of money that would reduce the amount of facilities build by 30% or so.
I will be a "no" on this sordid effort. Open this up to ANY construction company, union or no, and we can, perhaps, do some business. Otherwise, it's just a scam to pay off unions.
And haven't we had enough of that from the empty suit in the White House?
Washington lawmaker wants to send job-creating school-construction bond to voters
A House committee chairman wants to send voters a $3 billion bond measure that would pay for school construction.
Seattle Times staff reporter
OLYMPIA — A House committee chairman wants to send voters a $3 billion bond measure that would pay for school construction.
Rep. Hans Dunshee, D-Snohomish, chairman of the Capital Budget Committee, plans to unveil the proposal Monday.
Dunshee wouldn't provide many details Friday, but said "this is what the governor and I have been talking about: Repair schools and create jobs."
It wasn't clear exactly how the bonds would be financed.
Last month, Gov. Chris Gregoire brought up the notion of a bond issue that would fund construction projects as a way to help stimulate the economy.
"I am interested in asking the people if they would consider a bond measure that ... would allow us to potentially put people to work with projects out there like K-12 construction, or technology renovation or green renovation of our K-12 system," Gregoire said at the time. "Something along the line where it's real jobs on the ground."
On Friday, the governor's office said it hadn't seen Dunshee's proposal yet and had no comment, except that Gregoire likes the concept.
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