We will likely NEVER have a better chance to get rid of the cancer of collective bargaining or to make union membership optional than now... and McKenna won't do anything about it.
Those of you in the GOP... if this is the sort of governor you want... then by all means... vote for him.
But why you'd want a coward as governor is beyond me... and I am dramatically unimpressed by the "R" after his name... since he and Inslee are in lockstep on the matter of bending us all over for the union thugs.
Originally published Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Washington gubernatorial candidates don't plan to refight Wisconsin
Despite Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's recall victory last week in a battle with labor groups, Washington's two leading candidates for governor say they're not interested in picking a fight over government workers' collective-bargaining rights.
The Seattle Times; The News TribuneOLYMPIA — Pumped by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's recall victory last week, conservatives nationally are pushing to curb the power of public-employee unions.
But Washington's two leading candidates for governor say they're not interested in picking a fight over government workers' collective-bargaining rights.
Labor groups mounted a recall campaign against Walker, a Republican, after he led efforts to eliminate union rights for most public workers. It was widely viewed as a referendum on collective bargaining — with Walker coming out on top.
Democrat Jay Inslee has positioned himself as the defender of collective bargaining, calling it a "fundamental right." He and his supporters have tried to paint Republican Rob McKenna as another Walker. "I'm not going to let the virus of Wisconsin come into the state of Washington," Inslee has said.
McKenna, however, has repeatedly distanced himself from Walker and says state workers have no reason to fear him if he's elected governor. He's also called collective bargaining a right.
"Collective bargaining isn't the problem in our state. It's the people doing the bargaining who have been the problem," McKenna said in an interview last week.
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