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PRESS RELEASE February 13, 2004 Boeing contract: State delivers 250 pages of additional details to EFF Some key documents still missing The Evergreen Freedom Foundation has obtained 250 pages of additional details about the governor’s contract with Boeing. The documents were delivered at 5:30 p.m. last night, nearly a week after EFF filed a lawsuit against the Committee on Trade and Economic Development (CTED). Some key documents requested by EFF and referenced in the contract have still not been provided. Governor Gary Locke and CTED Secretary Martha Choe have stated repeatedly during the last two weeks that all the details of the deal were already made public. Foundation staff are in the process of reviewing the newly-released documents, and will not be prepared to comment on them until early next week. The documents will be available on the Foundation’s website by noon on Monday for legislators, media and citizens. “The difficulty we’ve had obtaining information about this public contract is unacceptable,” said Bob Williams, president of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation. The Attorney General’s own website has some key words about public records: “Citizens can control their government only if they can remain informed about the decisions their government officials are making.” “Apparently those words don’t mean much to the governor and attorney general, who seem to think they can make selective judgments about when to abide by them,” said Williams. “They have certainly been less than forthright with information relating to the Boeing contract.” Click here to read more details about the governor’s contract with Boeing. Contact: Marsha Richards | Communications Director | 360.956.3482
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1 Part Honesty; 2 Parts Arrogance At a March 23, 2005, House Appropriations hearing on a bill to gut the voter-approved I-601 spending limit, Rep. Jim McIntire (D) asked a supporter of I-601’s two-third supermajority requirement for the legislature to raise taxes the following question: "Can you name a time when we [legislators] have actually not just set it [supermajority requirement] aside by majority vote? I mean, this is in many respects a procedural motion that has no bearing. It’s a statutory constraint that cannot constrain any legislature that chooses as a majority to set it aside . . . have we ever used a supermajority [to raise taxes]?" - Rep. Jim McIntire (D - 46) Despite the arrogance of some state officials, Washington's constitution is clear: "All political power is inherent in the people..." |
