The Predictament

Weekend reading. People ask me what common-sense lawmakers would do to fix what's broken in Washington. They say, "Give us the plan!" I've posted working versions before. People have added thoughts and suggestions. Here's my 2026 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻-𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗔 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻. It has 18 points. It would do a lot of fix what's broken. Please read this. And share it. 1. Require 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 for all 3 state budgets (Operating, Transportation, Capital) every 2-year cycle. Build our budgets from the ground up, not just carry the previous budgets forward and add to them. 2. 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁 state carbon tax. The CCA does nothing to reduce carbon pollution. But it adds over a dollar per gallon to the price of gas and diesel in WA. End this attack on the cost of living and on WA working people. 3. Replace the “Prototypical School Budget Model” currently in state law with a 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹. The current model doesn’t work well for students or teachers. It favors larger school districts over smaller ones. School budgets must be fair. 4. 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗞-𝟭𝟮 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 away from Education Service Districts and into classrooms. Don’t defund ESDs completely. But they absorb too much money. That money should be in the classroom. 5. 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 “𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁” from the definition of “physical harm” in the Keeping Families Together Act. Bad language in a well-intended but flawed law is why kids are dying from drug exposure. Stop this law-made crisis. 6. 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗮𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝘁. Hold bureaucrats at DCYF (and potentially other state agencies) accountable when bad things happen to kids. Do more for family reunification—when parents are ready. Bureaucrats don’t like it. Too bad. 7. 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗔'𝘀 "𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲" 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 by repealing the “Keep Washington Working Act.” This unlawful state law that prohibits state agencies from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement agencies. 8. 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗶𝗱/𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵. In the rest of the U.S., illegal aliens can’t get Medicaid. WA got special permission under Obamacare to experiment. With state tax dollars. This favors criminals over veterans and kids. Stop it. 9. Exempt counties with populations under 1 million people from the WA Growth Management Act. The GMA causes WA’s housing shortage. 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗠𝗔 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 “𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀.” Make construction great again! 10. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 in the WA Transportation Budget. We’re wasting too much money on mass transit and other boondoggles. Fix up WA’s roads and bridges. Relieve traffic congestion. 11. 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗔’𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 “𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁” homeless shelter projects. Giving taxpayer-funded housing to active addicts is a theory that has failed. Been disproven and debunked. 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁! 12. Reform the WA Involuntary Treatment Act to 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝟵𝟬-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 or others. Our current efforts to get addicts sober and insane people back on their meds have failed. 13. 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗚𝗢𝘀 (𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀) 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 to the WA Public Disclosure Commission, just as political campaigns do. Transparency and accountability stop corruption. 14. Require the WA 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 before such rules can take effect. The executive branch dodges accountability for its rules. No more. 15. Require 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 when people register to vote in Washington. This does NOT change Washington’s vote-by-mail system. Stronger Voter ID makes the system secure. 16. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀’ 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀. 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗬𝗘𝗦 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗜𝗟-𝟲𝟯𝟴. Keep men out of girls’ sports. This is a civil rights issue, as Title IX of the federal Civil Rights Act states clearly. It’s also a physical safety issue. Vote YES to protect girls’ sports. 17. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗪𝗔 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀. Stop state bureaucrats from hiding information about minor children from their parents. 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗬𝗘𝗦 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗜𝗟𝟮𝟲-𝟬𝟬𝟭 to assure that custodial parents and guardians know what’s happening to their minor children. 18. 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘅 Scheme (Senate Bill 6346). 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗬𝗘𝗦 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗜𝗣𝟮𝟲-𝟲𝟰𝟱. Ignore the misleading rhetoric from the Washington Left. Vote YES to repeal this bad Ferguson-Pedersen tax. 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲, 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲, 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲! Fight, fight, fight...for these good reforms.

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