How rude of Jay Inslee to ask for $3.6 million more for his security (The Columbian, April 10). He’s already getting adequate security for $2.6 million with a specialized eight-person detail unit as governor. His security is already a burden on our state taxpayers (The Seattle Times, Nov. 18, and The News Tribune, April 3.)
The extra millions he wants could go to our much-needed infrastructure or cancer screening (as proposed by Sen. Sharon Brown, R-Kennewick) or Hanford cleanup or financial support for Washington’s public schools (see The Columbian, April 15).
If Inslee wants to run for president, he can use his own money for extra security or get his campaign to fund it as he runs around the country. Who’s taking care of his job here? Does he not care about this state? Is he trying to bankrupt us? Look at the school deficits all around the state, and other problems hovering over all.
Inslee doesn’t need millions more of our tax dollars to cover his backside. What has he done for this state except raise taxes? He must have delusions of grandeur to think he’s presidential material!
