Letter: Conduct state business in the open
A front-page article last month in the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin quoted the governor regarding the manufacturing tax break which he vetoed: “It was done in the middle of the night.” Could it be simple retaliation because Senate Republicans mostly rejected his $1.7 billion collective bargaining agreements with public sector labor unions, which were negotiated in secret?
Why should state government not be held to the same open government standards as local governments, boards and commissions?
Jim Davison, Waitsburg
This story was originally published August 19, 2017 at 3:30 PM with the headline "Letter: Conduct state business in the open."