The legislature did not finish on time. That means that bright and early Monday morning they will be back in session, special session actually.

This will be a special session at which they will pass even more taxes, and spend even more money. Yes, you heard me correctly, despite how often they scream of making horrible cuts, the Seattle Times rightly reported that they will spend more money this year than last year, more money last year than the year before that, and so on, right back to statehood.

This is especially shameful, because here in Washington State we have complete one party rule. The House and Senate are both ruled by huge democratic majorities, and of course our Governor is a democrat. Therefore, there is no possible reason that they could not have finished on time. Certainly they cannot blame the republicans who are powerless in both the House and the Senate.

Why didn't they finish on time? Could it be the 95 dollars per day each and every one of them will take home over and above their regular salary for the duration of this special session? Would they have not finished on time if they had to forgo this $95 per day for the special session? To me, the answer in obvious, without the $95, they would all be back home now instead of sitting under the marble dome in Olympia.

The big danger next week though isn't the $95 each, per day, it is the taxes they will use the time to raise. I wonder, did you call last week and ask them to not raise your taxes, or did you sit submissively by while they did whatever they desired with your money?

Perhaps you will call them this week if you didn't last, or again if you did. It's easy, and it's the American thing to do.

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