Early in the 2025 legislative session, there was a lot of hopeful talk from the new governor about reining in emergency powers, reducing the misuse of emergency clauses and keeping the budget under control after a decade of huge increases. This would have been a welcome change from Governor Inslee who repeatedly abused his power and left the state worse than he found it in many areas.

Ultimately, Governor’s Ferguson’s first session failed in all of those areas.

Washington is a case study of what happens when people outsource societal problems to politicians and government bureaucracy. Money gets spent. Taxes are increased. Government grows. And the problems get worse. It is time to change that. And that change begins from the ground up.