Adele Ferguson 7/14/11

A review of the Inslee file

AS SOON as I heard that Jay Inslee was going to run for governor next year, I dug out his file so I could refresh my memory on why I thought his running the state was a lousy idea.

He happens to be my Democratic congressman in the First District, coming here as a carpetbagger after serving a freshman term in the Fourth District, and forced to find a new landing place by Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Pasco, in 1992.

He soon became a clone of our most liberal member of Congress, Jim McDermott of Seattle, and joined Baghdad Jim in voting against a resolution authorizing Preside...