Feds leave Governor Gregoire to drown
Two weeks ago Governor Gregoire withdrew half a million dollars from the state's emergency fund to clean up tsunami debris many worry will dismantle Washington's entire fishing industry -- money we may never get back.
At the time she - and the alliance of governors on the west coast - fully expected to be re-reimbursed by feds.
But the initial number they're willing to pony up is oceans apart from what Gregoire foresaw.
50-thousand dollars a piece is all the government is offering the five states threatened by the debris - which is already piling up on our shores.
Alaskan law-makers have gone on record calling the amount "woefully inadequate" screaming 50-K isn't enough to clean up a single beach much less an entire shore-line!
The alliance originally requested 45-million.
Officials only response was they would continue actively working with the states to assure everything is properly resolved.
In the meantime - an estimated one and a half trillion tons of potentially environment annihilating wreckage is said to be destined for our watery border!
At the time she - and the alliance of governors on the west coast - fully expected to be re-reimbursed by feds.
But the initial number they're willing to pony up is oceans apart from what Gregoire foresaw.
50-thousand dollars a piece is all the government is offering the five states threatened by the debris - which is already piling up on our shores.
Alaskan law-makers have gone on record calling the amount "woefully inadequate" screaming 50-K isn't enough to clean up a single beach much less an entire shore-line!
The alliance originally requested 45-million.
Officials only response was they would continue actively working with the states to assure everything is properly resolved.
In the meantime - an estimated one and a half trillion tons of potentially environment annihilating wreckage is said to be destined for our watery border!
