Sen. Zarelli Calls for Special Session

Sen. Joe Zarelli, the Senate Republicans' top budget expert, called for a special session in the latest of his periodic budget TidBits. He says a special session is the best way to make sure the necessary reductions are smart and targeted and achieve long-term savings. And, he says, it's the only to leave an adequate reserve.

There are only two reasons not to choose a special session.
 
One, political expediency.  No legislator, in an election year where the public is
apparently as discontent as recent polls have shown (SurveyUSA July 23rd poll: 72%
disapprove of job Washington state Legislature is doing vs. 17% approve),7 wants to be
called away from the campaign trail into a highly-publicized, and likely very unpopular,
second special session.
 
Two, legislative incompetency.  If it became clear that legislators were simply not up to the task of making reductions, then it would be incumbent upon the governor to balance the budget via any means at her disposal.   

Neither reason should come into play.   

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