Tag Archives: Jay Inslee
a message from Gov.Jay Inslee
This year, we saw the JayInslee.com community play a critical role in some of our biggest successes.
As the year winds down, my team and I are gearing up. The next legislative session is a little more than a month away, so we don’t have much down time as we prepare for another round of budget negotiations and fight for our key priorities: good jobs, excellent schools, and quality health care. And that means we need you to gear up, too. This Friday at midnight, we have to close down fundraising for our ongoing political operations — the same operations that helped us fight and win our key budget priorities this year — until the legislative session ends next spring. So I’m asking for your help to raise the additional $25,000 we need to keep going strong and send the message that we’re ready for anything as we head into the legislative session. Will you contribute $5 now to help us raise an urgent $25,000 before Friday’s midnight deadline? This year, we saw just how difficult our job can be. But we also saw the JayInslee.com community play a critical role in some of our biggest successes. With your help, we made an unprecedented investment in the future of our education system. We protected vital services for our seniors. We expanded Medicaid and changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians. We put in place Results Washington, a data-driven effort to measure and constantly improve the performance of state government every day. And our work getting the Washington Health Plan Finder up, running, and helping Washingtonians find excellent health care coverage has been the envy of the nation. I’m proud that we’ve had such success in just our first year. But none of that came easy, and our work will only get tougher as we strive to protect what we’ve accomplished while continuing to move Washington forward. That’s why your support now is so important. Just like when I ran for governor — just like when we fought for the successes of this last year — the grassroots community we’ve built is a powerful force that can carry us forward and help build a working Washington. We need your help today — before our early end-of-year deadline — to keep our community strong and make sure we can keep working together for the future we all want for the state of Washington. I can’t tell you how helpful it is to know that, when I’m working hard in Olympia, I have you and tens of thousands of activists like you standing with me across the state. We’ve already accomplished so much. With your support today, we can keep our momentum going and build a working Washington. Let’s go get ’em! Jay Inslee. Governor |
Share this:
a message from Gov Inslee
In 1994, I faced a difficult decision: do the right thing and cast the deciding vote for the Federal Assault Weapons Ban — likely losing my congressional re-election in the process — or take the politically easy route and vote against it.
I voted for it. And to this day I stand by my position supporting commonsense, responsible gun safety legislation.
Now in the state of Washington, we all have a chance to do the right thing by supporting I-594, an initiative requiring criminal background checks for gun purchases in our state.
Passing I-594 won’t be easy. Our opponents are rallying to try to stop us, even going so far as to declare December 15 — one year and one day after the Sandy Hook massacre that left 20 people dead — “Guns Save Lives Day” in an effort to build opposition to sensible gun reform laws.
Look, we have plenty of responsible gun owners in Washington, and an overwhelming majority of them support criminal background checks because they’re responsible gun owners.
Not the sponsors of “Guns Save Lives Day.” There is nothing responsible about exploiting the death of innocent little children — even worse when it’s done to stop reforms that could prevent future tragedies. They should cancel this horrific excuse to celebrate guns, and stop spreading misinformation about responsible, reasonable reforms like I-594.
Responsible gun owners know there are sensible things we can do to keep guns out of the hands of people like Adam Lanza, and they’re eager to stop the next tragedy — not exploit the last one.
Thankfully, the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility is leading the charge to fight back against “Guns Save Lives Day” — spearheading efforts to educate Washingtonians about I-594 and why it’s the right thing to do for Washington and our kids. I’m proud to join them, and I hope you’ll help out, too.
Thanks for your support.
Very truly yours,
Share this:
a message from Gov.Inslee
|
On November 7, Lawmakers returned to Olympia for an urgent special session of the legislature that I’ve called to secure the future of Washington’s aerospace industry and create jobs. I’ve been working with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to craft a jobs package that will guarantee the production of the Boeing 777X aircraft and their revolutionary carbon fiber wing in Washington state. This legislative package is a big deal. In just the last year, the 777 project alone created $20 billion in economic activity and supported 56,000 jobs in the state of Washington. This jobs package will help us build on that success and grow our entire state economy for the future. Here are a few key items I’m asking the legislature to pass without delay:
Every Washingtonian has a stake in the work we’re doing. We need to get this done now. If we can do this quickly, we can be certain that Washington’s aerospace future — and the jobs that come with it — will be even brighter than its past. Thanks for your help. Let’s go get ’em, Jay Inslee Governor |
Share this:
Gov Inslee in the Newsroom
Be a Seed for Change 
You must be logged in to post a comment.