Regarding the article, “State can’t force ex-legislator Hope to repay salary”: “At this stage, I don’t see we have any resources to recoup those expenses,” said Deputy Chief Clerk Bernard Dean of the state House of Representatives.
Are you kidding me? The way this state throws money around? I’m pretty sure if it was me or any other unknown, and I accepted state money I wasn’t entitled to and didn’t return it, they would figure out some way to get it back. And you can bet they would figure out how to throw me in jail if I didn’t. But to say “we don’t have the resources” is absolutely absurd! Please keep in mind that Mike Hope recently switched to the anti-gun crowd. I wonder if that has anything to do with the state’s decision to be unable to find the resources, seeing how our state leadership has an over abundance of gun-grabbing liberals.
Richard Quint
Lake Stevens
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