Washington government has its priorities straight.....

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_governors_table.html

Apparently $10,000 was spent on the restoration project; half from a private fund and the other half from the General Administration budget.

"The top House budget writer, Democratic Rep. Kelli Linville of Bellingham, said the table expenditure is unnecessary at a time when she and other lawmakers closed about $12 billion in budget shortfalls over two years by cutting more than $4 billion in programs and personnel, using reserves and federal aid and raising taxes by upward of $800 million.

She acknowledged the cost is not huge but said the fact that it is being paid by taxpayer dollars is "symptomatic" of challenges lawmakers face in setting budget priorities."

Do I need to tell you how I feel about this??????

In a time when friends of mine are losing their jobs at the state because of these budget shortfalls......