![]() ![]() They won’t have to live near a home full of child rapists, after all. But I don’t think they did and I don’t think they view this issue as serious. It appears that they allowed the budget provisos to earn some political cover, only to let Inslee veto them. Democrats already stopped standalone bills from advancing on the issue. Without media coverage, Democrats won’t have to answer to selling out constituent safety to help sex predators. ![]() Maybe the media will spend the week covering the issue? Perhaps they’ve been busy or were caught off guard by the temerity of the governor to veto such common sense provisos. The only Washington media covering the sex offenders issue (that I can find), aside from KTTH, were MyNorthwest and (Un)divided. Left-wing Seattle Times ignored the issue entirely, along with local television networks - including the ones that covered the Tenino controversy. The Olympian briefly mentioned the issue, but only relied on press release statements in its coverage. Governor of Washington, Press Release accessed February 4, 2013. Rantz: Manka Dhingra as WA attorney general would be destructive Where’s the outrage?Ī web search yields no meaningful coverage of the vetoes. He was first appointed to the position in January 2013 by Governor of Washington Jay Inslee. The case notes report the then-31-year-old “began having sexual contact with an unknown 6-year-old female and an unknown 5-year-old male while he was babysitting them.” The document said Horton “reported that both victims cried and tried to get away from him, but he held them forcefully.” The next year, Inslee signed a 16 pay raise for troopers and a 20 pay raise for lieutenants and captains. He has a lengthy criminal history, including pleading guilty to one count of first-degree child molestation from a Maincident, leading to a sentence of 89 months confinement and 36 months community supervision. In 2016, Inslee signed a bill to raise Washington State Patrol officer salaries by 5. The dangers of this plan exploded after the state was caught trying to release 57-year-old Brian Horton to an unsecured home in Tenino, feet away from a school bus stop and recreational area children use. Christine Rolfes (D-Bainbridge Island), said it’s in part about “people who are potentially dangerous, but not necessarily dangerous, back into communities where they can live safely and with their constitutional liberties protected.” At the time, the prime sponsor, State Sen. Democrats and the state even encourage predators to pursue LRAs. Today Attorney General Bob Ferguson confirmed that there is no evidence to support allegations that Planned Parenthood clinics in Washington state were engaged in unlawful practices related to performing abortions or handling of fetal tissue. These are investments in housing, in climate change efforts, in mental health. These are investments in our people, Inslee said. Jay Inslee signed the 202325 capital and operating budgets, allotting millions in funding for WSU programs and initiatives across the state. In 2021, Democrats passed legislation to more easily distribute conditionally-released sexually violent predators across the state. By RJ Wolcott, WSU News & Media Relations.
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