2016 WA Governor's race: on Environment


Bill Bryant: OpEd: Claims conservationism, but enabled Arctic drilling

The Port of Seattle is enabling arctic drilling by berthing Shell's Alaska drilling equipment. The electorate is extremely sensitive to preserving the astounding beauty of Puget Sound, the body of water on which the Port's facilities are located. The commissioners are elected officials and had to be environmentalists if they wanted to win.

So why would they support Shell's arctic aspirations? Money, of course. The five commissioners all were recipients of gifts from oil companies or the company handling Shell's port in Seattle.

One can argue that all supporters of a port commissioner's campaign would naturally be the port's customers. But in hyper-green Seattle, all won their elections to some degree on their pro-environmental positions. Topping the list of hypocrites, Bill Bryant ran on the claim that "I am a committed conservationist."

He's also running for governor, so he needs the cash. And I guess he figures the electorate has short memories.

Source: Huffington Post on 2016 Washington gubernatorial race Jun 24, 2015

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MT: Bullock(retiring) vs.Fox(R) vs.Perry(R) vs.Gianforte(R) vs.Stapleton(R) vs.Olszewski(R) vs.Neill(D) vs.Schreiner(D) vs.Cooney(D) vs.Williams(D)
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VT: Scott(incumbent) vs.Holcombe(D) vs.Zuckerman(D)
WA: Inslee(incumbent) vs.Bryant(R) vs.Fortunato(R)
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