Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Government Guide...Seriously Unnecessary!

I must be in a blogging mood today...Wow three posts in one day! So here goes my latest soap box~
In the mail today we received this nifty little resource called the "2009-2010 Government Guide", direct from Linda Evans Parlette, Senator for the 12th Legislative District. It is about 25 pages long and has information on all elected officials, school districts, counties etc. It irritates the dickens out of me that the state of Washington is billions of dollars in debt, cutting budgets like crazy, threatening layoffs, and tax hikes like mad but still spends tax dollar money on stupid blankety blank blank like this! ALL of the information provided in this "Guide" is available to us in the following locations; phone books, libraries, local government offices, and the Internet....and probably more places that I am not thinking of. What did I do with my little book? I threw it away, like most people in the state will do...talk about a waste of resources! I did however send in the comment card expressing my disapproval for expenditures of this matter....paying my own postage of course. Will Linda read it no most likely not, it will probably get dropped in the rotating file cabinet...

3 comments:

Teri said...

You go sister!!

Michelle said...

I threw mine away also!

Melissa said...

I wonder if we eliminated many of these unnecessary things how much of an impact it would make...I've often wondered this for my place of work, which shall remain unnamed (something about not biting the hand that feeds you...) as well. Such a waste of resources. We haven't gotten one in the mail yet, but I will follow suit and mail in the comment card as well. Hmmpff.