Get ready for a piece of stimulus pie as a preliminary analysis reported the proposed package could create or save 75,000 jobs in Washington state.

Initial details are sketchy but Sen. Patty Murray said the state would receive roughly $500 million for roads, highways and bridges, and $175 million for mass transit projects. She also believes Hanford will get about a third of the $6 billion already allocated for major environmental cleanups.

Oregon isn’t even hesitating with an announcement of green projects. Gov. Ted Kulongoski said he will seek hundreds of millions of federal stimulus dollars to rebuild the flooded community of Vernonia as an environmental utopia, build a sustainable prison and install solar panels to light freeways.

Hopefully, Gov. Chris Gregoire takes advantage of the environmental benefits, and the 75, 000 jobs can make room for a ready green work force.

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