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Inslee hurting hemp
The growing animosity and ambition of Gov. Jay Inslee threatens our fastest growing agricultural industry and jobs, taxes and investments. The $13 million in crop sales in February will go back to the drug gangs if he continues his ambitious plan to gain notoriety by constantly fighting with the Trump administration.
The jobs the hemp industry provides, the massive investment in agriculture and the taxes generated we so sorely need collected will all be for naught if he continues to let his ambitions run wild. The many benefits medicinally from hemp will be lost, revenue to localities will go away to the drug cartels and the will of the voters of Washington state will be trashed by this self-serving politician.
My message to Gov. Inslee is simple. He is the governor of all the citizens in this state, act like one. Stop the effort to gain face time by picking fights with the Trump administration.
Terry Lynch
Spokane