According to two representatives from Washington state – Jim Walsh and Jesse Young – an emergency rulemaking package that was signed last week by the Washington Department or Labor and Industries (L&I), grants new powers to Governor Jay Inslee, allowing him to extend current Covid-related mandates, and the power to enforce vaccine mandates on private businesses.
This mandate from L&I demonstrates a complete lack of transparency, which dilutes public trust in our government and fails to show the agency’s good faith in promulgating the rule. The reality is this move by L&I is a blank check for the agency to enforce any of the Governor’s mandates or edicts on private employers.
If L&I desires to make such a rule, it should do so in an open and transparent manner that allows public review and comment. Even if an opportunity for review and comment is not afforded the public, L&I’s website should host the proposed rulemaking to grant easy access to the public.
Furthermore, adopting such a broad, vague rule without clear direction will lead to arbitrary enforcement.
L&I cannot demonstrate that it ‘exercised honestly and upon due consideration’ or a ‘process of reason’ to arrive at the rule as L&I simply deferred to the governor’s proclamation and allowed for enforcement of the ‘safe place’ rule where ‘no specific rule’ exists.
There is no clear case for ‘good cause’ or ‘the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare’ as the governor’s proclamation already addresses these issues, making L&I’s mandate arbitrary and capricious.
We call on the governor to immediately repeal this mandate. If L&I wants to push this policy, it needs to go through the proper channels and work with the Legislature.
The two senators wrote in a statement
Walsh explained in a Facebook post last week that he was locked out of buildings in the state capitol of Olympia, for not providing proof of vaccination.
…This is not legal and it’s not moral. We are absolutely falling into some sort of Stockholm Syndrome that’s taken a hold of the legislature here in Olympia. And rather than being that active check against the Governor’s abuses, we’re following the Governor’s lead. That’s not what we’re supposed to be doing. We’re supposed to be standing up to that and representing you and giving you a voice in the John L O’Brien building or over there under the dome.
Inslee’s mandates have been a littler stricter than others around the country. He demands proof of vaccination or none at all. In other words, even if one could provide a negative test, it does not count and the person must show that they are vaccinated. If not, entry would be denied and state workers would be terminated from their positions.
The first wave of workers to go were thousands of police, firefighters, healthcare staff, powerline workers, school staff and teachers, caregivers, and more.
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As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Proverbs 28:15
The way these representatives are speaking, they really are not even that much against it, but to have it go through the “proper channels.” So, it’s just more politicians and their typical duplicity. As long as they keep their jobs and get paid, that’s all they are about.
I also believe that Washington is going to get hit hard this winter. With a lot of people getting the death shot, speculatory fears of the grid going down, and having a ton of state workers (including the powerline workers for crying out loud) – all within a state that is fairly cold and wet annually, the state is going to totally collapse, I believe. But we shall see.
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The FDA voted 17-0-1 (17 Yes, 0 No, 1 Abstained) to go ahead with the vaccine for kids 5-11. The CDC will soon meet to give that green light to go ahead with distributing the poison. It will get worse from there.
Ugh, my state sucks and I absolutely hate that SOB. In 2018, a huge group of us stood on the steps at the capitol building and protested the measles vaccine mandate they were trying to push through. It was incredible to see them disregard doctors and experts in favor of their agenda. These people are morons. There is an organization that started up last year called Free Washington and they are working on making headway with these illegal mandates but I fear we are outnumbered in this blue state. By the way, only the west side of WA is wet, the east side is dry and high desert in some places and far more red. Quite beautiful, if it wasn’t run by tards.
He looks like he is possessed!