Governor Gregoire: Follow the Law
As detailed by the EFF's Bob Williams, Governor Gregoire is required by RCW 43.88.110 (8) to order across-the-board cuts in allotments for a particular fund "if at any time during the fiscal period the governor projects a cash deficit" in that fund. Currently, the governor's March economic forecast projects a $48m deficit in the general fund on June 30.
This is not optional. She is required to order these cuts and has not done so. 
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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