Bailey’s votes show why she must go

Published 2:56 pm Friday, August 29, 2008

Barbara Bailey, one of the leaders of the pack of ultra-conservative Western Washington legislators, has one of the most astoundingly bad voting records in the state.

Some examples of her “out-of-touch” votes include: Against stem cell research; against banning high-hazard pesticides on school facilities; against the labeling of lead-containing products; against establishing the energy freedom program; against addressing the impacts of climate change through the growth management act; against requiring the use of high-performance green building standards in construction of public school buildings; against protecting shell fish in Puget Sound; against protecting orcas from vessels; against enhancing oil spill protections; against increased reporting by clergy of child abuse; against scientifically accurate sex education information; against the importation of lower-cost Canadian prescription drugs; against prescription drug consortiums to lower drug costs for seniors; against creating the Patient Safety Act; against granting the insurance commissioner authority to review health benefit plan rates; against establishing family and medical leave insurance; against expanding health care services for children; against performance audits to see if tax preferences based on job development actually resulted in jobs being created; against providing a property tax exemption for nonprofit small business incubators; and against restricting access to precursor drugs used to manufacture methamphetamine.

These are but a few of Bailey’s regressive votes. It’s time for a change. We all deserve better representation in Olympia. All of the foregoing votes may be accessed at www.washingtonvotes.com.

Nels Kelstrom