Ferrie will bring needed fiscal skills

Published 9:59 am Friday, August 13, 2010

I was pleased to read your endorsement of Ryan Ferrie in the primary election to represent the Republican Party.

For several years now, Democrats have held all the power in Olympia and they have acted on it, overspending and setting aside voters’ attempt to control their penchant for raising our taxes (Initiative 960).

The Democrats’ tax-raising, free-spending ways are ruining our state. If we don’t elect “checks and balances” on their power in Olympia, I fear that we’re only a few years behind states like California, another Democrat-run state facing fiscal disaster. How many more businesses will leave Washington, taking jobs with them? How many times will we allow Democrats to threaten to cut essential services for Washington residents (like emergency services and infrastructure needs) while they fund non-essential pet projects?

Republican Ryan Ferrie is a small business owner who knows how to meet a payroll and live within one’s means. He understands the challenges facing Washington businesses and, as a fiscal conservative, will help bring sanity and common sense back to Washington state fiscal policy. He’s a man of integrity who wants to restore fiscal responsibility to our state government. He’s not a professional politician, but a businessman stepping up to help steer our state onto a more sustainable course.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. Let’s wise up and elect Republicans to break the Democrats’ hold on power in Olympia. Let’s see real change in Washington. Vote for Ryan Ferrie!

Kari Brodin

Lake Stevens