(WA) Gregoire says state will back county to keep Navy base open

[merwin]

Gregoire says state will back county to keep Navy base open
By Brian Kelly
Herald Writer

EVERETT - On her first full day in office on Thursday, Gov. Christine Gregoire said the state would offer a supporting role as Washington communities work to save their military bases from closure.
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Naval Station Everett is Snohomish County's second-largest employer, and the economic impact of the military here was estimated at $431 million in 2003. In Island County, the military pumps an estimated $674 million annually into the economy.
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Gregoire will look at the budget for military communities that need additional support during the base-closure process. Right now, the state budget doesn't include money for that. Filling a vacant position for a person to work as a liaison with communities on the base-closure issue is another thing the state can do, she said.
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See? Democrats care about the military AND jobs!

[barbaraann]

1. Scoop Jackson would be proud.

But I find myself agreeing with Ike.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
~ Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969)