LETTER: Why is our legislative spending priority funding trails instead of education?

Here we are again in overtime for our state Legislature, at an additional cost to taxpayers of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

That doesn’t take into account the daily cost (which will also be a burden to us) of not completely funding education.

We keep voting in these — in my opinion — incompetent people just because of name recognition.

We are possibly headed to a second overtime this legislative session.

When is enough enough?

Has anyone asked why about $1.5 million is being spent connecting trails in Clallam and Jefferson counties, including connections involving the Larry Scott Trail in Jefferson County and the Spruce Railroad Trail in Clallam, and $643,000 to rehabilitate historic warehouses at Fort Worden in Jefferson County?

Yet education is on the back burner.

How many other countries have money going to things that could be funded by volunteers and users or put on hold until actual priorities are taken care of?

Education is not a No. 1 priority for our legislation.

But trails are?

Overtime legislative sessions and the fine being imposed for not funding education is taking money away from the purpose of actual responsibilities for our state.

Please contact our representatives and demand all funding be prioritized first and spending occur from there to necessities, then to wish lists such as walking trails, restoring the Adventuress sailing ship, etc.

In the next election, we need to vote in new blood since we are now in a third year of overtime spending and this body obviously does not have their priorities set correctly.

Sally Radon,

Port Ludlow