Shirley Hankins is the recipient of the largest fine in legislative ethics history. Her blatant disregard for the law is appalling. One should not put too much stock in anything she has to say at this point. She is likely upset that the House GOP leadership took away her committee assignment that she was using to enrich her family.
"Only somebody as dumb as Gregoire would endorse it."
- Dr. Matt Manweller, a political science professor at Central Washington University, during a confrontation with Democratic Party volunteers who were protesting against Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi's opposition to the state's current minimum wage policy, which increases the wage level with inflation every year.
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Shirley Hankins is the recipient of the largest fine in legislative ethics history. Her blatant disregard for the law is appalling. One should not put too much stock in anything she has to say at this point. She is likely upset that the House GOP leadership took away her committee assignment that she was using to enrich her family.
Now the Democrats embrace her. Good riddance.