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I don't know, it doesn't seem like it makes much sense to be so condescending and angry after they have done exactly what you wanted: Backtrack on their votes (as they should have) and said that they wouldn't vote to overturn the veto. They took a stupid vote without giving us a chance to speak out against it beforehand, and now that we have spoken and there's a chance for them to switch their votes (basically), they are.

Sure they fucked up, but what are you proving by mocking them now? Honestly Sydney, the caliber of your reporting and writing in the past leaves me surprised at this from you.
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This is the era where the worst thing a person can do, ever, is admit they are wrong and apologize. To weak, stupid people it makes the person apologizing look weak and stupid.

This is best exemplified by the current CIC, but the trend started long before he ran for office. Its loudest current local adherents are litmus-test progressives and SLU office workers.

If the Reps hadn't addressed this, you'd snark. They are, you snark. Question: How are you helping enable the transparency and good government you ostensibly want?
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@4, @5 Actually, this is the Hillary Clinton method of being wrong.

They voted for a piece of legislation that they claim was brought to the floor in a hurry and passed in a rush. Nicole Macri wasn’t even apologizing for it being a bad piece of legislation, just that the process to prevent transparency wasn’t transparent enough.

Still, now she’s apologizing for having voted for it (something that Pedersen hasn’t even done yet). If Gov Inslee ignores the letter and signs the legislation into law, it will look like she tried. But, gosh darn it, she already did the fucked up thing and bad old Jay Inslee wouldn’t let her take it back.

This is Hillary’s MO. Fuck up in the moment, apologize later after it couldn’t be undone. And then you can be seen as conciliatory, even though the damage has been done.

Legislators don’t get Oopsies. Their “mistakes” get coded into law and have real effects. You can’t just “oopsie” away the Iraq War, or codifying the transparency level of a whole branch of government. .
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@8 Specific legislators might not. But bodies of government do. Next time you have a beer, think about the 21st amendment. And that's an innocuous example. The country has done far worse that it later tried to undo. It's actually kind of rare to see specific legislators admit they were dead wrong and then try to undo their bad laws. Would be better if more of them did.

Also, you do know Inslee vetoed it yesterday, right?
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@9 Nope. I didn’t know Inslee vetoed it yesterday. I knew he had until Monday to veto it, and Macri’s apology, which I received at 1:30pm, made it sound like he hadn’t yet (nor do I expect to find pertinent facts like that delegated to a photo’s caption rather than in the body of the article). That was my fault for not knowing that fact.

I’m glad they stood up. I’m glad they stopped it before it became law.

It should not have gotten that far in the first place.
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@2 @3 @6 Maybe now you can file a FOIA to make them tell you where your micropenis is. (Hint: you should start with the volumnous folds of your front-butt.)
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@5 These legislators are stupid and weak for wanting a “fresh start” instead of simply complying with the RCW 43.56, the Public Records Act.
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How about a list of names?
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They're only YOUR legislatwhores IF you are a member of the Upper Klass. Pah! --- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1… .

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