Washington Gov. proposes privatizing state's lottery

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rdgrnr — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:08:20 GMT

It must be a good idea if the unions are against it.

Unions are the bellwether of bad news, just like the ACLU.

You can never go wrong opposing everything they support and supporting everything they're against.

It's a good rule of thumb.

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mcginnin56 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:50:00 GMT

Hurray for Gov. Chris Gregoire!!!Unionized State employees.......... remind me of herds of little vampires looking to suck us all dry, with Tim Welch as Dracula himself overseeing the suck fest.

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dpoly1 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:47:30 GMT

What, and deprive Government Employees of bloated salaries and pensions !!!!!!!!

How will you pander for public employee votes that way ...............

The Washington Federation of State Employees, which represents 37 district sales representatives who work for the lottery, said it's a bad idea.

Washington Gov. proposes privatizing state's lottery

Lottery Post — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:49:22 GMT

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday floated the idea of privatizing the state lottery system as a way to bring in more money for education.

I want to be clear: I am not proposing that the lottery expand gambling, Gregoire said at a news conference. Private-sector operation of the lottery would be the lottery that we have today.

She wants the Legislature to approve having the lottery solicit proposals from private vendors to run the operation.

The idea would be to see if the pri... [ More ]