The Climate Commitment Act is a complicated and deceptive piece of legislation. Our elected officials can impact the environment without this bureaucratic Rubik’s Cube. Below are specific numeric references of legislative lowlights.
RCW 70A.65.010. It’s the War and Peace of legislation. Definitions astonishingly account for eight pages and over 3,000 words, 68 interminable definitions that are incomprehensible. Difficult to understand means difficult to hold our state government accountable for the spending.
RCW 70A.65.040 outlines The Environmental Justice Council. Their job is vague and abstract at best. Somehow, Washington state pollution manages to discriminate, which means we need 16 people to figure out how to manage environmental justice, again making it harder to follow the money to fixing the real environmental problems. According to the state website, the manager pay band is $74,800 to $105,400 a year.
The misleading VOTE NO campaign supported by numerous self-interest groups claims plans for roads with routine repair work could be cut or eliminated. RCW 70A.65.240 specifically prohibits that use for the CCA funds.
We can fund our environmental needs, but the Climate Commitment Act is a really convoluted way to do it. Vote yes on 2117.
