April 23, 2009

Parks Opt-Out Bill Gets Another Good Hearing

The "opt out" funding plan to keep all state parks open had another good hearing in the Senate Ways and Means Committee Wednesday.

The committee OK'd SHB 2339 and moved it to the Senate Rules Committee, which schedules bills for votes of the full Senate.

The funding plan would raise $26 million.

"Without it, we face the devastating closure of up to 50 state parks...," Federation Statewide Parks Local 1466 President Brian Yearout testified.

"The people's parks are crown jewels that the public will continue to support."

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