Bill would put people to work improving, repairing schools
By
Joan Crooks
The Olympian
February 13, 2010
Opinion Editorial by Joan Crooks, Washington Environmental Council, in The Olympian.
"Across the state, Washington children are attending class in schools that don't meet basic standards. In Quilcene, elementary schools have 60-year-old windows and a leaky roof. In Lake Stevens, kids had to attend classes in their coats and hats when the heating system broke.
And across the state, thousands of Washingtonians are looking for work that hasn’t come.
There’s a solution to both problems if we have the courage to grasp it..."
