From the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Online News.

Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2010

Lawmakers should not be paid more for extra session
Sen. Joe Zarelli, R-Ridgefield, has introduced prudent legislation that would deny lawmakers expense money for hastily called special sessions.
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Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
When state lawmakers convened in Olympia in January they had 60 days to reach agreement on how to deal with a $2.8 billion revenue shortfall in the current budget. They failed. And, as a result, Gov. Chris Gregoire has called senators and representatives back to Olympia for an overtime session beginning Monday — at a cost of about $20,000 a day. Taxpayers should be outraged.

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