This is written as if the noble house is just trying to serve the people and the senate are playing dirty to get their way. What it fails to mention is that the house has stubbornly refused to address Hirst. vs. Whatcom since its first reading in March. They have been sitting on it hoping it would die a quiet death and had no incentive to even pretend to consider addressing it. Since they refused to look at it for its own sake, they now have to because it is holding up the capital budget. It is not the Senate who is being stubborn.

There is always a public education crisis whenever one is needed. This state has collected more tax revenue and allocated more toward educations in each of the last successive years than ever before. Even if this weren't this case, schools are not as important as water. One is an institution created by our system. One is a biological necessity.

Hirst vs. Whatcom is a ploy to drive people into cities and control their resources. It's not about conservation.