Gregoire (D): Liar or Incompetent ?

During this past campaign Dino Rossi warned of a 3.2 billion dollar budget deficit. Christine Gregoire espoused that WA State had an 800 million dollar surplus. As it turns out, we have a 5 billion dollar deficit.

Was Gregoire lying to the public? Was she misleading the public? Was she totally incompetent and didn't know we were heading towards a deficit?

The first duty of the Governor of our state is to keep the state in a healthy financial position. Was Gregoire lying, or incompetent? You be the judge.

Videos:

Gregoire Denies a Deficit

Gregoire Denies a Budget Deficit Again

Gregoire Wants a State Income Tax

Gregoire Blows Through Surplus - Campaign Ad

Gregoire Income Tax Quiz

Gregoire "We Do Not Have a Deficit Today"

News Articles:

Seattle Times 11/06 -- Balance Budget without Raising Taxes?

KREM.com 11/19 -- WA State Deficit Grows to Over 5 Billion

KIRO TV 11/22 -- Budget Cuts Will be 'Truly Ugly'

Seattle Times 11/30 -- Gregoire Faces Massive Buget Cuts

My Budget reflects my values and the values of the people of Washington state.

We are in a serious budget crisis. 5 billion dollars is a lot of money for Washington (read: you and me). Gregoire's proposed cuts as 'ugly' as they may seem, are not even a drop in the bucket towards getting our financial future secure.

You can bet that the tax increase rethoric is about to begin. Wouldn't it be nice to have the gambling revenue that Gregoire pissed away. I think I remember that it was about 160 million dollars a year that she gave away in return for campaign contributions?