Washblog

Luke Esser:

"The Gregoire administration has stumbled into good economic times," Esser said. "The governor is trying to take credit for the work of others."

Association of Washington Business Blog:

Forbes singles out our improved regulatory environment.

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I've no reason to dispute this. AWB applauded continuation of the Office of Regulatory Assistance. With business support, state officials have taken positive steps to improve a regulatory climate that the first Washington Competitiveness Council called "a tangled structure that evolved in piecemeal fashion, resulting in an uncoordinated and inefficient regulatory regime." Few would contend, however, that we're out of the woods.

Granted the Washington Competitiveness Council was started by former Democratic Governor Gary Locke, but that couldn't be the "work of others" that Esser could be talking about, could it?

The two bills (here and here) that created the Office of Regulatory Assistance were sponsored by five Democrats and two Republicans. Is that the "work of others" that Esser is talking about?