Schmick, Dye express post-session thoughts to newsroom

State representatives Mary Dye of Pomeroy and Joe Schmick of Colfax stopped in at the Whitman County Gazette last Friday for a discussion about the completed session in Olympia.

“I'm probably happier than I've been,” said Dye of what she thought of the session overall, which ran from Jan. 14 to April 28, with a new budget agreed to 20 minutes before midnight. “I think we gave voice to our constituents.”

She noted things she was happy about, as well as some things she was not – items from Governor Jay Inslee, also a Democratic candidate for president.

“The governor was obviously thinking of nat...