Inslee broke ag relationship

It is not often Gov. Jay Inslee directly addresses the state’s agricultural community. Last week, an Oregon publication ran a cover story featuring our governor doing just that.

The interview revealed how out of touch Inslee has become with farmers and ranchers of our state and, yet, how certain he is of his own ability to maintain an agriculture relationship.

When asked how he would “characterize his relationship” with agricultural, the governor responded: “Maybe it’s a little easier for me to do that than others, because I spent two decades in Selah, trying to set my little irrigation box to...