Those dams produce a lot of electricity. The COE has both the money and the knowledge to manage and maintain them. The rec sites were a bonus. WA is already looking at a large budget deficit that it is trying to fill. Camping fees wouldn't fill the hole. The simple answer is electricity prices...
Probably more local to the area of E Wash, E Oregon, and W ID, but also tip-of-the-iceberg.
Army Corp of Engineers to shutter 10 recreation sites along the lower Snake River. All due to lack of staffing.
Lower Granite Dam and Lock
- The Visitor Center will be closed Sundays through Thursdays...
Enough is an amount large enough that could change the results of an election.
Wow. You took a hard right turn down a rabbit hole on that one. (EDIT: You might be surprised by the number of college students on medicaid. But generally, HS education and below makes a person much higher to need...
There is a long history of not touching the big stuff. I am not blaming the last election on this. I am saying there is a nervousness about touching it now. And see @jryoung post.
Well, yes. I mean, not all of them, obviously, but enough. Look at demographics on voter education, look at the...
How do you define efficiency? Everyone seems to be using that word a lot but no one is defining it.
I agree we can't "tax our way to prosperity", but we can't "cut our way to prosperity" either. Everyone hates taxes so it is an easy target to get votes.
You can see below we created a revenue...
Always fun. I don’t have a trailer but can see the issue. I agree that being able to drive each morning might expand your options. You can usually see two tracks on satellite photos. I will also add I saw a few places in WY where people put logs and brush across the entrance to discourage others...
The new mob. All legal, with less work.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/26/donald-trump-washington-club-00311720?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Same. I think a lot of people saw a decline in service/quality so Gen Y could watch Netflix on their phones. Oddly, my service in urban areas has significant holes as well. You would think they would be outraged. There are also a bunch of small providers for cell towers that further complicates...
on iPhone
- Settings
- Celluar
- Celluar data options
- Voice and Data
3G and 4g are different band widths, so I'm curious as to what was going on with "boosting". As it was explained to me by the engineer, sometimes 5g gets blamed, but it might not be the exact cause. 5G is higher band width...