The one bill from any central washington legislator moving through Olympia is Rep. Mary Skinner’s (R-Yakima) poet laureate bill. She may have thought about checking to see if any of her constituents want the bill to pass.
In today’s Yakima Herald, they run a online poll asking “Does Washington Need A Poet Laureate?” Here’s the results so far:
Yes – and soon: 7%
Why not?: 6%
No – waste of money: 41%
What’s a poet laureate?: 45%
That means only 13% support the idea. That’s even lower than George Bush’s approval ratings….
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