Dear Friends, Supporters, and Constituents,        

          It has been a great honor to represent you, the people of the 2nd District. As always, I have been working hard to represent your interests and address your concerns. Some of my goals this past biennium were to continue helping our veterans and seniors, seek alternatives to the WASL while maintaining high academic standards in the classroom, secure funding for noteworthy projects within the district, and crack down on crime. I worked as best I could across party lines to get things done and was able to accomplish something in all of these areas.

Jim McCune & Dino Rossi
Jake & Jim

        Once again, fiscal responsibility has been one
of my foremost concerns,especially in this last session, where it was revealed that the projected budget has increased by $8.2 billion from $25.2 billion to $33.4 billion—an outrageous 33% spending increase! At the current rate of spending (which doesn’t show any signs of decreasing), we will probably be facing a deficit of $2.5 billion next year. This is totally unacceptable: the citizens of this state deserve better than having their tax dollars spent on pork and pointless agendas.

          It is past time for our state government to get serious about saving the taxpayer’s dollars. Money has been wasted in far too many areas, forfeiting opportunities to meet real needs such as education, transportation and public safety.

          You can count on me to stick to my policy of commonsense, voter-oriented work in the legislative process. I will not pursue things merely for my own gain, but for the benefit of the people of the 2nd District and this state.

          I believe that the education and equipping of our children is the heart of the American dream. Our education policy should focus on training our children in the vital skills which form the tools to success – skills such as the ability to read and write, understand math and know their history and geography. More important than knowledge, however, is character: Our children should learn character in addition to academics.

         Regardless of your party affiliation, most of you desire to see government be accountable to the people, and use your tax dollars wisely and efficiently. That is my desire also, and is one of the reasons I decided to get involved in the political process. If you believe government should be more dedicated to the interests and concerns of its people, I would be honored to have your continued support as I seek reelection to the Washington State House of Representatives.

Thank you,
 
Representative Jim McCune
2nd District