The State's Printing Troubles
New reports allege political corruption and financial mismanagement within state institutions.
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The list of state scandals is growing and more are due next week. The state is called on now to make up a deficiency in the appropriation for the state printer. Oh, it isn't much, only $52,000. It is not generally known that this money goes to a knot of Republican politicians known as the State Printing Company, of which several very smooth Republican politicians hold the stock. If the state will buy a plant and do its own printing, fifty thousand dollars can be saved in the next two years. The News yesterday called attention to the extravagance of the Medical Lake Insane Asylum trustees. It costs 60 cents a day to keep a patient at Steilacoom and $1.46 at Medical Lake.
“It is not generally known that this money goes to a knot of Republican politicians known as the State Printing Company.”
Allegations of 'insider' contracts and bloated costs for public services have been a recurring feature of Washington politics for over a century, as voters continue to grapple with accountability in state spending.
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