Where is this $700 million coming from? It doesn't grow on fuvking trees! General obligation state bonds get paid back from the state GF. Here is Rep. De Bolt's effort to fleece taxpayers all over the state for the Chehalis. I've said repeatedly there is no way local citizen taxpayers can afford or would ever agree to pay for the Chehalis flood debacle. So they're just going to dip into every taxpayer's pocket a little bit.

And nice as habitat improvement projects might be, the proven most cost effective habitat measure is to not destroy it in the first place. Priority number one in the Chehalis basin should be to stop degrading and destroying fish habitat with flood control projects. It really is that simple, unless you're a flood subsidy seeking land owner/developer.