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ESA disclosure

June 19, 2007

Pushes for disclosure - and disclosure of what - can vary depending on where you are. Provided fair standards and reasoned accuracy, this one - from Washington Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers - sounds like a useful part of the mix.

Her proposal (observed via NW Republican) is the Endangered Species Transparency Act of 2007, "The bill requires Power Marketing Administrations, including the Bonneville Power Administration, to estimate and report the direct and indirect costs associated with the Endangered Species Act to each wholesale power customer on a monthly billing basis."

There are costs, of course; how much gets into dispute, and becomes political. This sounds as if it could - properly managed - put some fact into the situation.

Opening the doors to success

June 19, 2007
Washington Corrections employment

Washington corrections employment

The point isn't quite as clear in this graphic from the employment page at the Washington State Department of Corrections as it is on the image in the Slog - that one, using mostly the same graphic elements, showing an ad on the side of a bus in Seattle. The slogan on the bus ad reads: "Department of Corrections - Opening the Doors to Success - 900+ jobs open."

The bit about "opening the doors" is, of course, too good pass up. But there's something else to say here too.

And not diminished by the fact that, when you get to the Corrections job site, you see the offering of "300+ jobs."

The job categories you see are more varied than you might expect. Plenty of correctional officer slots, sure. But also: Human Relations Consultant; Senior Contracts Attorney; Dentist; Recreation Therapist; Waste Water Treatment Plant Operator; Religious Program Specialist; and - coming soon - a batch of positions in information technology.

All in one of the most expansive growth industries around. A look at the list gives you fresh appreciation for just how much growth and how big - not to mention how influential - all this is becoming.