(The Center Square) – Washington Republican candidate for governor Dave Reichert is blasting Gov. Jay Inslee over ongoing issues plaguing Washington State Ferries.
“With nearly 40% of the vessels in the Washington State Ferries fleet out of service, I’m calling on Inslee to take immediate action on the mismanaged nightmare that happened on your watch,” a news release from Reichert’s campaign said.
The news release went on to say, “The current administration has decided to just let the ferry system deteriorate purposefully because they have planned to transfer to electric ferries.”
Reichert elaborated in speaking with The Center Square on Thursday.
“The push to electric ferries puts us out now so many years and people on the islands can’t wait that long,” he said of the ferry-dependent San Juan Islands.
He went on to observe, “We can put clean-burning diesel ferries and build those out and get them on the route and bring back
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