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Dori: Washington State Ferries is wasting our money

Oct 6, 2015, 10:42 PM | Updated: Oct 7, 2015, 2:06 pm

The Washington State Ferries reportedly wasted millions of dollars on nine unused generators and no...

The Washington State Ferries reportedly wasted millions of dollars on nine unused generators and now it can't get rid of them in an auction. (MyNorthwest photo)

(MyNorthwest photo)

Your tax dollars at work: The Washington State Ferries spent nearly $6 million on generators that, as it turns out, didn’t work on the ferries, according to KIRO TV.

These geniuses have been paying $3,500 per month to store the unused generators. So now they’re trying to auction them off. The auction closes on Thursday.

So far they have gotten…zero bids.

Liberals around here continue to tell me we need higher taxes. I continue to say we must starve the beast.

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