More on Dino Rossi from the Dailies

From the News Tribune:

Rossi knocked Gregoire for pushing a plan to increase the state gas tax for new transportation projects in 2005, for agreeing to delay requirements that high school students pass some standardized tests in order to graduate and for not taking personal responsibility when agencies fail.

Rossi offered a few ideas of his own. He’d support merit pay for good teachers and give school districts “emergency powers” to fire bad ones. He’d also support additional school board elections in districts where student achievement consistently lags.

The Seattle Times:

He said Gregoire has "spent and spent and spent" and set the state on course for a huge budget crisis in a few years. He said she has failed to make traffic congestion a top priority and done little more than study major education problems.

Well--that last one probably does stick, but you have to remember the full name of the taskforce was Washington Learns! tohaveyetanotherstudyabouteducationinwashington