Since a one-year plan is what really matters, we've focused on how to best help the ferry system this year. So that's what our plan does. There are other differences between our plan for the ferry system and the House Republicans' idea. House Republicans don't include any new money for capital projects. That's like making your car payments every month, but refusing to pay for oil changes, tune ups and repairs.
Every ferry works hard, day in and day out.
The boats and terminals get banged up. Ferries get old and need to be repaired or replaced. We make plans for that, and that's an important difference. If indeed we are to run every ferry at full service, there are at least two boats that must be repaired immediately. This should be our money, and we need to get it into Washington state.