Giving tax money to the EDC is like setting out milk and cookies for Santa  --  except that in real life, the parents who leave presents under the tree also get to eat the cookies.  Here in Clallam County, the EDC eats the cookies while other entities get stuff done.  Good for Lee Whetham for at least trying to get us to stop feeding our local unicorn with the public's tax dollars.

Nathan West can be as modest as he likes, but when a prospective employer comes to town these days, he sees a beautiful, bustling waterfront instead of our previous funky eyesore, and lots of other little touches that say "This town is cared for."  It matters  --  a lot more than whatever "activities" our imaginary friend the EDC has been engaging in over the publicly-funded, zero-results years.