Maybe a Pushmi/Pullyu Act of Government at Several Levels. Legislate for Drugs/ Against Drugs; For Responsible Government vs The Unlegislative Government Unaccountability. 

Maybe they have to be Popular as the Bottom Line, so they are just Feeding the Media Speculation! Locally, they have already sold off the Tacoma Narrows, which if you look at the History of the Defense of the Nation, these Northwest Waterways, Roads and Bridges were Key to our National Defense! In South Sound also, they "Puget Sound Energy" sold the Water Rights of Recreational Lake Tapps, without having any true legal rights to the water source, as it comes down from Rainier/Cascades through the Mud Mountain Dam ...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tapps_(Washington);https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_River_(Washington). 

And Maybe, since the Boldt Decision, they fear that despite HISTORY in the Making, they still have NO LEGAL RIGHTS! http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/salmon/BoldtDecision8.5x11layoutforweb.pdf