I wouldn't put my retirement money on the line for something like this, ... It is a very difficult environment for startups right now, with jet fuel so high. That scares investors away.

Washington is one of the few places they make money. They would be silly to give up an asset like that.

It is not appropriate at all for the money to be spent on someone’s retirement. It is over the top,

There was this pool of money sitting in the retirement funds, that was not part of the (state treasury). A couple of legislatures burned up that surplus. We came back to ground zero — and then we got into the loss years.

It is not appropriate at all for the money to be spent on someone’s retirement. It is over the top,

These executives earn what an entire neighborhood of typical families make collectively. They don't need this money for retirement. These plans are just outrageous.