And, says, Senator Patty Murray, we’ll spend nearly $150 million of that booty in the name of defense. Here’s Murray’s breakdown of where more than $80 million of that will fall.
$14.5 million
for training facilities at Fort Lewis, which employs 42,000 military and civilian personnel
$16 million
to replace half a Tacoma pier used in Army Reserve boat missions
$20 million
for a new water distribution system at Whidbey Island’s naval air station
$33.9 million
for local military consumption meters, tracking electricity, water, and steam, among other utilities
Published in the Best Bars issue of Seattle Met.
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