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BRIDGEPORT, Wash. - When Gov. Jay Inslee toured eastern Washington towns devastated by wildfires last week, he thought he was bringing a gift of unity: honeycrisp apples grown at the governor's mansion in Olympia. It turns out, he was committing an illegal act.
According to the state Department of Agriculture, it's against the law to bring homegrown fruit or municipal waste from apple maggot quarantine areas to areas that are considered pest-free. The towns where he gifted apples - Bridgeport, Malden and Omak - are in counties without apple maggots. And with apple orchards and orchardists abound, that's exactly how they'd like to remain.
originally posted by: rickymouse
Our government used to stockpile a lot of food and give it to the needy to rotate it. I liked the welfare cheese, it was pretty good. Friends of mine got it and I actually worked the truck occasionally handing it out.