Opinion: Governor’s new economic council snubs startups, forgets AI

(Flickr Photo via Governor’s Office ) Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson last week announced an Economic Development Council to “identify practical actions that strengthen Washington’s economy, expand opportunity and help more Washingtonians succeed.” To Ferguson’s credit, he may finally be recognizing that Washington’s business climate is deteriorating. While he didn’t admit any responsibility for that decline, the number of companies and highly successful job creators t