Cause emergency then its the Dems excuse to hide the budget process

Yes. The Olympia Democratics overspend when the tax revenue is pouring in. When the revenue slows they have an emergency. So it "forces them" to hide the budget process. Because "this isn't like any other year." Political Buzz - Lisa Brown: Parts of budget will be revealed when House and Senate negotiators reach agreement, stay tuned | The News Tribune | Tacoma, WA: That's what Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, told reporters at noon Thursday during her weekly news conference. "By the time the budget comes out . . . major pieces of it should already be agreed to," she said. That would be a departure from years past, when an entire $70 billion two-year budget has been dumped on rank-and-file lawmakers, reporters, stateholders and lobbyist, then hurriedly voted on before most of us even understood it. "This isn't like any other year," Brown said.