Governor Jay Inslee: Protect Washington State Small Business from the Tyranny of L & I

Our small family owned construction company is being ruthlessly and unfairly pursued by L & I for $38,000.00 in unsubstantiated underpayments, interest and penalties. We have never missed a payment, never had a claim and followed the direction of our L & I account manger to the tee. Still, there is little or no recourse for us other than extremely expensive legal counsel which we are struggling to afford and who have informed us it is doubtful we will win our case. We will be bankrupted, our seven employees will lose their jobs and our satisfied customers will be hard pressed to get their projects completed. State agencies like L & I should be responsible entities helping small business to thrive, grow and support the economy not destroy, defeat and undermine honest, hard working Washington citizens which clearly, using us as an example, they are hell bent to do.