He can't win, but we can

When Gov. Jay Inslee announced Tuesday that he and state public health leaders had decided to go easy considering a dreaded possible rollback to more restrictive public safety measures, no sighs of relief left his critics’ lips, just more grumbling.

After watching case rates rise for weeks, public health quantifiers noted the trend had plateaued, leveled off.

Critics of Inslee’s approach in deferr...