On the first day of a second special session in the legislature, Washington state officials sent notice to unions that some workers will be laid off July 1 if lawmakers don't reach a budget deal by the end of June.
[ The list of impacts of a partial state government shutdown is long. ]
Laying off community corrections officers means most felons would go unsupervised after prison.
Low-income working parents would lose help paying for child care.
A program that gives financial help to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans would be suspended.
State parks would close.
"I would be frustrated that they couldn't get it together enough to do the jobs that we elected them for," said Kristie Walker, of Renton, as she visited Saltwater State Park for the first time this year.
"Summer's not the time to close the parks down," Walker said.
Other impacts include the suspension of some fish hatchery operations and some commercial and sport fisheries.
At Emerald Downs, horseracing would cease, because the track is regulated by the Washington Horse Racing Commission, which would be completley shut down.
The commission is fully funded by the horse racing industry, but needs a legislative appropriation to spend money.
"If I did my job the way the legislature does theirs, I'd be fired," said Wayne Beresford, a security officer at a state facility for troubled youth.
Beresford doesn't think he'll be laid off, but knows thousands of state employees and their families could suffer.
"If it goes through, it is going to hurt a lot of people," he said.
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