You are expecting anything different? Emergency powers

Having tasted the power, a tyrant wannabe will not want to go back — Seattle station KOMO:

Emergency powers for Gov. Inslee remain in place although COVID crisis has eased
Now that Oregon’s governor has rescinded the emergency powers declaration that she issued at the onset of the COVID crisis, some are wondering will Washington state be next?

Gov. Jay Inslee’s emergency declaration remains in place some two years after the state logged its first reported coronavirus case..

Even though there is a slight uptick in cases in some areas of the state, it is nothing like what we saw with the last surge.

Yeah - riiggghhhhht...