In this case, if you know Christine Gregoire you will be given a cushy state job WITH a healthy pay increase over what the person before you made.
In many ways, Gov. Christine Gregoire’s 23-member Cabinet looks a lot like her predecessor’s  same number of minorities, a similar average age, even some of the same appointees.
But there is at least one notable difference: Gregoire’s Cabinet is costing taxpayers a lot more than former Gov. Gary Locke’s.
All but three of Gregoire’s Cabinet appointees are making significantly more than the jobs paid under Locke  including five appointees who are making at least $20,000 more, and an additional six who are making at least $10,000 more.
In all, Gregoire’s Cabinet will earn about $256,000 a year more than the previous Cabinet when Locke stepped down.
And that comes on top of big raises that Locke gave many Cabinet members last year as enticement to stay on through the end of his administration.
How quaint.
With this state in debt and the Dems taxing everything that moves and subsidizing everything that doesn’t, the newest Democrat Governor has decided her A-Team is going to get a raise before they even start to do their jobs.