Last night the Governor and members of the recently formed Committee on Transforming Washington’s  Budget held the last of four public hearings in Spokane.

The hearings mimicked many of the same messages that the Governor and committee members have heard over the last month in Tacoma, Everett, and Vancouver– spare services and reduce taxes.

Among the requests from the 43 people who testified: Don’t cut money that pays to educate our youth; Don’t cut jobs of parole officers who keep an eye on violent offenders; and Don’t cut money that keeps the elderly in their own homes.

Though the statewide hearings are over, the Governor and the Committee are still collecting input through the website launched to gather thoughts regarding what government should and should not fund.