Gov. Jay Inslee has joined the competitiveness battle, a high stakes bid to assure that the Boeing 777X is built here. The Seattle Times writes:

Gov. Jay Inslee proposes funding a new cargo facility at the Port of Everett, extending Boeing’s tax breaks and streamlining the local permitting process in Everett as part of a push to keep Boeing’s forthcoming 777X in Washington state.

The story adds:

With a formal launch and a committment to produce the plane expected within months, the state has limited time to complete its analyses and get firm legislative proposals on the table.

…Still, Inslee and his aerospace point man, Alex Pietsch, aren’t taking for granted that local workers will do the design and final assembly of the jet.

Other elements of the proposal include transportation and education improvements. Details are available in the Aerospace Industry Strategy. Here’s the press release.

We’ll have more on this later.