Vernon Reis opened the world to me through books. He taught me that while I was physically firmly planted in blue-collar Auburn, Washington in the 50s and early 60s, intellectually I could go anywhere, explore anything, and sample exciting new ideas simply by opening a book. |
We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love. |
We can leave our legacy only if we are willing to change - to go beyond partisan labels, and to solve the problems facing Washingtonians. |
We face a siege of wildfire across our state, |
We have lots of studies about what's wrong with our education system. We need to accept responsibility, be bold, find solutions and move forward to make education a centerpiece of our economic development. |
We may disagree on some things, but we can do so without being disagreeable. |
We must work to help all families and all communities realize their dream of a better future. |
We need an aggressive, sustained and comprehensive assault by industry, government and consumers to stop spam, ... Today's lawsuits are exactly the kinds of action we need to put illegal spammers out of business. |
When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must design our middle and high schools so that no student gets lost in the crowd and disconnected from his or her own potential. |