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With Heck as his tail-twister, Gardner’s second term was far more successful than the first. Still, “The legislative process frustrated me,” Booth says ruefully. If only he had been able to push through tax reform and health care reform, he says “it would have improved the quality of life in this state immeasurably and allowed us to fund the best educational system in the world.” * * * In March of 1992, Senator Adams withdrew from the race in the wake of a Seattle Times article that said he’d victimized seven other women. Booth was under enormous pressure to capitalize on his popularity and keep the seat for the party. Jean held him to his promise to take a break from politics. She made no bones about it: A Senate campaign could jeopardize their marriage. On the campaign trail that summer, all five politicians who wanted his job promised to create world-class schools, health care for all and a bumper crop of new family-wage jobs. There was a giant pothole in the road to Shangri-La: Another billion-dollar deficit for the 1993-95 biennium. For the Democratic nomination, Lowry swamped King, taking 29 percent of the vote overall, to the speaker’s 8.35 percent. Eikenberry edged Morrison to become the GOP standard bearer. McDonald was a distant third. Intelligent and handsome, the senator suffered from the same charisma deficit that was Maleng’s undoing. Booth helped Mike beat “Eik.” His protégé, Chris Gregoire, was elected attorney general, trouncing Maleng. The upset special was Patty Murray, the tiny “mom in tennis shoes,” who moved from the Shoreline School Board to the U.S. Senate in the space of four years. Murray was the underdog until her opponent, Congressman Rod Chandler, ended one of their debates with a chauvinistic rendition of the refrain from a popular Roger Miller ditty: “Dang me, dang me/They oughta take a rope and hang me/High from the highest tree/Woman would you weep for me!” Having supplied the noose, he did the weeping. Murray took 54 percent of the vote. Bill Clinton ousted George Bush, and Booth began lobbying to become ambassador to Japan. Some 1,200 friends and admirers threw him a goodbye party at the Seattle Trade Center, the site of his 1984 victory party. Many wore replicas of the original “Booth Who?” campaign button. Gardner’s farewell address on January 12, 1993, was brief, but his emotion was palpable. Many said it was the best speech he’d ever given. He started with the story about that logger in Hoquiam who’d asked “What about me?” and ended with a plea for his successor and the lawmakers to set aside partisan differences and “have the courage to change even when change is uncomfortable. In a democratic society,” he said, “the status quo is the enemy of stability, not its friend.” 152
The consensus in the chamber was that he would be remembered more as a CEOlike leader than a politician. “I don’t think anybody ever doubted Booth Gardner was doing this for any other reason than that he wanted to serve the state,” said Brian Ebersole of Tacoma, the new speaker of the House. “People didn’t question his motives.” Booth’s last act was a letter to state employees: “As I leave office this week, I want to thank you for the hard work you’ve performed for the past eight years. I think we all know that the contributions of state employees often aren’t fully understood or appreciated by the general public. I want you to know that I have learned firsthand how dedicated you truly are. … and rest assured that I’ll speak highly of your efforts in the years ahead. “We’ve all learned how to do more with less these past eight years, and I’m confident that you’ll continue to pursue excellence in your respective fields and make me as proud of you tomorrow as I am today. “Sincerely, Booth” 153
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Booth Who? A biography of Booth Gar
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Al Rosellini, 15 th governor of the
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Daniel Bergner, the writer whose 20
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Yesler Terrace, a housing project,
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He carries the names of two of the
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Gardner appointed the first ethnic
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ultimate curve ball, a debilitating
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horses, mules, and cattle. The newc
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weeks of wood shavings marinating i
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ut Laurence Booth took some lumps i
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Vashon Island. His wife died in 192
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from the 5,000-square-foot Booth ho
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coaching a championship girls’ so
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orange cars. I liked them. So I dec
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more surprised when he told me that
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and he just sort of came out of it.
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them. That’s where I learned that
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Matthew and Roger Clapp were critic
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Portland on business, flew immediat
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Chapter Four: Running away About th
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adulthood, I never saw Booth use hi
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kids and kids with disabilities. I
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ecame a hyperactive wild child, she
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Chapter Five: Al’s Helicopter Wha
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the story’s not true, yet you get
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each cabin. When I talked to Booth
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Brick Gardner had been at the hotel
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Chapter Seven: Senator Gardner Befo
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The 26 th District freshman’s acc
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stage of each legislative session,
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plus its major stake in Weyerhaeuse
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I had outstanding instincts - way b
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Chapter nine: “He’s gonna get y
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The stage was set for a Gardner-Fau
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We went to see him and he gave us a
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Chapter 10: Earning his “MBWA”
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to “work 110 percent to see that
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wasn’t impressed with either the
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poles. After a couple of hours, the
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Callaghan observed that “for a gu
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Chapter 11: Put on your crash helme
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“Trying to figure him out was an
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Pete never says anything he doesn
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his Spanaway area home. When he wan
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McDermott said, “Yeah, you, go ah
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their own. While Spellman was addre
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a real high.” Gardner said the pe
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A pre-inaugural poll by The Seattle
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Booth meets with members of his sta
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With economic development as a corn
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Booth meets the press. David Ammons
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chopper pilot as “a super soldier
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and Anderson told a packed press co
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Page 196 and 197: Acknowledgements Phil Graham, publi
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1968-2004, No. 717 1 027481. Marria
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Bibliography Books, articles and ma
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Sensel, Joni, Traditions Through th
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Born: August 21, 1936, Tacoma Gener
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Burien, Washington 84 Burt, Lyle 97
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Gardner, William Sr. 14 Garfield Hi
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Mr. Rogers 103 Mount Hood 31 Munici
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Seattle Trade Center 152 Seattle Tr
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