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Bacon, bought a Tacoma gift shop…,” from “A very down-to-earth Jean Gardner learns
to like life at the top,” P-I, April 12, 1987. Details of the ham-handed Tacoma extortion
ring from “Swept Away,” the Seattle Weekly, Sept. 30, 1998. Doug Gardner’s quote “He
provided for us …,” from “Death in the Family,” New York Times Magazine, Dec. 2, 2007.
Chapter Nine: “He’s gonna get you next”
Interviews in 2009 with Booth Gardner and Larry Faulk. “The first must be the
very best,” from Gardner campaign ad, TNT, Dec. 16, 1980. “A chance for a fresh start,”
from “Gardner launches county executive bid,” Peninsula Gateway, Dec. 17, 1980. “I don’t
think the election can be bought,” from “Larry Faulk confident,” TNT, Jan. 4, 1981. “They
must be reading the same polls…,” and “I’m just a runner,” from “Executive race to be
costly,” TNT, January 5, 1981. “To send out an ‘Urgentgram,’ ” and “Parker’s actions were
‘inexcusable,’ ” from “2 Democrats scramble for Pierce votes,” P-I, Feb. 2, 1981. “Which
man would you hire?” Gardner campaign ad, TNT, Feb. 1, 1981. “I’m stunned…,” and “I
think it was the best primary election Booth ever bought,” from “Gardner trounces Parker,”
TNT, Feb. 4, 1981. “If Booth isn’t thinking about it…,” from “Gardner eyed as new Demo
challenger, TNT, Feb. 8, 1981. “He is manna from heaven,” from “Senators stump for
executive candidates,” TNT, Feb. 12, 1981. “I’d like to do this for eight years,” from “Gardner
looking only one office ahead,” TNT, Feb. 20, 1981. “I won’t have a conflict of interest,”
from “County executive hopefuls flail away,” TNT, Feb. 20, 1981. “… through my efforts…,”
from “Candidate contributed $139,500 of his own,” Times, Feb. 26, 1981. “He walked out
on them,” from Faulk campaign ad, TNT, March 1, 1981. “I strongly endorse his candidacy,”
from “Open letter to the Voters of Pierce County” by Spellman, March 3, 1981. “Booth
Gardner offered the better of two good options,” from “Gardner choice for county post,”
TNT, March 5, 1981. “Rich Man, Poor Man,” from P-I, March 8, 1981. “I think Booth spent
an awful lot of money…,” from “Gardner beats Faulk,” TNT, March 11, 1981. “He’s one of
the most efficient…,” from “Gardner names Barlow top aide,” TNT, March 12, 1981. “If he
fails to take on the machinery…he will fail” and “That narrowness will eliminate him as a
contender,” from “Gardner must control Demos or fail – senator,” TNT, March 13, 1981.
Spellman’s quote, “I suspect that he already knows that…,” from “Be assertive, Spellman
urges Gardner,” TNT, March 12, 1981. “I’m not into material things…,” and “then he drove
his Volkswagen Dasher…,” from “New Pierce Exec Booth Gardner savors,” P-I, April 30, 1981.
Chapter 10: Earning his MBWA
Interviews in 2009 with Booth Gardner, Larry Faulk, Shirley Winsley, Terry Sebring,
Adele Ferguson and Peter Callaghan. Gardner’s quotes “Maybe the kings get along…” and
“Now they use only one finger…,” from “County ‘kings’ are dead,” TNT, June 11, 1982.
“Bujacich and Stortini opposed the new charter,” from “With Gardner at helm,” TNT, May
6, 1981. “Gardner considered the council members as ‘his board of directors…,’ ” from
“Booth Gardner reflects on his first year in office,” Peninsula Gateway, Feb. 24, 1982.
“He could become a Democratic Dan Evans…,” from “An outstanding candidate and an
education blueprint,” Seattle Argus, May 27, 1983. “We have a high regard for Booth…,”
from “Gardner urged not to run for governor in ’84,” TNT, Dec. 30, 1983. “Booth Gardner.
Remember the name,” from “Democratic Party sees a rising star,” Seattle Argus, April 30,
1982. “Like a cross between Bob Newhart and Tommy Smothers…,” “Even his most vocal
critics …” and “whomever is elected governor should hire Gardner…,” from “Does Booth
Gardner Really Want to be Governor?” The Herald, Everett, July 24, 1983. Barlow’s quote,
“I called them ‘sidewalk decisions,’ ” from “The Governor Who Loves to be Loved,” Times.
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