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a tough decision ….,” from “Special legislative session is justified,” Times, Oct. 5, 1987.
“Pollsters hired by both parties,” from “Polls agree: Gardner is popular,” P-I, Dec. 4, 1987.
“Skimpy revenues in a supplemental budget year,” from “Gardner must be Scrooge,” AP,
Oly, Dec. 11, 1987. “I am committed to this job for eight years,” from “Gardner: No plans
to run for Senate…,” UPI, P-I, Dec. 12, 1987. “It’s the way I come off,” from “Gardner’s weak
image,” Oly, January 1988. “Vote for just a nice guy…,” from “Maleng hopes to conquer
Mount Gardner,” AP, Oly, Jan. 18, 1988. “…the poor, homeless, hungry…,” from “While
they wined and dined,” Oly, Jan. 18, 1988. “One of the first polls…” from “Gardner, Gorton
head state poll,” TNT, March 7, 1988. “What’s this person doing in the Department of
Ecology?” from “New state ecology chief’s lack of track record…,” Times, March 25, 1988.
“Booth Gardner ranks right up there…,” from “Gardner’s petty, peevish campaign kickoff,”
Times, May 8, 1988. “…you can take a UBC diploma…,” from “Governor’s words insulted
college…,” letter to editor, Times, June 7, 1988. “We all have our character flaws…,” from
“Gardner requests an official pardon,” P-I, June 21, 1988. “In short, the honeymoon’s
over…,” from “The Guv is less loved by a less impressed press,” Seattle Weekly, June 22,
1988. “Katie Dolan also encountered ‘the tendency,’ ” from We Lived in the Ghetto of
Mental Retardation. “Gardner made history” by appointing Smith, from Charles Z. Smith,
oral history by The Legacy Project, and Carl Maxey, A Fighting Life. “Smokers howled …,”
from “Gardner imposes smoking ban,” Oly, Aug. 29, 1988. “Dixy Lee Ray visited the Tri-
Cities,” from “Former Gov. Ray endorses Williams,” AP, TNT, Oct. 15, 1988. “Last week,
Williams staged an ‘empty chair’ debate…,” from “Laughs counter the long odds in Williams
campaign,” Times, Oct. 17, 1988. “Like a flea boring in on a sleeping dog,” from GOP
challenger comes out snarling,” Times, October, 1988.
Chapter 15: Tough choices
Interviews with Booth Gardner, Dean Foster, Denny Heck, Jill Severn, Peter
Callaghan, Ralph Munro and Jean Gardner. “The Centennial Challenge,” Governor Booth
Gardner’s Second Inaugural Address, Jan. 11, 1989, Washington State Library, Tumwater.
“…the day the world turned upside down,” from On The Harbor, From Black Friday to
Nirvana. Also see “Gardner appeals to president on behalf of NW timber towns,” Times,
May 30, 1990. “Blame Governor Heck” buttons mentioned in “Gardner’s men: imagesbuilders
– or busters?” TNT, April 30, 1989. “Booth shot down nearly 18 percent of the
bills,” and his overall veto, from Sine Die, A Guide to the Washington State Legislative
Process. “Teachers demanded a 10 percent raise,” from “All Eyes Focus on Surplus,”
Times, Jan. 8, 1990. “No more hot air!” from Class Wars. “Called for limitations on log
exports,” from “Gardner, Boyle take new stands,” Times, May 1, 1990. “As the only
African American in Gardner’s cabinet…” and “saddened and heartsick,” from “Gardner
criticized over Turner,” Times, Oct. 16, 1990. Turner “had misused at least $14,000 of
state money for travel and telephone expenses,” AP, Times, Oct. 23, 1990. “This state has
lost the best employment-security director it has ever had,” from “Gardner calls Turner
a friend, mentor,” Times, Nov. 4, 1990. “…Gardner pronounced Isiah Turner the greatest
commissioner in the history of the agency,” from “La Palm’s firing official,” Times, Dec. 29,
1990. “I think it’s time again for Washingtonians to take stock of their future,” from “$1
billion sought to finance growth,” AP, Oly, Feb. 27, 1991. “Dad, if the president can solve…,”
from “State teachers strike hits close to home,” AP, Times, April 20, 1991. “I know the
diatribe…,” from “Political Adventures, Chapter III, Prince Faintheart,” Times, Feb. 3, 1991.
“I’m fed up with the feds,” from “Governor urges regional authority,” The Daily World,
Aberdeen, May 9, 1991. “Good ideas are at work out there in the state of Washington…,”
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