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from “President Borrows School-reform plan,” Times, July 9, 1991. “… to crack down
on predatory sex offenders,” from “Gardner halted an emotional stampede,” TNT, June
11, 1989. “I’m willing to admit I was wrong. I was naïve…,” from “Former governor now
opposing WASL test for diploma,” Times, Dec. 9, 2005. “The economy of our state is
directly tied to quality of our institutions of higher education…,” from “Ex-governors’
higher-ed plan is a tough sell,” Times, Dec. 11, 2002. “A great leader ‘for Indians and non-
Indians alike,’ ” from “State’s tribes honor Gardner,” AP, Times, Jan. 19, 1992.
Chapter 16: Out of gas
Interviews with Booth Gardner, Jean Gardner and Denny Heck. “My instincts tell
me people ought to have the choice as it relates to themselves,” from “Gardner wants
abortion, aid-in-dying votes,” AP, Times, Jan. 23, 1991. “Booth was one of four candidates
for headmaster,” from “Governor as principal?” Times, Nov. 7, 1991. “Anyone who says we
can’t afford health care reform…,” from “Gardner to emphasize health care reform,” AP,
Oly, Jan. 13, 1992. “A Senate campaign could jeopardize their marriage,” from “Jean pulled
Booth from the race,” AP, Longview Daily News, published in Ellensburg Daily Record, June
20, 1992. “In short, Booth Gardner, for all his charm, is widely regarded as an airhead,”
from “Gardner would make a poor choice for Clinton Cabinet,” Valley Daily News, Kent,
July 23, 1992. “…Gardner has been lobbying for an ambassadorship” and “Dicks wryly
told the crowd that Gardner has begun Japanese lessons,” AP, Nov. 24, 1992. “Gardner’s
spokeswoman says he has shown little interest in a Cabinet post” and “Gardner’s wife,
Jean, doesn’t want to live in Washington, D.C.,” Times, Dec. 3, 1992. “Coal for Christmas:
Cutbacks and tax increases,” AP, Times, Dec. 13, 1992. “Many said it was the best speech
he’d ever given” and “I don’t think anybody doubted Booth Gardner,” from “Gardner’s
farewell is a call to change,” Times, Jan. 13, 1993.
Chapter 17: The Tin Man
Interviews with Booth Gardner, Bill Bell III, Denny Heck, Cynthia Perkins Gardner,
Dan Evans, Bob Edie and William Gerberding. “We have to find out what he did wrong….”
Statements by Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Slade Gorton and Patty Murray, U.S. Senate
Committee on Finance March 16, 1994, “on the nominations of W. Booth Gardner and
Lynn M. Bragg,” U.S. Government Printing Office, ISBN 0-16-044328-8. “It’s a tough feeling
to be sitting out here with no specific objectives,” from “Beyond GATT – Ambassador
Booth Gardner…,” Times, July 31, 1994. Also sets scene in Geneva and describes Gardner’s
office building. “He’s convinced the smelter is the culprit,” amplified by “Asarco tried to
shirk cleanup,” TNT, Dec. 28, 2009. “The week’s hottest rumor…,” from “Back to school
for ex-Gov. Booth Gardner?” Political Notebook, Times, March 31, 1996. “I think it would
be a lot of fun…,” from “Gardner jets in for school-job interview,” AP, Times, April 15,
1996. “Last night, Gardner appeared stiff…” and “it’s 5 a.m. where I come from…,” from
“Former governor wants to go to head of the classes,” P-I, April 23, 1996. “We will be
the laughingstock of the state…,” “I guess he had a lot of jet lag or something…,” and “A
survey of 89 of the district’s 115 teachers…,” from “Town Gives Gardner Mixed Grades,”
Times, May 2, 1996. Same story quotes Adele Ferguson: “Booth Gardner, as a man of his
word, makes Bill Clinton look like Thomas Jefferson.” TVW interview of Booth Gardner by
Denny Heck, May 22, 2000: http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?evid=20000500
79&TYPE=V&CFID=3245411&CFTOKEN=27106557&bhcp=1 “I was bouncing along at the
bottom…,” from “Ex-governor crafts a new life,” Oly, May 30, 2000. William Booth Gardner
and Jean F. Gardner divorce, Jan. 5, 2001, Washington State Library Divorce Records Index
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