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than I did as governor. So I’m going to head up an initiative and we’re going to get that assisted-death law approved in our state.” He said knew that would offend the religious beliefs of some people. He was sorry about that, but for him it was a matter of conscience and control – “control over my life.” He said it would be his last campaign. Most stood, applauding and cheering, for several minutes. The next morning, several reporters called. He told them he knew he could galvanize support for an assisted-death initiative. “It would be easier for me to say, ‘I’ve done what needs to be done, you guys take over.’ I don’t mean to sound vain, but when I get involved in something, there’s something about my personality. … I’m very mediocre at everything else I do, but in politics I’m damn good. And I love it. It’s really ironic. My body is telling me to slow down, and my mind is saying, ‘Like Hell!’ Right now, the mind’s winning out over the body.” 162
Booth on Vashon Island in 2006. Photo courtesy Brian Smale. Chapter 18: The Last Campaign When Gardner told the audience at the TVW Gala he had “hit the wall” in 2005 it was literally true. He’d been bumping into things. His medications were doing little to alleviate his symptoms. They were worsening. He’d pop more pills, hoping for some relief, and become disoriented. He was an accident waiting to happen. One day, he drove alone to Portland to attend a family event. After dinner, he was tired and excused himself for a nap, adding that he had a board meeting to attend in Seattle the next day. He wasn’t sure whether he would leave that night or first thing in the morning. He awoke after midnight and decided to head home. Hypnotized by the drugs and darkness, he went faster and faster. Longview’s smokestacks went by in a blur. He zoomed on in a manic daze, sometimes hitting 120 mph. Luckily, there was little traffic on I-5 at that time of night. He made it to 163
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BOOTH WHO? BOOTH GARDNER A BIOGRAPH
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Who’s who (In order of appearance
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Richard A. Davis, whom Booth named
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Introduction If you go to see Booth
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No public figure in Washington Stat
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the trenches during the WEA’s fir
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Dan Evans disagrees. Not long after
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Chapter One: Booth’s roots He loo
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in 1874 and served from 1875-1881.
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to soak the smoking roof, which was
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with their son, William Jr., with w
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Chapter Two: The curve ball At the
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A few days later they had his birth
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21 Brick had moved up to sales mana
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in 1941. Evelyn Booth had moved to
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one because he’s very smart. And
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ecord on the turntable. It was play
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your energies.” He managed to be
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Chapter Three: Alone in the world I
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the divorce, was also mourning a da
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I ran away.” He walked to town an
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student body vice-president, the re
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Booth fondly remembers another game
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with the Oakland A’s. “I’m su
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when he became Pierce County execut
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Norton Clapp, by now president and
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Chapter Six: Orphaned Booth Gardner
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unsurprised but relieved the scanda
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Baarsma was an activist Democrat wi
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“So what did you think?” “You
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the big league he found himself in.
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Chapter Eight: On-the-job training
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On November 28, 1978, federal agent
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outcome for Pierce County would be
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With the battle fully joined, Faulk
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Faulk says he muttered something un
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taken office in January, capping hi
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its most important roles was to pro
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administration’s ticklish negotia
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$100,000,’ he says. “In short,
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“Why do I want to do it?” Booth
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In the beginning was The Message:
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store, didn’t want to write big c
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campaign manager says, leaning forw
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ordered a batch of T-shirts that sa
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With four days to go, McDermott’s
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candidates spent an hour answering
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Chapter 12: Transitions & Lessons
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In agency after agency, I’ve seen
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commander of McChord Air Force Base
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eform was “doable.” He was abou
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downturns, state government was bal
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unpleasantries. “…[T]hey just p
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lood sugar. He routinely started wo
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Critics said the press was overly s
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speech or having to meet with someo
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in the state’s prisons and severa
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In the closing hours of a hectic se
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