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Monday, 08 August 2005 |
 In seeking office in 2004 I promised to hit the ground running. Now I am delivering on that promise, as vice chair of the House Judiciary Committee with other key assignments. I would be honored to have your support for my re-election. Consider some highlights from our record of success:
We honored the first state employee collective bargaining agreements at the same time that we established new performance and efficiency standards for state government.
We invested in education, with a new Education Legacy Trust Account, funding for teachers’ pay and class-size reduction initiatives, and almost 8000 new college enrollment slots.
We overturned the Dino Rossi cuts to children’s health care, and set the goal of health coverage for all Washington’s children by 2010.
We required insurers to stop discriminating against those with mental health conditions, and restored over $80 million of a cruel Bush Administration cut to community mental health.
In a state that ranked 50th in state funding of local courts, we passed landmark court funding legislation, which, among other things, funds my bill creating a new Thurston County District Court judge position.
We passed a capital budget that (finally) finishes Olympia’s Heritage Park, secures land for a Hawks Prairie satellite campus for South Puget Sound Community College, and invests more in school construction than ever before.
We passed a transportation funding package critical to public safety and our state’s economic future. In the 22nd District it funds the Nisqually bridges’ seismic retrofit, a study of fixing the West Olympia Highway 101 traffic mess, and a long-overdue I-5 sound barrier for Thompson Place and East Tanglewilde.
I take my responsibility as your representative both seriously and personally. After all, my own 4-year-old son’s future is at stake. I believe you deserve my best efforts to represent your hopes and aspirations for a better future. Citizens should demand leadership, and not settle for political timidity and partisan rancor.
I am committed to investing in our future by investing in education, protecting our fast-growing area’s environment, and ensuring greater access to quality health care – including long-term care – for us all.
With your support, we can accomplish these goals.
Brendan
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