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Article: THOSE WHO `SERVE AND PROTECT' SEEK A NEW GOVERNOR'S SUPPORT.(Editorial)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- November 22, 1996
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Congratulations, Gov.-elect Gary Locke. Washington voters have rewarded you with a clear mandate to lead our state into the next century with the same degree of professionalism and integrity with which you ran your campaign.
The demands of your new job, at times, will be daunting: strengthening and expanding our education system; bolstering our economy without jeopardizing Washington's natural beauty; and managing the state's finances under the constraints of Initiative 601. It's a safe bet the lobbyists in Olympia will be knocking on your door at the governor's mansion before your boxes are unpacked.
More than any other, there's one constituent group ...