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Is this the best we can be?

Appointed to the state Senate just before the Legislature convened in 2020, I have now completed my third session. As a political outsider, I must say my experience in Olympia has been disappointing. There’s a lot of talk about moving our state forward, but what I’ve experienced and witnessed is severe disfunction. Partisan bickering, exclusion, and fiscal ineptitude are underscoring the unsustainable governance in our state and fundamentally, I don’t believe that’s who we are.

My perspective comes from 40 years of corporate, nonprofit, and farm experie...