…… that I started working for the state of Washington. On Monday February 1, 1988, I walked into the offices of the Senate Ways and Means Committee in what is now the A,B,C conference rooms in the John A. Cherberg Building to begin working as a fiscal analyst for the Washington State Legislature. The Friday before, I was literally working in the same capacity for the California State Legislature. Yep, I moved jobs and states in one weekend and started work three weeks into a legislative session. No, I would not recommend that to you or anyone else.
Anyway, two decades later, I’m still working for Washington State, albeit in a different state agency and a different city. Sixteen years on staff with the Senate Ways and Means Committee and now four years representing the UW and I am still really having a blast. As I get ready to speak to an Evans School class next week, it’s also encouraging to see so many students continuing to have an interest in public service (note the UW was once again #1 in Peace Corps participation for the second year in a row).
No time for punch and cake. There are bills to follow and budgets to lobby.