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washington business Tweets AWB tracked or received the following comments or “tweets” via Twitter (@awbolympia). Twitter limits users to 140 characters, so punctuation, spelling and grammar may be incorrect. Don Brunell has served @awbolympia and its members admirably. #legacy #awbsummit13 Jenifer Lambert (@JenLambert), Sept. 19 Editor’s Note: Copies of the AWB Institute’s industry report on health care can be found online at www.awbinstitute.org. AWB Health Care Report Helpful I have been remiss in not sending a note of thanks to your association for the fine report on health care. It is well-done and correctly emphasizes a number of key issues. Thank you and please extend our regard to your team for the fine work. Hospitals and health systems understand the need to accelerate the work and change many of the fundamentals. The annual “help” we receive from Olympia intermittently adds to the complexity and diverts attention away from core redesign efforts. AWB’s report clearly presents that challenge. C. Scott Bond, FACHE, President and CEO Washington State Hospital Association Response to our Summer 2013 cover story, “Putting Fear on the Table,” by staff writer Jason Hagey. Don Brunell has done amazing things leading AWB for the last 28 years. Congratulations to him on his upcoming retirement. #awbsummit13 Kristen Keltz (@KristenKeltz), Sept. 19 AWB names Kris Johnson new president, succeeding Don Brunell at business org. bit.ly/1bVE8LE pic.twitter.com/qAFjCEG17o Association of Washington Business (@awbolympia), Oct. 8 Honored to lead @awbolympia, find ways to create private #jobs & move the WA economy forward. Kris Johnson, AWB vice president of operations (@KrisJohnson_IOM), Oct. 8 @KrisJohnson_IOM @awbolympia Congratulations!!! We’ll be watching your successes from the other coast. GO GET ‘EM! Membership 180 (@Membership180), Oct. 8 Love the Spady family #awbsummit13: @DicksDriveIns milkshakes for everyone, honoring die-hard fan Don Brunell. Pic.twitter.com/EGEVmNYdCW Jen Spall (@jenrpblcn), Sept. 18 Anti-GMo campaign is fueled by emotion and fear, runs counter to science. Bit.ly/1aNS8Kd #Noon522 AWB (@awbolympia), Oct. 2 Thanks for GMO Column Utter Pish Posh Paul Dalton (@Simplyplants), in reply to above tweet, Oct. 4 Thank you for your article on I-522, the genetically modified organism (GMO) labeling initiative. It couldn’t have been laid out better. We appreciate your support and skillful writing. Don’t ask me about politics. I stopped trying to understand the world when I learned some people prefer chunky peanut butter. Tim Siedell (@badbanana), Oct. 2 Jim Fitzgerald Far West Agribusiness Association Spokane Poll: dog poop, zombies more popular than Congress ti.me/1e6qq9g TIME News Feed (@TIMENewsFeed), Oct. 8 fall 2013 7