washington business
From You to Us
Thanks from Poland!
I’ve just received Washington Business [Fall 2011] from you.
Excellent summary of what we did together and also a nice tool to
convince unconvinced before next edition in Gdansk, Boleslawowo
and, hopefully, Gdynia. Thank you.
Piotr Grodzki, President
SPEEDNET, Gdynia, Poland
Kimberly-Clark Mill Closure
Heartfelt Thank You
Regarding your e-mail about the closure of the [Everett] Kimberly-Clark pulp and paper facility because
talks to sell the plants have failed over environmental
issues, as always you hit the nail on the head. It is a
crying shame, as you say.
What is most frustrating to me is that as I visit with
lawmakers about public policy and equal treatment of
business, I have had a number of them tell me that it
is their job to pick winners and losers, yet they are the
first ones to blame others when their policies fail.
Keep up the good fight.
On behalf of the Thurston County Fire District #6 Firefighters’
Association, please accept a huge heartfelt “thank you” to the
Association of Washington Business. The generous donation of
$1,000 will provide a very happy holiday for seven less fortunate
families including 27 children in Thurston County.
Our Firefighters’ Association has done a tremendous job over
the years to make sure its adopt-a-family program is successful
and therefore this gift is truly appreciated, especially during these
distressed economic times.
Please share our appreciation with your AWB members for
making these funds available.
Steve Gano
Lakewood
Sincerely,
East Olympia Fire District #6
Thurston County Fire District #6
Impressed and Concerned Magazine Reader
I just finished reading the Fall edition of Washington
Business, very impressive the level of activities going
on within the AWB.
As someone who has great love & concern for
this state, I look forward next year to being more
involved. Never hesitate to call if I can be of service.
Melvin D. Low, Fire Chief
Olympia
Responses to a Nov. 4 column, “GPS needs to control our skies, too,”
by AWB President Don Brunell.
Air Traffic Control Improvements Needed
Great columns you send once and a while! Keep it up.
You wrote a great column on a sorely needed improvement to the
ATC (Air Traffic Control) system. We have been attending FAA
committee meetings in D.C. for years on this subject, hoping that
somehow NextGen will make it through the funding process.
Meanwhile the costs to implement keep escalating. The airlines
are doing what they can to move forward unilaterally, but it’s
difficult to jump half-way into the pool on this. Patty Murray has
been one of the biggest supporters. Count me as ever hopeful ...
and yet, China will probably leap-frog us at some point and force
our hand … anyway, great column.
Harrison Schmitt, Ph.D., Apollo 17 Astronaut
Silver City, NM
David Brukardt, Past AWB Chair
Spokane
Cary Bozeman, former CEO
Port of Bremerton
Enjoy Your Columns
Editor’s note: Harrison Schmitt is one of the last
two astronauts to walk on the moon. He has served
as a guest speaker for AWB in 1997 and 2009, and
corresponds with us on science and energy issues.
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