We've worked with many other states and we've said, 'Let us come in and help. We want to be a partner on this. If Governor Gregoire is interested in having a discussion with us at the table, we'd sure love to be there.

We know we have workers on Medicaid. We're trying to improve that. We're asking the state to help us improve that, but we're not getting any answers.

It should only take us seven months to have the store up.

Give us a little bit of credit where we actually deserve credit.

It is crucial for us to help existing companies in the county grow and expand. It is important to bring new ones in but it is also very important to work with existing ones. About 60 to 80 percent of our growth comes from existing businesses.

I'm very fond of him. He's always the first person to offer us help.