When the Lakes to Locks Passage was created a few years ago, we recognized a story that happened along the corridor, a story that has never been fully told. It's why we are all free Americans today.

When others were unwilling to do so, each man recognized a moral obligation to speak out against policies he believed were misguided and contrary to our national interest. Representative Murtha broke ranks with our nation's political and military leadership to call for the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Iraq.

That fault wasn't even recognized 40 years ago when the existing Seattle geology map was produced.

Martin knew the story very well. He internalized it years ago when he wrote the novella,

We feel we are on a tremendous role. When we created this coalition 10 years ago, the idea of investors and environmentalists coming together and working with business to help them take a more positive role in the environment was a very radical idea. Now it's much more widely accepted.

Look at me, I'm getting defensive about something that happened so many years ago, somebody said. I'll have to find out who that was and if he's still alive.