We need affordable health care and they refuse to offer it. The shareholders can expect to see the Teamsters wherever they go.

This is the most contentious issue nationally in the mental health community.

The only reason they're putting them there is that mental health law allows them to.

We look at the critical areas ordinance as a set of safeguards to protect public health ... and some of the things that make people want to live in Thurston County.

Fundamentally, this is an economic competitiveness issue. Our concern is how health care costs can be contained so that jobs can grow here.

I think that being able to pay to get medically necessary services quicker violates the Canada Health Act. It's legalizing queue-jumping.