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“Budget transparency is a laudable goal,Citizens need to be informed about the cost of government and where their tax dollars are being spent. I support the Washington Policy Center in its work to bring more transparency and access to our state’s taxpayers.”
“I commend Washington Policy Center for its efforts to promote free market solutions to the challenges facing the state of Washington and our country. From health care, to education, to the environment and a lot, lot more, the Center is making a difference.”
"Absent the leveling of ideas, politics is nothing but an unlovely maelstrom of scrambling interests. Given ideas, it is an elevating and elevated discipline. And institutions like the Washington Policy Center and its research centers make politics not only more intelligent, but more noble."
"I'm envious of a state having such an effective and bold organization that helps put great ideas forward... it is something that every public official would welcome that would want good ideas to be brought into the marketplace."
At our 2002 Annual Dinner noted the importance of high quality research from organizations like Washington Policy Center when he was mayor of New York.
"The Heritage Foundation of the Northwest."
"I know my office, and in particular the Legislative Committee on Economic Development, which I chair, have found your research from you Small Business Project very beneficial in developing our priorities to assist small businesses with economic development."
"WashingonVotes.org provides an important means for citizens to keep track of legislation. And when they're better informed, we can better serve them--it's a win-win situation for people and their representatives."
"Washington Policy Center is an important player in state policy making. It has earned respect and gained influence with decision makers who want to create a more efficient government and a better state for our citizens."
"It is very refreshing to see my concerns as a small business owner reflected in your work. [You have] put the interests of small business on the radar."
"There is no way that even the smartest or best intentioned public officer can amass enough personal expertise to make wise decisions about all of the issues that come before us. [It is] difficult to be an independent voice that can speak on the authority of well-researched, unbiased knowledge and that is what the Washington Policy Center does so well and I want to thank them for that vital service."