Gary Locke is the New Commerce Nomination....Here is more about him..

I personally am happy for Governor Locke , that he is going to be able to serve our Country in a new way. I am also very very relieved it is Not Christine Gregoire that was offered the job...I think he is more trustworthy and caring. His office was always polite to our NonProfit that was working on Health Issues in the Northwest...Click the title to read more about him.
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On a more personal note.....
Many of you know that I left Washington State in 2004 after blowing the whistle on a Large Chemical Company and trying to help the Feds, the EPA and the Justice Department better protect a small town in the Northwest from further harmful criminal damage.

As a Whistleblower in Washington State, I had to leave Washington State due to Death Threats against me and my family. in 2003 It reached a level, after three years of threats, where I was worried about the safety of my son and me as his mother. i went to the Authorities because the threats had taken a much more dangerous twist ( the threats were left INSIDE my home, and my files were ransacked- on more than one occasion ) And more than 2 of our pets were mutilated and harmed. When photos of family are shredded and animals harmed and brakes damaged, and rooms ransacked...It is time to go. I called the Justice Dept officials in DC that Fall that were aware of my whistleblower status, many were leaving the Bush Administration. I asked them what do I do ?? I can not stay in Seattle, I explained each time I went to meetings with the EPA the Threats increased. Finally by late Fall 2003 they told me there was only one solution- to Leave Washington State. At the Time I thought that this was Extreme, and it saddened me as I had lived there for over 16 years....but MLK Day in 2004 I loaded up a small UHaul and my son, and a cat and dog, and packed up all of his favorite books and belongings and off we went...driving into the Unknown, because I did not know where to go or where to be safe, and my husband and I had already seperated......It was the Worst Time of my life. And it was WHY I left Washington State.....
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I mention our Story there in Washington State, because I left there, and I know some People think I have hard feelings about Washington State. I don't. I miss it terribly....and it still saddens me to this day. So today I was reading about Mr.Locke, my former Governor, and to read that he too had a terrible time with threats....this truly stunned me, that he too went through something So Horrible, and that I never knew about it...because I was long gone....You can read more about it Here. The threats altered his public career and his life.....