Bill Receives 2010 Norm Maleng Award

In May 2010, I was honored with the Norm Maleng award for Outstanding Washington Local Government Official of the Year.

My career has been in business, not politics, so to receive this honor after only two years of public service was quite humbling. Upon receiving the award, I briefly talked about my approach to governing, and our need to transcend partisanship.

I summarized my approach to governing when I said:

If a politician has supporters, as I do, who do not necessarily agree with each other, it can be a little bit tough. What I have learned is what you must not do in that situation is find a mushy, middle ground compromise that pleases no one and does not move the ball forward. What you need to do is figure out what is right, and come up with a bold, principle-based agenda, and then go out into that group of supporters who do not necessarily agree with each other and build a consensus for that bold principle-based agenda.

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