In my efforts to seek assistance from public officials such as former Governor Locke, Governor Gregoire when she was the Attorney General, Representative Adam Smith, and State Board of Education President Warren Smith, I was confronted with lack of concern and no intervention on behalf of our students.
Governor Locke's legal counsel Jennifer Joly hung up on me when I tried to express my concerns. She acknowledged this in her letter when writing, "in my over ten years working as a public servant, I have never hung up on anyone previously." She also noted that the Governor will not take any action to investigate the concerns I have raised.
Former Attorney General Christine Gregoire's Chief Deputy, Kathy Mix, stated in her letter that "Even if we did have general investigative authority over the manner in which state officials carry out their functions, the theories you put forth in your report, while interesting, would be an inadequate basis for us to review the action of the Superintendent of Public Instruction." This was in response to my request, and noted in the AG letter, that the Attorney General investigate OSPI "for introducing certain religious belief systems into Washington's public schools."
