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Show With Love... 8 "We were up all Sunday night planning the action", said Taggart. "Names of all 96 legislators were listed and assigned among the six of us." Monday, with the opening of the session, they were all in Olympia, determined not to lose the game in the final minutes. A state legislature is never too calm, and with the final days, the tempo picks up. Each of the six, with sixteen contacts to be made fanned out thorugh the building looking for targets. Legislators were found in their offices, others were met in hallways on the way to the House. Each was given a copy of the position paper and a quick sales pitch and the bearer moved to the next name on the list. By afternoon, with the deadline rushing up, the six sat on the floor of one of the rooms and compared notes. There was still a way to go. Legislators were even called out of committee meetings. For the six there was a spirit of excitement as they hurried past each other on their appointed rounds with a quick, "How are you doing?" By evening, they were worn out but had done the job they had set out to do. Finally, Tuesday arrived and Janet Taggart, Katie Dolan, Evelyn Chapman and Cecile Lindquist, with George Breck and Bill Dussault watched as HB-90 was passed overwhelmingly, with the sanctions intact. It then moved to eventual victory in the Senate, On May 10, 1971, Governor Daniel Evans of Washington signed |