Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state?

Yesterday the flame of the Olympic torch was carried through our great state on its way to Salt Lake City.

Despite Arizona's remarkable growth in recent years, we have met the current federal health standards for ozone pollution and the Environmental Protection Agency recently approved our dust control plan.

We emerged from the events of September 11 more steadfast in our beliefs, more courageous in our actions and more determined to protect our values than ever before.

Arizona now has one of the most innovative systems of financing school construction in the nation.

Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state?

During the last regular session and the most recent special session, measures that I see as little more than Band-Aids were applied to three health programs in the state.