In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have a typewriter government in an Internet age.

The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs.

Public education is an investment in our future.

Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent placement for children who cannot return home.

The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past.

In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have a typewriter government in an Internet age.

Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failure.