8 Quotes by Barbara Petersen

Women voting in the community outnumber the men. We have to realize that we hold the power.

Our list is already three pages long, and we're adding on a regular basis.

Who gets paid $100 an hour? The extensive-use fee is supposed to be based on the actual cost incurred.

We wanted to see what happened when the average citizen goes in and makes a public-records request.

E-mail is a preferred form of communication for government agencies around the state now. We have problems getting access to e-mail all over the state.

Actual cost of duplication (onto a CD) is probably less than a buck.

It seems like a colossal waste of resources to have a clerk sit there and look over my shoulder as I scroll through. While I'm glad they allow access, I think they need to come up with a better and more efficient way to allow access.

They weigh the issues, the competing interests, and make clear decisions on what might be a good bill and what might be a bad bill. They pay attention. Most of the bad bills do die.