Peanut Gallery — Shannon’s Son’s Lesson

In my opinion, the best line in Richard Roesler’s August 25, 2005, article headlined “Recall organizer confident she can get signatures needed to put issue on ballot” was, “Her ( Shannon Sullivan’s ) 9-year-old son sat behind her, fidgeting in his tie and periodically videotaping his mother’s day in court.” What he saw (his mother’s commitment to being a good and courageous citizen) and what he heard (her successfully persuading the Washington State Supreme Court) taught him more valuable lessons about citizenship than he will ever get from a classroom.

Bill McCrory /Whitecaps