Kudos to the Seattle Times for their endorsement of Diane Tebelius running for Position 1, State 
House of Representatives for the 48th District. Diane Tebelius is a long-time respected citizen of the West Lake 
Sammamish area of Bellevue.

She has had a very successful career, math teacher, federal prosecutor, tax attorney and has 
served on several boards including Child Haven helping neglected children. Diane Tebelius has 
great talent with numbers and will serve us well restoring fiscal sanity and accountability to 
Olympia.

As a grandparent, sharing opinions of other grandparents, I am concerned about the future 
economy and standard of living our children and grandchildren will have. Constant tax increases 
burden working families and small businesses, which form the foundation of a successful society. 
Tebelius will, I am sure, support the two-thirds vote required before taxes can be raised by the 
Legislature.

Let’s send a math teacher to Olympia. Sounds like a good idea to me.

Adele Hardwick, 
Bellevue