The legislators are in the starting gate
State reps have filed into their chamber and a bagpiper led the flags into the Senate chamber after a roll call.
The Pledge of Allegiance has been said, the Star Spangled Banner sung, benedictions offered, with a wish for "creativity for a seemingly impossible situation."
The 2010 Washington Legislature is underway...the Senate has transmitted word to the House that it is "organized and ready to do business."
Well, as organized as it ever is.