1. Who is in charge of you? Who makes the rules you have to follow? Who makes the world work around you?

2. What are our levels of government?

3. Three Branches of Government The US has 3 branches and Washington has these same 3 branches

4. Federal (U.S.) –State CountyCity School District *Tribal Governments Executive Branch of Government

5. President George W Bush Vice President Richard Cheney Vice President Richard Cheney US Senator Patty Murray US Senator Maria Cantwell (there are a total of 100 US Senators and the VP is tiebreaker) US Representative Rick Larsen (there are 9 representatives for the state of WA for a total of 435) Congressman WA Governor Christine Gregoire Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen State Senator Jean Berkey State Representatives John McCoy and Mike Sells County Executive Aaron Reardon + County Council Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson + City Council

6. President George W Bush

7. US Senator Patty Murray US Senator Maria Cantwell U.S. Senators

8. U.S. House of Representatives or U.S. Congress Rick Larsen

9. Washington Governor Christine Gregoire

10. State Senator Jean Berkey Senator Jean BerkeySenator Jean Berkey

11. State Representative John McCoy State Representative Mike Sells

12. Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon

13. Snohomish County Council Snohomish County Council Snohomish County Council District 1 District 1 John Koster District 2 District 2 Council Chair Kirke Sievers District 3 District 3 Gary Nelson District 4 District 4 Vice-Chair Dave Gossett District 5 District 5 Dave Somers

14. City of Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson

15. Everett City Council Council Members Council Members The Everett City Council members Left to right: Paul Roberts, Mark Olson, Arlan Hatloe, Ron Gipson, Drew Nielsen, Brenda Stonecipher and Bob Overstreet.

16. Judicial Branch Federal Courts State Courts These two courts can overturn laws that they determine are unconstitutional Municipal (City) Courts Tribal Courts