Late last week I received the sad news that a longtime friend and colleague, former Senator Bob Morton (pictured above, in the Senate chamber), had passed away at age 81. Bob served the people of the 7th Legislative District from 1990 to 2012, first in the House of Representatives and then the Senate.
I had the pleasure of serving alongside Bob during our time in the House. He had a way of making everyone feel better just by being around him. When tensions would rise over this issue or that, he would always bring a sense of calm and steadiness that inspired all of us to share in the civility and the class which he epitomized.