Wayne Fournier: The part Schoolhouse Rock never taught us

Wayne Fournier: The part Schoolhouse Rock never taught us

As a kid, I loved Schoolhouse Rock. Like many people my age, I can still hear "I'm Just a Bill" playing in my head. A bill sits on Capitol Hill, gets debated, gets voted on and (if it's lucky) becomes a law. It's catchy. It's memorable. It's also only about the last 10 percent of the story. The truth is that ideas rarely begin in Congress. They don't usually begin in Olympia, either. More often than not, they begin in a city council chamber, a c…