A Legend Retires

I can't help thinking about change this time of year when the leaves are turning colors and falling down like rain. There's another change coming to the WPT family and those who follow our work on television. In about a month we'll be saying goodbye to our long time friend and colleague Art Hackett--retirement rears its ugly head.

His office is next to mine so I hear his booming voice and explosive laughter almost every day. He's also just a few steps away every time I have a question about 1) state politics, 2) education history and policy, 3) energy and environmental policy and initiatives, well, you get the idea. There isn't much Art doesn't know or remember. And, he'll gladly drop everything to help. We'll all miss this one-of-a-kind character. And, since he LOVES this work, the question I have is, Can he really can walk away?"