He streamlined the state welfare system by 44 %, pumping billions of needed dollars into education. But he also lost the backing of the Washington Education Association, which recently called his policies "long on goals but short on specifics." Philosophically, Locke's dichotic views have polarized the Chinese-American community.
他削減百分之四十四的社會福利預算，把數十億美元的經費挹注於教育，但卻未能爭取到華盛頓州教育協會的支持，該會最近居然用「眼高手低」這種形容詞評論他的教育政策。