Secure, Washington is a big story, covering a timeframe from 1972 through mid-2039. In order to tell it, I used 69 named characters in all! Here they are, in the order they appear in the book (roughly speaking):
George Stoltz - Fictional author of Secure, Washington: Ten Years In
Olivia Stoltz - George's wife
Bennie - George's literary agent
Bethany "Beth" Askoy - Project manager working for Dacus/Beith International; founding member and later President of MM Group; co-chair of Race to Secure board
Farid Askoy - Beth's husband; City of Bainbridge Island police officer; founding member and later head of security for MM Group
Reginald "Reg" Wahls - Manager at Seattle City Light; founding member and later Treasurer of MM Group
James "Jim" Carver - Manager at Seattle City Light; founding member of MM Group
Leslie McDonald - Veterinarian; founding member and later Secretary of MM Group
Angie Carver - Jim's wife
Lavonne - Reg's wife, who suffers from MS
Roy McDonald - Founding member of MM Group; deceased (sarcoma cancer)
Sanch - Friend of Farid, who is also a police officer at the Port Orchard jail
Mark - Friend and co-worker of Jim, who died from exposure likely caused by his severe alcoholism
Phoebe - Jim's evil step-mother
Rodrick "Rod" Broward - Engineer with Dacus/Beith International; co-owner of Rodeff Corporation, which built the three different mover cars used in Secure; designed residential towers
Jeff Metz - Engineer with Dacus/Beith International; co-owner of Rodeff Corporation, which built the three different mover cars used in Secure; designed residential towers
Brian Fennery - Designer with Dacus/Beith International; MM Group's webmaster and general building designer and graphics illustrator
Rachael McDonald - Daughter of Leslie and Roy; helped gather signatures for I-1719; department head of Secure's twin veterinary/animal shelter facilities
Jody - Reporter with The Seattle Times newspaper
Teresa - Tacoma City Council member; member of Citizens Against Tyranny (CAT), which was against the construction of Secure
Marilyn Maxwell - Member of the House of Representatives of the Washington state legislature; lives in Okanogan, and represents the 7th legislative district as a Republican; co-chair of the Race to Secure board
Troy Dacus - President of Dacus/Beith International
Sonny Beith - Retired co-founder of Dacus/Beith International
Mukesh Singh - CEO and chief engineer of ApplIed Corporation
Kwan Yee - Grays Harbor county representative to the Secure project; later became saboteur of Secure's construction
Mark McCoy - City of Pasco police department captain
Sean Cullen - Grays Harbor county sheriff deputy
Curtis Clark - Repeat convicted criminal (DWI); resident 00,001 of Secure
Macie Kranda - Volunteer Processing Agent at Secure; George's guide during his week-long stay
Lee Tai - Worker at West Secure Processing Center (Station Two)
Bo - Worker at West Secure Processing Center (Station Three)
C. Carlos "Mayor Carl" Gutierrez - City Manager of Secure; past mayor of Pomeroy, Washington
Rene Laurent - "DJ" of Secure's streaming audio and video channels
Rory - Department head of Secure's Meat and Dairy House (MADHouse)
Heather - Department head of Secure's Green House
Crow - Green House's resident (and very talkative) parrot
Roberta - Foreperson at St. John's Modular Homes factory
Cory - Foreperson at Almost Amish furniture factory
Elmer "Patches" Williamson - Department head of Secure's Education Center
"On Strike" Floyd - Expert bowler
Rita - Wellness Center's resident cat (who is very talkative and friendly)
Dr. Connie Stoeffer - Department head of Secure's Wellness Center
Yancy - County deputy who introduced Mayor Carl to the concept of atonement, which changed his life
Barb Kowalski - Volunteer at the Seattle Homeless Alliance Project (SHAP)
MoNeeke - Homeless person that Barb helped transition from a life on the streets into Secure
Sabrina - Resident 00,002 of Secure
Crystal Galen - Resident 00,057 of Secure; DWI repeat offender, who worked her way out of Secure only to return at a staff member (nurse) in the Mental Neighborhood
Tom - Crystal's alcoholic ex-husband
Taylor - Crystal's first-born daughter, born with FASD and with mild facial deformities
Bre - Crystal's second-born daughter, also born with FASD but without deformities
Mr. Sock - Resident 19,901 of Secure; resides in the Mental Neighborhood; electrocuted as a small child, which stopped his mental development at that age
Officer Park - Seattle police officer who first came upon Mr. Sock
Andrew - Seattle police officer who first came upon Mr. Sock; partners with Officer Park
Vlad - Resident 00,866 of Secure; chose not to conform with Secure's many rules and committed another violent felony; sent to prison for life with no chance of parole
Terrance - Secure's East Processing Center guard
T.K. - Resident 02,605 of Secure; drug addict (meth) and chronic thief, shoplifter and vandal
Suki - T.K.'s wife, who ended up in Secure due to her being a kleptomaniac
Bruce - Port Angeles police officer who delivered T.K. to Secure
Diego - Resident 14,922 of Secure; violent rap sheet first placed him in the East Secure neighborhood, but later atoned for his criminal past and was moved into West Secure
Ramone - Diego's cousin who brought him into a biker gang
Lucy - Resident 17,030 of Secure; voluntary entered Secure as a homeless person living in Downtown Seattle after moving from Boise, Idaho; married Diego after moving to Secure
Mr. Barnes - Lucy's foster father, who passed away first
Mrs. Barnes - Lucy's foster mother, who passed away last
Kirk - Stalker who tormented Lucy while she was living in Boise
Cheryl Baker - Staff phycologist at Secure
Corina Clark-Adamson - Department head of Secure's Kitchen Services
Gustavo Uni - Department head of Secure's Laundry Services
Sofia Martine - Department head of Secure's Room Services ("Pack Rats")
Randy - Deceased son of Macie (died of fentanyl overdose)
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