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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">After nearly a half-century of Idaho voting (with a WA state interregnum), I now can vote absentee nearly a month before election day, and then enjoy a slightly less-stressful attitude toward electoral decision-making for a few days.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Idaho appears as reliably red because it considers adult education as a privilege, not as a responsibility. Public education for Idahoans aged over thirty is legislatively and socially starved, and thus is the source of our mutual discontent and unspoken shame. Were we openly and honestly able and willing to address the problem, we could begin to bring our adult minds into the twenty-first century, where their abilities and talents are needed by all.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Ken</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div>
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<div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><br><div><div id="ydp7792bab3yiv8051077477"><div><div class="ydp7792bab3yiv8051077477yqt2871600571" id="ydp7792bab3yiv8051077477yqtfd81062"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp7792bab3yiv8051077477gmail_quote"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="none"></div><div>——————————————-</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><p class="ydp7792bab3yiv8051077477MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;color:rgb(68,68,68);">Objective thinkers needed</span></b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:New serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white;">Ever wonder why Idaho always shows up on those election night maps as reliably red, with no doubt as to outcomes? How can that be, when Idaho’s population is increasingly diverse; when so many people here are hungry, sick, housing-insecure or jobless; when the natural resources that have been Idaho’s bread and butter are under threat; when even conservative voters are disgusted by shenanigans coming from the White House and Congress?</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white;">Idaho’s Congressional delegation and District 5 Republican Legislators do a disservice to constituents they purportedly represent. Whatever humanitarian inclinations they may have in their personal lives are abandoned when partisan votes come to the floor. The lives and livelihoods of everyday Idahoans come in second when opportunities arise to demonstrate that they are lock-step Republicans. Why else would members of the U.S. House and Senate reliably give full-throated endorsement of a president who is so self-serving and puts our health, healthcare, jobs, environment and hard-earned international reputation in jeopardy? Such matters ought not be partisan at all. We’re alarmed that some Republicans appear to be running on anti-government platforms. Why would someone run for elected office, just to be obstructionist and create chaos?</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">We’re voting for candidates who’ll restore civil discourse, genuine debate, fresh ideas, bipartisan problem-solving and science-based urgency to address climate change. We’re voting for candidates who will help restore our Nation’s reputation for compassion, opportunity, fairness, strength, integrity and leadership. We’re voting for candidates who will think objectively, put people ahead of partisanship, work with counterparts on both sides of the aisle, and who consider government the people’s tool to make life better and fairer for everyone<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">We’ve already voted for Paulette Jordan (U.S. Senate), Rudy Soto (U.S. House), David Nelson (Idaho Senate), Dulce Kersting-Lark (Idaho House 5A), and Renee Love (Idaho House 5B). Please join us.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Nancy Chaney and Gary Bryan<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Moscow<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><br></div>
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