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Strong vote for public radio

Sat., April 9, 2011

Spokane Public Radio and KPBX really turn me on.

Apparently Cathy McMorris Rodgers doesn’t feel the same way because she voted to defund public broadcasting under the auspices of what her constituents wanted.

Her vote did not represent me. I wanted her to vote against defunding. I value public radio and believe it is a good and necessary investment of federal government dollars, not only in Washington state but across the entire United States.

Mary E. Harvill

Deer Park

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