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Brown deserves plaudits

Sat., May 12, 2012

We have been honored, blessed and fortunate to have a woman of Lisa Brown’s intellectual capacity, strong ethics, ability to work well with others, consummate communication skills, art of visioning, and the heart to hang in and achieve righteous goals representing Spokane for the last 20 years.

She deserves all the thanks, plaudits and awards we can give. What I don’t want to do is let her rest! Could she please run for Congress? We need individuals of this caliber on the national scene. I would work hard for this goal, as would thousands of other devoted fans of this extraordinary lady.

Valerie R. Smith

Spokane

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