Color Scheme

Subscribe now

Why vote for CMR?

I have been thinking about Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ voting record. She voted against women receiving equal pay for equal work as men (Lily Ledbetter Act). She’s against the $15 minimum wage, and yet makes a six-figure salary with lots of benefits and perks for doing what? She voted for the Keystone XL pipeline (I was against it), a huge corporate agenda. The pipeline was to be built through Nebraska, which I understand is at a higher risk for earthquakes due to fracking.

She voted for the 2015 changes to the Toxic Substances Control Act Modernization, which I understand will prevent litigation against large corporations like Monsanto for contaminating our environment with toxic and carcinogenic chemicals (PCBs and the Spokane River).

In October 2013, she, along with Sen. Ted Cruz and other Tea Party Republicans, forced the shutdown of the government, which I felt jeopardized our national security (Fairchild Air Force Base). Why are we voting for her?

Janet Smith

Spokane

Letters policy

The Spokesman-Review invites original letters on local topics of public interest. Your letter must adhere to the following rules:

  • No more than 250 words
  • We reserve the right to reject letters that are not factually correct, racist or are written with malice.
  • We cannot accept more than one letter a month from the same writer.
  • With each letter, include your daytime phone number and street address.
  • The Spokesman-Review retains the nonexclusive right to archive and re-publish any material submitted for publication.

Unfortunately, we don’t have space to publish all letters received, nor are we able to acknowledge their receipt. (Learn more.)

Submit letters using any of the following:

Our online form
Submit your letter here
Mail
Letters to the Editor
The Spokesman-Review
999 W. Riverside Ave.
Spokane, WA 99201
Email
editor@spokesman.com
Fax
(509) 459-3815
Phone
(509) 459-5430

Read more about how we crafted our Letters to the Editor policy