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Anything with an “R”

Sun., May 5, 2019

I just shake my head in disgust every time Matt Shea is re-elected in our Spokane Valley.

I’ve often said that a chimpanzee would be elected here in our Valley if it had an “R” after its name. Heaven forbid we should elected a well-educated and highly qualified - dare I say it- Democrat.

Hard to believe, but until the mid-1970s, our beautiful valley of farms and meadows was solidly Democrat. But once the developers arrived and paved our beautiful valley over, the vote has turned solid Republican and Matt Shea’s are elected. Sad!

Sally Jackson

Spokane Valley

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