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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   HAVE YOUR SAY Feel strongly about something? Share it with the community by writing a letter to the editor. You’ll need to include your name, address and daytime phone number. (We’ll only publish your name and hometown.) We reserve the right to edit letters, but if you keep yours to 300 words or less, we won’t ask you to shorten it. If your letter is published, please wait 30 days before submitting another. Send it to: E-mail: letters@heraldnet.com Mail: Letters section The Herald P.O. Box 930 Everett, WA 98206 Fax: 425-339-3458 Have a question about letters? Contact Carol MacPherson (cmacpherson@heraldnet.com or 425-339-3472).   Published: Saturday, October 4, 2008 10TH DISTRICT Knue needed to get things accomplished Elections are about judging the qualifications of the candidates. On the one hand, we have Tim Knue. Tim is active in his community with his church, the Future Farmers of America and Kiwanis has had a lifelong and deep commitment to helping others. Tim's hard work as a teacher has earned him state and national accolades. During Tim's 32 years as an educator in our district, he has worked with elected officials to solve the failings of our educational system as they have arisen. He has lobbied to pass crucial state legislation (SSB 5940) concerning our state's lack of career and technical training. The result of the passage of this bill ensures students have the opportunity and resources to pursue "real world" skills to enter the workforce confidently. Norma Smith, on the other hand, is the only freshman legislator who did not pass any type of legislation into law. If you judge her by her voting record, she more often than not followed the Republican Party line. Politics as usual is not what we want from our leaders. Her immediate neighbors recognize Norma's lack of involvement in Olympia. The overwhelming majority of precincts on South Whidbey voted for Tim Knue. Even Norma's neighbors in the Deer Lake precinct decided that Tim was their choice. If we are to have a leader in Olympia who will listen to us, learn what is important to us and act on legislation that will make our district great, we need to listen, learn and act on the decision of Norma's neighbors and vote for Tim Knue. Steve Vogel Clinton

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