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BlueMTexpat

(15,368 posts)
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 05:03 PM Aug 2014

"Someone like us" for the Senate ...

Loved this letter posted in the Ravalli Republic (MT) about Amanda Curtis ...

Are you as excited about Amanda Curtis as I am?

It is usually the case that candidates for Senate from the two major parties have been groomed for years by the political establishment and are indebted to powerful, behind-the-scenes players. Or, they are so wealthy as to make their agendas and their loyalties contrary to the needs of ordinary Montanans.

But in Amanda Curtis, we have someone like us. We have a person who draws a normal paycheck, who has taught math to our kids at Helena Middle School and who now teaches at Butte High School. We have someone committed to transparency: she posted YouTube videos each day during her inaugural year of service in the state legislature, in 2013.

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More at http://ravallirepublic.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_f5fe34ad-db00-5b23-860d-63414f2c4225.html

Here's Amanda's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/SupportAmandaCurtis?fref=nf

I really believe that she has a chance and am SOOOO delighted!

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"Someone like us" for the Senate ... (Original Post) BlueMTexpat Aug 2014 OP
Good luck to Ms Curtis and Montanans everywhere... Wounded Bear Aug 2014 #1
I'm so excited about Amanda! Delmette Aug 2014 #2
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