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In 2011, I was laid off without pay when the state government was shut down. Although one might argue that there is no one person to blame, Bruce Vogel's unwillingness to compromise contributed to causing the shutdown. It angers me that when I lost my pay, our state representative,...

The multitude of letters from former or current educators supporting Minnesota House candidate Mary Sawatsky speak loudly. Mary has one-issue, to heighten the high wages and elaborate benefits of fellow educators and public union members. Evident in the various local debates; she...

In 2010, Minnesota elected, for the first time in nearly 40 years, a Republican legislature. Saddled with a deficit of almost 6 billion dollars, and applying Republican values of fiscal responsibility and limited government, this legislature was able to turn that deficit into a surplus...

We're probably all getting sick and tired of the political ads on the TV and radio. I know that I'm disappointed in all the negative campaigning. For example, we're receiving mailing after mailing telling us that Rep. Bruce Vogel doesn't do a good job. That's just not true. First...

Bruce Vogel's supporters continue to say that Mary Sawatzky's Education Minnesota salary was paid by the taxpayers. This is untrue. Mary's very excellent work for Education Minnesota was paid by her fellow teachers who needed her to negotiate on their behalf. It is an important job,...

In the Aug. 29 edition of the West Central Tribune, the DFL had a half-page ad against Bruce Vogel. They stated that he can't be trusted to tell the truth. If you can't trust Bruce, you can't trust anyone. Let us look at the facts. In 2009, before Bruce Vogel was in the legislature...

I would guess each one of us has been bombarded with political ads during this election process. The Republican-led Legislature was not perfect, but if a party is going to criticize the work they did, it is so very important to have all numbers correct. Here are the correct numbers...

There are many reasons to vote for Mary Sawatzky over Bruce Vogel. Foremost, she has offered a positive message of collaborative legislating. She thinks that when we work together, we all do better. His message has been entirely negative, dishonest and simply mean. But the most...

As a retired nurse, health care is an important issue for me, especially how state laws and budget issues affect our senior and most vulnerable citizens. This is why I am not supporting Bruce Vogel and will vote for Mary Sawatzky. Vogel would do away with funding for nursing care...

I am having a hard time understanding how an elected legislator, whose goal is supposedly to represent and work for his constituents' best long-term interests, would essentially tie his own hands by signing Grover Norquist's "Taxpayer Protection Pledge," agreeing to "oppose and vote...

There has been much publicity, on the air and in our mailboxes, from Bruce Vogel's campaign supporters claiming that the taxpayers are paying Mary Sawatzky's salary as president of Willmar's Education Minnesota. Vogel's supporters, of course, are wrong. Teachers themselves pay her...

I am unhappy about all of the negative campaigning we see on TV and radio and these mailers we get incessantly. The ones for Rep. Vogel are particularly bad because they are obviously and simply untrue. I'm not sure if Vogel is to blame or if he just allows others to do the dirty...

If you repeat something over and over again, people tend to believe the statements are true. Unfortunately supporters of Sen. Lyle Koenen and House candidate Mary Sawatzky are using this deceptive political tactic to distort their opponent's voting record. In my August West Central...

I am writing in response to Bev Engleson's letter to the editor on Oct. 16. I have had the privilege of working with our elderly in both nursing homes and assisted living facilities for longer than 20 years. It has been my passion to be able to care for those who have given so much...

Hey, how about all those slick, colored giant postcards we're getting in the mail lately? I suppose their purpose is to educate us about why Candidate A would be better for us than Candidate B. You can usually tell who's being touted by the attractive, smiling colored picture of...