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We need a new pragmatic vision
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To the Editor:
As a wife, a mother of three, and a lifelong resident of Southeastern Minnesota, I cannot help but feel deeply concerned with the way this part of Minnesota is operating along with the way politics is operating in St. Paul.
With highway 44 crumbling before our eyes, our public schools struggling to stay afloat, and small family farms being sucked in by giant corporate ones, I’m certain we rural Minnesotans are headed in the wrong direction. We’ve given our current GOP representative plenty of time to improve the district of 31B. Eighteen years has been long enough.
This district needs a new, pragmatic vision to solve today’s problems and invest in tomorrow’s solutions. That is why I’m supporting Steve Kemp in next week’s precinct caucuses and that is why it is necessary we send him to work for us at the Capitol later this year.
Steve Kemp is someone who recently entered politics not for fame or attention, but for the people of Southeastern Minnesota and the people of this state. Steve shares my progressive views without the arrogance and rejection towards differing views. Fresh and new, yet such simple pragmatism is exactly what is needed in today’s world of divisive politics.
Unlike many currently in public service, Steve Kemp knows the importance of compromise. It’s this kind of common sense approach that transcends politics in return for real-life solutions. I encourage everyone to caucus for Steve Kemp on Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. at your respective caucus locations which can be found on the Secretary of State’s website.
Darcy Thorson
Spring Grove, Minn.
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