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BARBIERI: Support from everywhere

Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 9 years, 2 months AGO
| October 5, 2016 9:00 PM

I want to thank Cecil Andrus for his backhanded endorsement of District 2 Rep. Vito Barbieri.

Democrats just don’t get it. Republicans applaud the stand Rep. Barbieri has taken on these issues.

Taxpayers know (because it is far from a secret) that the Teachers’ Union is all about more money for teachers and administrators. For taxpayers, that is not a good thing.

Rep. Barbieri was stating the obvious when pointing out that Biblical principles have been all but banned by the Public School system. Public schools are “godless.” And, that is not a good thing.

With education budgets exceeding 1.7 billion dollars, there should be more legislators voting against this gargantuan budget. But there aren’t. That is not a good thing.

The rest of Andrus’ bullet points are important to Democrats, or anyone who believes that the state is the only answer to every problem, but not to the voting majority. There is a reason Idaho’s majority votes Republican. There is a reason District 2 continues to elect this fearless individual who is dedicated to articulating the Republican conservative cause. The reason? Because we agree with him!

Yes, I’m repeating myself: The Democrats just don’t get it. I’m wholeheartedly supporting Vito Barbieri again this November.

BILL BROOKS

Coeur d’Alene