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Enough of GOP from Gilbert, time for legislative change

Reader supports Mary Rose for LD 14 House

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OPINION — I’ve been a Gilbert resident for 16 years, and I’ve watched our state government go from bad to really bad.

Our legislature has been controlled by Republicans for the whole time I’ve lived here, and what do we have to show for it? Our public schools are being decimated, our very high-quality election system is being denigrated and threatened, our water is disappearing and our climate is getting hotter every year.

It is time for a change in our state Legislature.

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Enough of GOP from Gilbert, time for legislative change

Reader supports Mary Rose for LD 14 House

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