ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Marano

I am endorsing Paula Marano for District 4, Seat B in the Idaho Legislature. While I haven’t known Paula for decades as some previous writers have, in the 10 years or so I have known her personally, I have found Paula to be a woman of integrity and many talents. Paula is intelligent, caring and especially active in the community she has lived in for many years. She has dedicated herself to the improvement of the place we call home by investing time and effort into promoting education, supporting the military, raising suicide awareness - just to name a few. Most of her efforts and views on community issues seem to be toward lifting our fellow neighbors up in the community, not creating barriers. That is true whether the issues are access to women’s health care, child welfare, including excellent education opportunities or fair and just law enforcement. I can’t think of anyone I’d rather have working for myself, my family and friends. As someone who has always done the hard work of investing herself and time toward important issues, Paula Marano will be a common sense leader for all.

CATHY KRAUS

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