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LTE: We need to better fund education

Colorado is 47th in how we fund public education
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I admire Janice Marchman’s values, work ethic and a firm belief that working together we can make this a better community. 

Candidate Marchman is an educator, and she understands that Colorado is 47th in how we fund public education.  She understands how terribly underfunded our schools are, yet her opponent introduced a bill last legislative session to no longer tax meals in restaurants. 

Thank goodness this failed because if it had passed revenue for education and other vital programs would be further eroded.  And if it had passed, due to TABOR these revenues would not be replaced. 

Janice is a fighter and a woman who knows how to live her values.  Please vote for Janice Marchman to serve as our state senator – we need her now more than ever. 

Fred Garcia