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thank you Dave. I read Sue Johnson’s comments. I suggest people continue their letter writing and speaking out, on both traditional and social media, depending on their comfort levels of posting on platforms, like Twitter, FB, or others. When people read your of your perspective, that gives reinforcement to people who share your opinions. People do read letters to the editors in both smaller papers and the DMR and Gazette. More and more people post on substacks or other platforms. I am working with a small group of Iowans from 5 different rural counties who are doing just that and have had success at getting letters or columns published on matters like public education, elder care, what the legisalture’s priorities should be, Veterans programs, and Reynolds denial of federal food programs. Working in a group keeps our morale up, too.

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5 college friends, long time grandmas, were going to March at the capitol tomorrow. With weather we cancelled. What can we do? We vote, we write letters we are frustrated. How can we keep our grandchildren and your children safe?

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