Karen Matthee deserves your vote

I met Karen, candidate for State Representative District 1, Seat A, during the primary campaign. She was clear about her reasons for running and clear-headed about plans to improve life for Idaho’s citizens. I fully support Karen in all her plans but would like to highlight two issues that affect me.

Public libraries serve everyone. Since my childhood, I have found joy in whichever library I found myself. HB 710 is now law, passed under the guise of making libraries “safer for children.” It presumes a problem that was not in existence. Consequently, some small libraries have closed; others have had to implement time-consuming and expensive procedures. Karen would work to undo the burden of this law.

As a woman, I am appalled at the actions of the GOP-majority legislature which impose a health threat to women and risk to doctors of potential financial loss and even loss of license. Such distrust of doctors and control of women does not elevate humanity: it takes all of us backwards. It’s already taken doctors to other states to practice medicine and women to go outside of Idaho for health care. Karen will work to empower physicians to save lives and the health of women.

Finally, Karen will work in a non-partisan manner to focus on the concerns of the majority of Idaho’s citizens. Please join me by voting for Karen in the November election.

LEXIE DE FREMERY

Sandpoint