Friday, October 1, 2010

Take the time to Read the Letter

Isn't it interesting that folks will make wild accusations based on a rumor that they heard? They will say it with such conviction that they even talk themselves into believing that it is the Gospel truth. Well, as my favorite president often said, "Here we go again!!" This time it is with Congressional Candidate in Arizona's CD$, Janet Contreras. Someone told someone who told someone else that Janet wrote a letter to Glenn Beck and that someone said that that was the only reason that she was on the ticket. How devastating! Unfortunately for the storytellers, this is only part of the story.

The rest of the story is that Janet Contreras wrote a letter to Congress attempting to reach out to express her disappointment with her Congressional representation, using her first amendment right of free speech. This letter ended up on the Glenn Beck program because of its passion and the way it expressed what so many of us feel. She has been involved in local issues in her community for years, always taking a leadership role. As a business woman, she knows what it takes to create a job. As a mom, she knows what it takes to take care of a family. All of these elements came together and at the right time made it possible for her to enter the race for the Congressional seat. She won her primary. And don't be surprise if you seeing being sworn in as the newest Republican Congresswoman from Arizona on Jan. 20.