Editor, I am a WWII Veteran and I had the pleasure of visiting with Donna McAleer at my home in Coalville this week. I have long believed that America would be better off with more veterans serving in Congress, and I urge Utahns in District 1, to send Army veteran Donna McAleer to Congress. In the wake of two major conflicts overseas, we need to make sure our heroes receive the benefits they earned and deserve when they return home.
In 1995, I moved to Coalville, Utah. Previously while living and working as a banker in Mackay, Idaho I served as chair of the Republican Party in Custer County for several years in the early 1960’s. In my 85 years, I have been a banker and a rancher. I have seen so many of the Republican policies and witnessed how they have been harmful and detrimental to this country and our families. We are fighting two wars on borrowed money and by lowering taxes. No country should go to war unless we the citizens are going to support a draft and taxes are raised to pay for it. Less than 1 percent of our population has served or is serving.
