To the Editor:
Talk is cheap. We’ve seen a lot of it recently in national politics, that’s for sure. And now, sadly, it’s worked its ugly way into local politics. I can’t stand seeing it here in our great, resilient community of Stafford, but there it is. Cheap talk and smears work on the national stage. But that’s not the Stafford I know, and the good neighbors of our community won’t stand for it either.
I know Joe Mangino as a neighbor and a hero in our community, and a lot of people here know him, too, from the work he…
November 2, 2018
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