A Letter to the Governor for Luther T. Jessie, Jr. (Community Voices)

Published February 7, 2014

A letter to the Governor for Luther T. Jessie, Jr. (Community Voices)
I know how busy you are with the drought, long-term funding liabilities and health-care coverage on your plate. These are huge challenges that impact our entire state. But sometimes I think government … For more than a decade, Luther was also a … Read more on Oakland Local

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