LETTER: WHEAT'S VOTING RECORD

To the editor:

If you're still undecided on who to vote for in the Ashcroft-Wheat contest, lesten up: It's a no-brainer for people who are concerned about family values. All you have to do is look at Wheat's congressional voting record in the last session. There were 14 issues that came before Congress that have tremendous impact on families:

Banning immigrants with HIV/AIDS virus, paretnal notification for abortion, lifting the ban on gays in the military, criminaling pro-life free speech, cutting government waste, balanced-budget amendment, Clinton tax-and-spend budget plan, tax relief for families, denying parents a say in education, government-sanctioned homosexual marriages, taxpayer-funded abortions, promoting homosexuality to schoolchildren, school prayer and abstinence-based sex education.

On a scale of zero to 100, the rep from Kansas City scores a zero, which means he never voted for any measure that would help or promote families. In fact, contrary to those slick television commercials, he is bitterly opposed to anything that would favor boosting and encouraging family values.

GERALD W. BEAM

Dexter