For a generation, Debra Long was part of the elected team that guided the Central Valley School District. She’s looking to become an elected official again, this time as a state legislator in Olympia.
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Debra Long: I’m running on the premise that I’m tired of the gas taxes. I’m honest. I go to Idaho at the Maverik right there and I save a dollar a gallon. I’m not alone. East Valley went there during the whole month of May and it was about a buck and a quarter and they saved over a hundred grand…