I grew up in Klamath Falls—a place where people work with their hands and their whole hearts. The politicians back then shut down timber, leaving my family and so many others behind, and they never looked back We spent Saturday’s at garage sales, ate pancakes three times a day, couch surfed when rent went up, and went without when the food stamps ran out. The politicians didn’t care. But we had faith and we found a way. We worked hard and we kept going. We never gave up. These are the values tha