Editor, Gazette-Journal:

I am writing to support the re-election of Linda Hodges for the Mathews School Board. Linda has been an effective and tireless advocate for the Mathews schools and deserves your vote.

She is currently serving as the chairman of the Mathews School Board. She previously served as a school counselor at Mathews High School. Linda is energetic, smart and deeply committed to the children and parents and schools in Mathews County.

I have personally witnessed this at Apostles Lutheran Church, where she has been faithfully teaching children for many, many years. She is dedicated, level-headed and works well with a wide variety of people—students, parents and faculty. She takes time to do her homework and fully understands the issues she is working on. She knows Mathews County and knows what is needed to make it a better school district.

One of the things that continually amazes me is her enormous energy for getting things done. Linda will work diligently for e...