The letter went on to say "property owners in District 10 need a representative who will uphold their rights and defend them against the spending lobby."

Residents in Democratic Rep. Carl Duckworth's district in Magna got the same letter, except it was from his Republican opponent, Deena Ely, and it also said "property owners in District 10 need a representative who will uphold their rights and defend them against the spending lobby."

Two problems: Moss represents District 37 and Duckworth represents District 22.

But no worries. The residents of the real District 10 in Ogden also received the identical letter. It just changed the name of target from Moss or Duckworth to Rep. LaWanna Shurtliff, the Democrat who represents that district. And instead of being signed by Thackeray or Ely, the letter was signed by Shurtliff's Republican opponent, George Garwood.

Over in Cottonwood Heights' District 46, residents also received the letter, except this time it was blasting Democratic Rep. Karen Morgan and signed by her Republican opponent, Robyn Bagley.

And in Tooele's District 21, the letter blasted Democratic Rep. Jim Gowans and was signed by his GOP opponent, Jess Clifford.

The letter neglected to mention that the bill in question was sponsored by then-Republican Rep. Mike Styler and backed by Republican Speaker of the House Greg Curtis.

Thackeray, Garwood, Bagley, Ely and Clifford are strongly supported by the pro-school voucher group, Parents for Choice in Education, which in turn is heavily funded by national PACs financially fueled by the heirs of the Wal-Mart and Amway fortunes.

Dr. Joseph, we presume: The campaign signs for the Republican candidate in Senate District 2 identified him as Dr. Joe Jarvis.

But on the ballot, he will be Joseph Q. Jarvis, much to his consternation and despite his protests.

Jarvis says that even though the Lieutenant Governor's Office sent the certified names to the Salt Lake County Clerk's Office with his name as Joe Jarvis, Democratic Clerk Sherrie Swensen has refused to change it, and that will confuse voters as to who he is.

But it's not a partisan conspiracy, says Swensen. When he filled out his declaration of candidacy, he signed it as Joseph Q. Jarvis. The GOP then requested it be changed to Dr. Joe Jarvis, but a subsequent attorney general's opinion said titles were not allowed. So the name on the declaration of candidacy was used.

By the time the office got the certified names from the lieutenant governor, says Swensen, the office had locked down the database and uploaded the memory cards, making it impossible to change.

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