Letter to the editor: Ellie Goldberg is high-energy, down-to-earth, and smart

Mon, 10/24/2016 - 12:15pm

While the Maine Legislature moves at sluggish speed toward very little, there IS hope at the local level in District 95 for fresh thinking and leadership– and that is Ellie Goldberg!

Ellie is a mature intellect, abundant in common sense. She brings years of legislative experience and know-how to the job as founder of the Maine Children's Alliance, which she ran for 17 years. In that capacity, she advocated on behalf of Maine's children at both the state and federal level– and succeeded in establishing programs and funding for the state's most vulnerable population.

Ellie easily grasps the inter -connectedness between rising property taxes, the reduction of state funding of education, and revenue sharing. She understands the serious challenges of climate change statewide.

She understands the word "compromise", and knows without it nothing in Augusta can be accomplished. She is a Clean Election candidate.

She is high energy, down-to-earth, and smart: just the very type we desperately need in Augusta!

Please consider joining us in sending the best possible person to the Legislature to represent our District 95 (Warren, Appleton, Hope, and half of Union).

Pen and Bev Williamson live in Warren