Steve Ellis is emerging as an exciting new candidate for the Maine House of Representatives from District 38 (Unity, Thorndike, Monroe, Brooks, western Frankfort, Waldo, Swanville, Knox, Jackson).

Steve is an antidote to the stuck attitudes about the climate disasters befalling our world. Maine Conservation Voters ranked his opponent, our House district’s incumbent for the past 2-years, at only 17% favorable. We cannot afford to continue this course.

It’s easy to miss the slow degradation of our way of life here in Maine. The stress put on our environment from heavy industry and pollution are destroying the legacy of our beautiful state, putting our future generations in jeopardy.

Steve Ellis is not a man to sit and bemoan threats to our state’s natural resources, but a guy inclined to take action. I met him when he came to my house seeking signatures for a Citizens Climate Lobby initiative. More recently, I heard he was running for State Representative from our town of Waldo.

It is easy to be blinded by the scope of the environmental problems we face and take to the couch. One thing we can all do, though, is to go to the polls on election day, November 5, and vote for Steve Ellis, a man who is willing to fight for our state’s clean air, soil, and water.

Jennifer Hill lives in Waldo