( – promoted by michael horan)

This week a reporter from the Berkshire Eagle contacted me and other candidates for a story in progress.  One item requested was a short explanation of why I’m running for office.  The question is a good one to regularly ask oneself while in the public spotlight.  Below is what I submitted.  

“I am a thoughtful, caring, hard-working candidate who believes that representative government is accountable for the infrastructure that allows responsible individuals, communities, and businesses to thrive.  We have not been well-served under the trickle-down philosophy which both ruling parties have bought into (or have cashed in on).  Today’s power brokers are failing us.

I am running for office because I want the job and will be a good representative.  My election will tip the scales of power and of policy.  The time is now to begin electing legislators who are not affiliated with the parties of business-as-usual, whose parties and power affiliations do not solicit corporate/lobbyist funding, who usher in new thinking, who call for tax fairness, different budget priorities and infrastructure investments which support the health of local communities farms and businesses, and transparency in government.  My campaign is about beginning a new dialogue, about reaching out to those of all political persuasions including those who have been disenfranchised by the current system. As the first elected Green-Rainbow Party member of the state legislature, my service will be in the same spirit – an example of the kind of transparent, accessible representative government that into the future people will continue demanding.”