New thinking and fresh ideas are needed in Augusta. Party ideology and special interests haven’t served the public well. People must focus on long-term challenges and not get stuck in trade-off thinking. Economic and environmental issues can co-exist. Health care and financial security need not conflict. Short-term savings and long-term investment are each necessary.
Who thinks like that? Someone who listens well and focuses on working with others; someone who has been a teacher, a pastor and a farmer and businesswoman.
In House District 71 there is such a candidate in Doretta Colburn. Her experience enables her to bring a breadth, freshness, practicality and passion to finding solutions.
She thinks like an investor, weighing expense and risk against future reward, knowing that investments in children, communities and sustainable land use are keys to the future.
Real solutions are long-term. They require commitment and nurture. That is how Doretta Colburn thinks.
Kerry Johnson, Waterford
Send questions/comments to the editors.
