Thank you to the Maine Republican Party for the recent push-poll where you insulted me for choosing to support Democrat Colleen Lachowicz in her race for state Senate District 25.

Dr. Ann Dorney, Democrat, is running for House District 86 from Norridgewock. I have known her 20-plus years as a friend, as a small business owner, as a physician leader, as a caring person housing exchange students, as an active community member distributing books to students and as someone who strongly feels and cares for Maine’s environment.

My fellow voters: Are you concerned by the near zero ratings of our local legislators on the issues of education and conservation of natural resources? Are you also concerned by the lock-step support of our extremist governor?

The vulnerable populations in our communities who depend on public assistance were placed in a precarious position due to the unstable condition of the Department of Health and Human Services.