Dear Editor:

I am writing to support the candidacy of Wendy Ross for Representative in District 87 (Wiscasset, Alna, Pittston, and Randolph). Wendy is familiar with the political arena, having worked for many years as a professional journalist reporting on national politics. As a volunteer, she works on the Boards of the Wiscasset Library and Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights.

Her priorities include: increase access to healthcare, promote family friendly policies such as maternity leave, and decrease local property taxes by getting the state to meet mandated levels of education funding and revenue sharing.

Wendy recently received endorsements from the Maine State Employees Association and the Maine AFL-CIO for her stands on worker issues, and from the Maine Education Association.  The Sierra Club and the Maine Conservation Voters Action Fund have endorsed her for her environmental positions. Those include: increase the use of solar energy in Maine; protect energy efficiency funding; support programs that protect the quality of our lakes and ocean waters, and support funding for Land for Maine’s Future

She lives in her family’s historic farm house in Wiscasset with husband Tom. They have four grown sons and two grandchildren.

Jim Hynson

Pittston