Haines offers real experience

Haines offers real experience

To the editor:
    In a very short time, Maine voters will go to the polls and make decisions that will impact our state for years to come.  Although the race for the Blaine House will rightly garner the most attention, there are other contests that deserve our close scrutiny.  The quality of the people we send to the Statehouse will ultimately determine the effectiveness of the successful gubernatorial candidate.  Voters in House District 7 have an opportunity to send to Augusta a strong, articulate advocate for Aroostook County.  Troy Haines would be an asset in addressing the many problems our state government will confront in the near future. 

    We are retired educators and County beef producers who have farmed in both southern and central Aroostook.  We are keenly aware of the need for legislators who support diversified agriculture as an essential component of Aroostook County’s economic development.  We have known Troy Haines for a number of years, and have been impressed with his intelligence, his work ethic, his business acumen, and his understanding of the issues facing small farms.
    At a time when the southern Maine crowd can barely envision anything north of Augusta, Troy Haines, a county native who has run a small agricultural business of his own, understands the issues facing the county.  The next legislature will face the daunting issues of taxes, energy, health care, education an aging population, and increasing levels of poverty.
    Troy Haines has worked in the trenches on a number of these issues.  This experience affords him a pretty realistic view of what we’re up against.  This is why we need Troy as a state representative.  People need to understand that there is a choice here, and that there will be ramifications of votes cast on Nov. 2nd.
    Please cast your vote for Troy Haines and help us realize Aroostook’s potential.