PUTNEY — A man, 63, a woman, 58, and a son, 29, of immigrant parents are running in Dummerston, Putney, and Westminster for two Vermont House of Representatives seats (Windham-4).
Vermonters by choice, Mike Mrowicki, Cindy Jerome, and Nader Hashim have impressive records of public service here.
How do their campaign flyers stating their interests and priorities help us - Democrats, Independents, Progressives, and Republicans - vote for two in the open Democratic primary (Aug. 14) to be unopposed in the general election, then represent everyone?
Climate change: fighting it with a green economy (Jerome).
Criminal justice: “ensure all people are treated with fairness, dignity and equality in our criminal justice system” (Hashim).
Environment: “defend and preserve” (Hashim).
Gun control: “common-sense gun reform” (Mrowicki).
Health care: providing universal access (Hashim and Jerome).
Minimum wage: increasing it (Hashim and Jerome).
Opioid addiction: “provide adequate treatment; holding pharmaceutical companies responsible” (Hashim).
Population growth: “attract and retain younger people to live in Vermont” (Hashim).
Poverty: “providing education about available resources, access to public transportation, and increasing the minimum wage” (Hashim).
Public investment: “invest wisely in our families' and community's future” (Jerome).
Religion: While religion should be neither a qualification nor a disqualification for political office in America, we tend to assume that people of Middle Eastern ancestry are Muslims, but Mr. Hashim is not (personal communication).
Schools: “foster and grow our quality education system” (Hashim); “helping to lead the fight against Act 46” (Mrowicki).
“Trumping Trump: pushing back in Vermont for economic, environmental and racial/social justice” (Mrowicki).
Workers: “support strong unions” (Hashim).
Who has your votes?