On November 6th, I hope you will join me in supporting my good friends Ken Wells and David Karrick for Merrimack 1 and Merrimack 25 districts as State Representatives. Ken is a retired teacher and David is a former State Representative who both understand that education and education funding are crucially important for New Hampshire to retain its youthful population. For too long now, the state has reneged on its obligations to our schools, downshifting costs to our towns. In the last two years of complete Republican control in our state, we have witnessed the legislature give $100 million in tax breaks to a handful of rich corporations instead of sending the money back to our towns. Representative Natalie Wells and State Senator Harold French have both supported this giant give away under the guise of helping businesses to come to New Hampshire when the real problem is the lack of trained workers to fill the existing employment opportunities. Again, education and training are the answer. We can no longer afford to short change our students and we sure could use a break in our property taxes.

On a personal note, Ken Wells has been my good neighbor for many years. Ken and his wife Lee have been involved in many Andover community organizations, such as the Andover Energy Group, the Historical Society , the Friends of the Rail Trail and the Service Club.
I enthusiastically recommend both Ken and David. I hope you will join me in voting for both of them on November 6th.
Mario Ratzki