To the Editor:

We are writing this letter to express our support for David Karrick, who is running to represent the towns of Andover, Danbury, Salisbury, Warner, and Webster in Merrimack District 25.  We’ve come to know David over the course of the last few years and we are impressed with his intelligence and his priorities.

David is an experienced legislator, having served as a District 25 Representative for four years, sitting on the Ways and Means Committee.  He also served as a Selectman in Warner. As our Representative, David will be responsive to the concerns of all his constituents, unlike our current Representative.

David’s positions on the issues facing New Hampshire are pragmatic and ideologically neutral.  For instance, he understands that the State funding contribution for public education for Grades K-12 is unsustainable and will act to resolve this long-festering problem.  He understands that previously reduced State funding for tuition for UNH and for other post-high school educational institutions must be increased in order to provide tuition relief for in-state students.  He understands the most basic of economic principles, which is that the State must increase, rather than continually decrease, its contributions to education in order to (a) provide an adequate education to all NH children; b) provide tuition relief to New Hampshire’s college and vocational students; and (c) provide much-needed property tax relief to long-suffering taxpayers.

Adequate educational funding is but one issue facing New Hampshire.  David will work towards solutions to many lingering problems that affect quality of life, including, but not limited to, affordable, comprehensive health care; obtainable clean energy, including the removal of limits on net metering; obtainable statewide high speed internet and broadband service.

It is irrefutable that New Hampshire is having difficulty attracting and keeping young people and young families. On the Republican agenda for 2019 is the continuing suppression of voting rights, reduction of access to comprehensive health care, privatization of education, corporate tax relief.  David’s opponent publicly states that she is aligned with Americans for Prosperity—an outside Koch Brothers organization devoted to cutting business taxes, removing business regulations (especially energy regulations), and privatizing education. None of these goals benefit us—the people.

Please join us in voting for David Karrick to represent us in Merrimack District 25.  Thank you.

Marie D. Nardino
William Radzelovage
Andover, NH