Okay, Martha Coakley is not my favorite person. She’s awkward and lacks charisma. And her opponent is every bit as much of a hunk as he was when he posed for that famous Cosmo centerfold…just a bit greyer about the temples. But these are not reasons to throw away the vital 60th seat in the U.S. Senate.
I’ve been looking around on the internet to find out why this contest has turned into a dead heat. On the issue of health care reform, some people are saying they don’t care, since, in our state, we get to have health insurance even if we are already sick or get sick. Do these people have no friends or family who live or may someday live in another state?
Many more don’t like unemployment and other financial woes and seem to have forgotten that you can’t cure the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression in a single year. They are ignoring the fact that Scott Brown will block the reforms planned to impose financial discipline on Wall Street and stop the next recession. Martha Coakley will vote with her party.
For myself, the most important issue is climate change legislation. Coakley is for it; her opponent is against it. I simply want the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Ashfield to be able to enjoy the natural beauty of our town as much as I have. An ecological disaster is the worst legacy we could leave.
Lately we’ve had our noses to the grindstone, quite rightly working hard to fix our many local problems. But let’s take one day to lift our heads and look around, see how our nation is counting on us, and take a trip to the polls to vote for Martha. We can distinguish Ashfield as a place where voters care and help keep Washington on the move and out of gridlock.
Don’t forget that we’re voting at Sanderson Academy. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. So please go vote for Martha Coakley. Please, please, please.
Am I begging? You bet’cha.
Ruth Julian
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