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I fully support the candidacy of Christine Goupil for State Representative in the 35th Assembly District. Christine is running on a platform that stresses three areas key to Connecticut’s future success and prosperity: equitable communities, a protected environment, and a carefully crafted sustainable economy.
An equitable state provides avenues for all of its citizens to obtain health care. It supports and protects its seniors and insures voting access to all eligible voters. Goupil also sees the availability of universal pre-k education as part of the effort to bring the benefits of early education to all children of our state.
Priorities for the environment include the development of renewable energy resources and an electric grid ready to meet the demands of a changing climate. Local farming, a vital part of Connecticut’s past, is a piece of the equation that Goupil sees as important to our green and sustainable future.
For the economy, Goupil’s emphasis is on working out a practical budget that does not burden the most vulnerable in our communities and still provides for the services important to the the entire community. She believes it is essential to invest in transportation infrastructure improvements to serve both workers and businesses. Goupil believes in investing in the state’s network of technical schools with input from our aerospace, defense, and technology industries as well as our medical institutions. She sees this as directly tied to the quality and diversity of our workforce and a promising way of keeping our youth in Connecticut.
I have worked with Christine Goupil and know her as a planner and a problem solver. She will be the kind of representative called for by these difficult times.
Sincerely,
Annie Stirna
Killingworth, CT
