When I read Greg Kesich’s column (“Labor mural controversy too tempting to ignore” March 30), I felt compelled to respond.
In his piece he suggests that by trying to save the Department of Labor mural and temporarily display it in Portland, Rep. Ben Chipman is not working on important issues like retaining state support for social service programs. This could not be further from the truth.
When the governor put forward a budget that would cut funding for substance abuse services and could force the Serenity House on Mellen Street to close, Rep. Chipman was a leader in the effort to oppose these cuts. He contacted me and other neighbors in the Parkside neighborhood and rented a van to transport all of us up to the State House to speak out against these cuts.
Rep. Chipman is working around the clock to oppose cuts to social service programs and is doing the job that I and others in the neighborhood elected him to do.
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