To the editor:

As we think about voting for our state legislators this November, I ask you to think about the current legislators now in office. Are they doing the same things that have been done for the past 40 years that have put Maine in the position we are in today?

Local newspapers quoted Forbes magazine as saying Maine has ranked as the worst state for business for a second year in a row: “Maine suffers from energy costs 31 percent above the national average, stagnant population growth and anemic forecasts when it comes to job and gross state product growth.”

Sagadahoc County has some great, hard-working small business candidates running for state offices, some of whom have never run for office before. We see them in our county daily, the movers and shakers of our communities. If elected, we can count on them to put their best foot forward for the benefit of our communities with the same enthusiasm, energy and problem-solving skills they use every day to keep their businesses and employees productive and competitive.

As a hard-working private sector Mainer myself, I ask you, as you go to the polls this November and vote for our state senator, consider, in whom do you put your trust: the lawyer, or Jeff Pierce, the carpenter?

As a lifelong resident of Sagadahoc County, I will be voting for the carpenter and small businessman, Maine sportsman and conservationist.

David G. Mosher
Dresden