To the Editor:
Teachers, nurses, librarians, first responders, retail workers, restaurant workers, municipal employees—just a few of the important jobs paying middle-class wages.
These are the people that keep our economies and towns vibrant.
Without them, our communities simply won’t function—no schools, no health care, no libraries, no law enforcement, no shops, no restaurants, no snow removal.
The list goes on and on.
If we want the services provided by these workers, and I know we all do, we need to make sure they have somewhere to live. The shortage of middle-class housing in many of our towns is at a crisis level.
Justin Potter, Democratic candidate for State Senate, District 30, keenly understands this.
Potter believes we can create the housing we need while respecting local control of zoning and open space. He supports state funding for accessory apartments, which the vast majority of our towns already allow because they fit well with the existing form and infrastructure of even our most rural areas.
As the leader of a nonprofit housing organization, he understands the challenges of creating housing—and how state policy can be improved to make it easier to build homes that better fit the finances of middle-class workers and their families.
If you want to see our towns thrive, please join me in voting for Justin Potter for State Senate, District 30.
Lianna Gantt
Kent
