Thank you for your thoughtful comparison of our two main gubernatorial candidates. We agree that Sue Minter is the only choice if the state is to make reasonable progress in a wide range of critical areas. We urge our fellow citizens to elect her, understanding that she will need strong support but also considerable direction and pushing from a socially-committed Democratic-Progressive Legislature.
We hope that David Zuckerman will be elected lieutenant governor and, onourcounty and local levels, that Sen. Claire Ayer and Sen. Chris Bray will be re-elected along with the other excellent incumbent and new Addison County Democrats and Progressives. 
Please re-elect Amy Sheldon to represent Middlebury in the Vermont House and elect Jill Charbonneau, running as a Progressive, to Middlebury’s other House seat. Jill, like Amy, is  committed to affordable,universal healthcare,an enormously urgent and complicated topic, which, unfortunately, seems to be a real blind spot for Minter.
We need dedicated, knowledgeable and determined advocates in the Legislature and sustained public awareness and insistence to keep healthcare as a human right a top state priority.
Judy and Michael Olinick
Middlebury