This letter was sent to Addison County Senator Heffernan asking for clarification in regard to his vote of No in the Senate Resolution 13.

I live in Monkton and was dismayed by your vote of “no” regarding S.R 13. (Senate resolution strongly objecting to the manner and circumstances under which U.S. immigration authorities arrested and detained Mohsen Mahdawi and strongly advocating that he be afforded due process under the law and released immediately from detention).

I suggest you have an obligation to all the voters in our county, to publicly explain your thinking and motivation in the decision to vote no on this resolution.

I have seen multiple letters to the editor of our local newspaper from your constituency, asking for an explanation. It shouldn’t take but a few paragraphs and but a moment of your time to respond publicly via the local paper to clarify your viewpoint. I will be posting this email for next week’s edition and perhaps, and I hope, you’ve already thought to respond.

Julie Mitchell

Monkton