To the editor:
For those of you looking for a candidate who does not take big money, in fact has run for state senator with less than$3,000, does not have a paid staff, or paid consultants and is not beholden to anyone but the citizens of her district and not big business, the 1 percenters, or  even have to play party politics, Christine Canning is running a true grassroots campaign.
She has a fantastic resume, strong on education, owns her own business, and as a widow raises her two children. She has new ideas on helping the economy, education and believes the Berkshires have been ignored too long. She is a true outsider with new ideas.
The Berkshire delegation we have now has watched the population decrease, businesses, factories and paper mills leave the county, school cost go up, and yet when we don’t get enough money from Boston to fix our roads push for a local gas tax and mileage tax while still keeping our tax dollars. They have forgotten what made the Berkshires great and don’t seem to care that our young people have to leave to make a living and a decent life. What we have now is not working for the working class, middle class, elderly or the young.
So what do we have to lose by voting for Christine Canning? She brings us hope, new ideas and hasn’t been bought off with big money.
When you drive by the closed stores, businesses, factories and For Sale signs in front of houses, think about what we have and who represents us right now. If you want to see Berkshire County move forward positively again, think about Christine Canning, a true grassroots candidate and a positive change for our future.
Patrick Fennell
Great Barrington, Mass.
