I believe that America is at a crossroads and Massachusetts should point the direction that we will travel as it has so often throughout our history. I beseech you to join this noble effort to take our nation back from those causing harm either knowingly or unknowingly, through action or inaction.

We have so many important issues before us in need of attention, the marriage issue, stopping all immoral embryonic stem cell research, major changes in how we educate our young in our public schools of Boston, Cambridge and throughout the Commonwealth.

Finally, protecting our seniors with proper, affordable health care and prescriptions. Let their golden years be happy ones.

There is a great need for improvements to infrastructure maintenance, for example that disgrace called the Bowker overpass leading to and from upper Boylston St., Fenway Park and Storrow Drive. We also need the River St. bridge leading from Allston to Cambridge examined for badly needed repair or replacement.

Constituent services will be my top priority. Devising programs and funding them is not enough! Oversight must also occur to help accomplish more with each and every tax dollar spent.

For 21 years I was employed with Eastern Air Lines in customer service and was also elected by approximately 250 fellow workers to represent them in dealing with our company as part of nation-wide group fighting to protect jobs and working conditions.