Younger Candidates Commended

Editor, The News-Gazette: I disagree with Susan Wood’s (Oct. 18) criticism of a candidate’s qualifications based on age and work experience.

Young people are too frequently turned away by employers citing lack of experience. We have many elected officials without governing experience, and business experience doesn’t always translate to quality governing.

I commend candidates for stepping up to offer to do that job. The common denominator, young, or old, is believing they can legislate for the betterment of their district. Young adults are not precluded from listening to or recognizing the challenges and needs in one’s district. They bring a unique perspective from personal experience and are adaptive, infinitely more astute than we were at their age, willing to seek creative solutions to age-old problems, and energetic.

Our older legislators are not doing such a wonderful job. They forgot once elected, to represent all constituents, not only those of their party. That’s governing ... finding the compromise for the good of many, and our younger generation is clamoring for that.

To be clear, we don’t give to our state senator control of our income, children’s education, or where/how we work. Vote for the candidate that can best resolve issues we are facing at any given time. DEBBIE POLLARD Lexington