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Tales From The Bottom Of The Ticket: The Senator That Could Move Mountains

by: Andrew Sylvia

Sat Aug 16, 2008 at 20:07:49 PM EDT


Merrimack is part of State Senate District 9, which consists of Merrimack, Bedford, New Boston, Lyndeborough, Mont Vernon, Lyndeborough and Greenfield.

I can understand Bedford, but the only thing Merrimack has in common with any of the other towns is that we're in the same county and we share a State Senator. I don't think i've actually been to Greenfield before, but I came close the other day when going to Representative Mike Kaelin's house in Lyndeborough.

Mike lives way out in the middle of nowhere. If you don't believe me, ask him for an invitation to his house sometime, but before you go, make sure you have really good shock absorbers.

I had heard alot about him, that he was an accomplished polka accordionist, that he lived in a solar powered house, that he had a black belt in Aikido, but one fact that came up in conversation really floored me.

His site for his house was originally too mountainous to build anything, so he had to clear several tons of rock.

Ignoring all the great legislation he's sponsored as a state rep, whether it's trying to make the state legislature paperless, trying to get incentive payments to people who produce renewable energy, or fighting predatory lenders, just think about what he had to do to build his house for a second.

He literally moved a mountain.

Isn't that someone who we deserve in the State Senate?

You can do your part by contributing to him through Act Blue.

Andrew Sylvia :: Tales From The Bottom Of The Ticket: The Senator That Could Move Mountains
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