Jill Goldthwait has provided a brief summary of of Nancy Colwell’s campaign for House District 133 seat in the November 2018 elections.
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Ellsworth American
September 28, 2018
Her family has been in Hancock County for generations. “I was born here, raised here, I raised kids here, I work here and I play here.” Her parents taught her “strength, hard work and compassion,” and her grandmother? “She was the salt of the earth, but that ‘salt’ is not well-represented these days.”
Hancock County has not elected a woman to the House in years. Colwell considers what difference that might make. “I think women tend to look at the broader picture,” she says. “And sometimes they have more heart.” But she adds: “I don’t like looking at gender, or color or religion. A person is a person. Your generation probably sets you apart more than gender does.”
Colwell identifies substance abuse as a problem that crosses age, gender and financial lines. “It’s too hard to get help,” she says, citing the possibility of modifying the Washington County Jail to create a treatment center. She agrees that training in the trades should be brought back into high schools and offered at community colleges.
Health insurance should be as easy to obtain as car insurance. Opening up the market geographically would increase competition and make insurance more affordable. “And of course, of COURSE, pre-existing conditions should be covered.”
Colwell thinks that for the money we spend on education, we don’t get sufficient results. Student test scores are low. She supports proficiency-based standards if introduced in kindergarten, not midway through a student’s education.
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