With revenues down, spending cuts looming, and heating oil prices soaring, Maine faces a severe crisis. People need creative, responsible thinking and policymaking, not narrow, partisanship-blocking attempts to solve problems.

That’s why I’m supporting Deborah Simpson for Senate in District 15.

She has voted to lower taxes on small businesses and to end discrimination in the workplace, which will attract more businesses to the state. She supported the development of alternative energy programs for towns and cities, and helped create the Office of Energy Independence.

People need Deb Simpson’s creative problem-solving in the state Senate.

Timothy K. Priestly, Auburn