Longtime selectman Gary Lee joins Massachusetts governor's race - Page 2

We have become a nation divided, over what, Stem Cell Research, Abortion, Gay Rights, Parish Closings and Church Scandals? We have parent pitted against child, sibling against sibling, and friend against friend. Aren't we all one, and don't we all have the right to speak our minds and our convictions?

Unlike Reagan, however, Lee indicates a realization that the federal government does and continues to play a role in the state:

(W)e are concerned we are not getting the assistance we deserve from the State and Federal Government to help us rebuild our deteriorating Schools, Libraries, Senior Centers, Housing Complexes, Police, Fire and Public Works Departments; we are concerned our cities and towns can't balance their budgets and concerned the State keeps taking our local aid so that our Police, Teachers, Fire and other essential personnel and their families live in fear of layoffs and loosing their homes. ...

(Factual information is from an e-mail statement sent to PolState.com from Gary Lee. See attached PDFs here and here.)

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