Voters of Sanbornton and Tilton: You have an excellent candidate running to represent you in the New Hampshire Legislature from Belknap District 4.
For almost eight years, I worked with John Vorel when he was instrumental in upgrading the state ski areas, as well as his work at the New Hampshire Department of Resources and Development. I was also amazed at the fine job he did in developing the arts and entertainment scene in the Lakes Region.
In all cases, John did not have bundles of money to work with – he had something better, a skill in building consensus around good ideas – whether they were his or those of others.
Business pundits say that meetings are places where minutes are taken and hours are wasted. Anyone who has worked with John Vorel knows that the minutes of meetings he led are worth reading, and those who sat in his meetings never felt that a second was wasted.
John had tremendous vision concerning the issues facing New Hampshire in those years, as he does today. He listens and provides vision centered on what can be done, and what needs to be done.
Given today’s unique challenges of job creation and the response to the enormous opioid challenges, I would highly recommend that the voters of District 4 select a candidate who is a person of measured thought and humane action.
District 4 could not have a better candidate than John Vorel.
GARY O’NEIL
Portsmouth