I’m a full-time working mom of a young child. Working families like mine need an executive councilor who is on the front lines of real life with us.

Leah Plunkett has my vote to be the next councilor for District 2. As the only full-time working mom of young kids in this race, Leah gets the pressing crises we’re facing individually and together as we reopen our schools, work remotely or look for work, and take care of our family.

Executive councilors are meant to be advocates for the people, not professional politicians. To say – as some are – that the next councilor should be someone who doesn’t have to work in a job is disrespectful of Leah and, more importantly, of all working families in District 2. We deserve a councilor who will work for us; that means being one of us, now more than ever.

LINDSAY HANSON

Hopkinton