After much consideration, I’ve decided to do something that could potentially spell political suicide for my campaign for the State House: Say something nice about my opponent.

As a Maine native who has lived here for roughly 40 years, it’s disturbing to see political candidates attack each other.

Don’t we all live in the same state? Don’t we all want basically the same thing – to educate and provide for our children, make a decent living, live in relative safety and security and retire in comfort? And give something back to society? Do negative attack ads really help anyone?

I’ve never run for office before, but I will say this: Whether you folks in Orono, Glenburn, Levant and Kenduskeag decide to vote for me, or my opponent, Jim Thiel, who by the way has never been anything less than a gentleman the half dozen times I’ve spoken to him, I believe you’ll get a state representative who will work hard for the people in District 122.

Christian D. Greeley

Candidate for

State Legislature

Levant