I hear a lot of talk about “change,” but the only person running who really is a change is professor John Frary. In a country run by politics as usual, Frary is anything but. A professor of Byzantine History, he is change personified. In a country where politicians say what you want to hear but do what they want to do, Frary is a breath of fresh air because he says what he thinks regardless of how popular it is. I believe he will vote the way he believes is right and not the way he is told. Wow, what a concept: an honest politician!

In a state where for decades we have heard how terrible it is that there are no good jobs anymore, Frary has come up with a feasible plan for an oil refinery in northern Maine, assuring good jobs, lower energy prices and a renewed railroad system.

Many of you have read Frary’s newspapers columns. If you haven’t had the chance to meet him in person and would like to do so, he will be at Hancock County Republican Headquarters (between the Grand and the Riverside Cafe) in Ellsworth 4-6 p.m. Oct. 17. I guarantee you will not hear politics as usual and will discover that this man is right for Maine right now.

Sandra Blanchette

Orland