2024 Media
Letters to the Editor
Judith Elliott: Ruth Heath would protect women's health rights at Statehouse
Updated Oct 15, 2024
To The Daily Sun,
Ruth Heath, running for state representative in Loudon and Canterbury, is a strong supporter of women’s reproductive health. In contrast to our two current representatives, she supports a woman’s right to choose. I have known Ruth for almost 40 years. She is committed, hard-working, and caring. We can trust Ruth Heath to represent the people of Canterbury and Loudon in the New Hampshire State Legislature. Please give her a vote.
Judith Elliott, Canterbury
Letter: Vote for Ruth Heath
Published: 10-11-2024 3:27 PM
I am supporting Ruth Heath who is running to represent Loudon and Canterbury in the NH House of Representatives (Merrimack District 4). She is someone who values hard work, frugality, integrity, respect for all people and being of service. These are values she practices on a daily basis as she participates in community affairs. Her decision to run for elective office is to ensure a safe and healthy future for our children and grandchildren.
Ruth is from a family of people who worked hard. She was among the first of her extended family members to attend college. She is a former math teacher at the middle, high school, and community college level, becoming an assistant professor of math at NHTI. In addition to valuing education, Ruth is able, in all the communities in which she is involved, to build bridges over divides. It is this ability that we need in the House of Representatives. I am going to vote for her because I know that she will be a devoted and resourceful public servant.
Frederick Brewster, Canterbury
Letter: Love your neighbor
Published: 09-30-2024 6:00 AM
I’m voting for Ruth Heath this November as state representative from Canterbury and Loudon and I hope you will too. Here’s why. As the iconic Joni Mitchell sings, “I’ve looked at life from both sides now” and it is so clear to me that we need a steady, compassionate, smart, frugal, hard-working rep in our State House right now more than ever. Ruth Heath embodies these characteristics. Ruth is kind, willing to listen to all sides in a debate, and loves her neighbors. Not just her immediate neighbors but all of the families in NH. She was not afraid, as one of us, a regular citizen, to take on the big issue of climate change in her own community and see projects through to their successful completion. Imagine what she can do for our whole state!
Ruth comes from working class values and long-standing community service and she cares about you and me and our families. Just talk or listen to Ruth once and you’ll see what I mean. You won’t hear “politico-speech.” You’ll hear “human and commonsense speech.” Our nation needs love and kindness to one another now more than ever and that begins at home in the NH House.
Kitty Rodgers, Canterbury
Letter:
Published: 10-19-2024
I am writing to urge voters in Loudon and Canterbury to vote for Ruth Heath for our representative to the NH Legislature. She will bring great clarity and knowledge of NH issues to the legislature. She has worked so hard for many causes: helping to provide a water source for Sycamore Gardens, NHTI Environment Club, NHTI math tutor, bringing renewable energy to the Quaker Meeting House and much more. But I want to focus on her years of leadership on the Canterbury Energy Committee.
She led our solarize campaign which resulted in over 40 new solar installations in Canterbury. She has organized workshops on energy efficiency for our community. We are now finishing a successful “window dressers” campaign to bring energy efficient storm windows to Merrimack Valley through her efforts.
There is no one better to guide New Hampshire through the realities of climate climate change than Ruth. She lives her convictions through her energy efficient life style. Her love of New Hampshire environment is shown through her Thursday hikes and kayaks in the New Hampshire she loves. Please vote for Ruth this November.
Claudia Leidinger, Canterbury
Letter: Ruth & Ed for NH House District 4
Published: 10-09-2024 2:39 PM
Are you a resident of Canterbury or Loudon? There are two great candidates for the NH House of Representatives for your district, Merrimack District 4, Ruth Heath & Ed Friedrich. Ruth’s reason for running is to provide a safe healthy livable future for our children and grandchildren. She believes “Quality education from kindergarten through college is the backbone of a sound economy.” This belief comes from her teaching experiences from Head Start to NHTI where she was an assistant professor of math. Ed, who has a different experience as a U.S. Navy and Marine Corps veteran, and 45 years in hospitality management, shares the same goals. He supports women’s reproductive rights, a strong public education, and fair property taxes.
Both Ed & Ruth support fair taxes and education. These goals are directly linked in NH where more than 80% of our property taxes go to education. The current NH Department of Education has promoted paying for homeschooling, religious school, etc. This is effectively a tax increase. When money comes out of education funds for vouchers etc., towns still need to raise funds to make up for that drain. Public schools still need the same number of teachers, administrators and the same capital costs. To pay for the shortfall in school funding, towns raise taxes. If you believe in public education, fair taxes, women’s reproductive rights, and reducing long-term energy costs. I encourage you to vote for Ruth Heath & Ed Friedrich.
Catharine Newick, Canterbury
Letter:
Published: 10-16-2024
I am voting for Ruth Heath to represent Loudon and Canterbury in the NH House of Representatives (Merrimack District 4) this fall and I think you should, too. Here’s why. I worked with Ruth when she led the Canterbury Energy Committee, and the Solarize Canterbury campaign, which resulted in 43 new solar installations in our small town. It was her leadership that made these programs successful!
She is objective and listens to other people’s opinion and leads by example which is required of a good leader. She believes in women’s choice, climate change, public education, gun safety, civil and labor rights, and most important democracy and the rule of law. That’s why I’m proudly voting for Ruth Heath and why I hope you will, too.
Ronald Litalien, Canterbury
Letter:
Published: 10-19-2024
Ruth Heath, running for state representative in Loudon and Canterbury, is a strong supporter of women’s reproductive health. In contrast to our two current representatives, she supports a woman’s right to choose.
I have known Ruth for almost 40 years. She is committed, hard-working, and caring. We can trust Ruth Heath to represent the people of Canterbury and Loudon in the NH State Legislature. Please give her your vote.
Judith Anne Elliott, Canterbury