Dear Friends and Supporters,

With just 95 days until November 4, I wanted to share some of the stories I’m hearing from local residents as I go door-to-door throughout our communities. I love going door-to-door, meeting people at their homes, hearing their stories and listening to their concerns.  The response I get is incredible, and armed with the up-close-and-personal look at where people are living their lives, we can turn Michigan around.

Local people are struggling.  The family in Scottville who are losing their home to foreclosure doesn’t want ideology, they want help.  The disabled veteran in Filer City doesn’t want soundbites, he just wants a government who will honor its promises to him and those with whom he served.  The 56-year old woman in Lake Ann who lost her job and now works part-time for $8/ hour while waiting for Social Security to kick in doesn’t want more partisan fingerpointing, she just wants a representative who will fight to protect Michigan jobs and grow our local economy.  And the young mother in Elmwood Township can’t help but think that all the cuts people talk about might just mean cuts to the same programs that help keep her infant son alive as he struggles with childhood leukemia.

These aren’t always the stories you read in the paper, see on the nightly news or hear about in the blogs, but they are the real stories of the real people you meet every day when you take the time to visit people at their homes.  People who put their trust in me as I’m standing on their doorstep because I seem to be the only one listening.

One of the reasons I’m running for State Representative is because I believe that by listening to people and then going to work on their behalf, perhaps I can make things a little better.  I invite you to join me as we work to make a difference in the lives of the people of Mason, Manistee, Benzie and Leelanau counties.

Dan Scripps