This letter was mailed to voters in Dover, Massachusetts:

Dover Democratic Town Committee
12 Whiting Rd.
Dover, MA 02030

Dear Dover Neighbor,

As a community, we are fortunate to have a rich collection of open land, the cleanest air in the State, a low crime rate and the opportunity to effectively participate in our town governance. We have the resources to weather the deep budget cuts that are causing suffering in many of our neighboring communities.

But do we have similar control over the national policies that are increasingly impacting our lives?

• Are you or your neighbors among the growing number of jobless workers, many whom are middle and upper middle class folks who may never recover their incomes? Or a recent graduate unable to find adequate employment?
  
• Are you uncomfortable to live in a nation whose leaders decided to invade Iraq without the backing of the United Nations, with no plan for reconstruction? It is becoming apparent that the weapons of mass destruction that the administration used to justify the war may not exist. We will be paying the price of unilateral aggression to overcome the chaos for a long time to come, with both the lives of our soldiers and a depleted treasury.
  
• Are you horrified that the administration is planning to develop small nuclear bombs to make their use practical and increase the chance of nuclear war?
  
• Are you appalled by the President's rejection of the Kyoto Earth Warming Treaty, the Basel Convention on the exportation of hazardous materials, the administrations continued efforts to allow oil drilling in the Alaska Wildlife refuge, the weakening of the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts, and the proposed expansion of logging roads in our National Parks? These policies and others are opposed by the Sierra Club, the National Resources Defense Council, and many other credible environmental organizations.
  
• Are you concerned that President Bush may get the opportunity to appoint ultra-conservative justices to the Supreme Court and federal courts, destroying the delicate balance that exists on those courts as they consider cases regarding our rights to privacy and other personal liberties?

Each of the issues stated in this letter, and many others not mentioned, represents a challenge that we now face under the current national administration. If these issues resonate with your own concerns, please join a conversation with others who are also concerned about our future. We are committed to advancing our American values of fairness, conservation, cooperation, freedom and choice through a meaningful dialogue and action We would love to hear from you.

Please join with your fellow townspeople by contacting any of the following:

Dover Democratic Town Committee

Al Branson, Chairman,
Janet Lilienthal, Vice Chair
Anita Loscalzo, Secretary