Why a conservative person like me is supporting Kate Miller

To the editor,

It must seem strange to the reader to learn a fiscal conservative person like myself is encouraging people to vote for Kate Miller in the upcoming election for the House of Representative of - Belknap 2. While Kate Miller and I might disagree on things at the national level we both agree on New Hampshire.

It is not just Kate's New Hampshire first philosophy which impressed me but Kate's New Hampshire First Action which won me over. Kate became aware of the difficulties facing survivability of New Hampshire ambulances, especially in the North Country. Even though Kate was not in office, she took time and effort to meet with myself and other EMS leaders to hear what we had to say.

Kate immediately understood that ambulances are the front door to health care for the sickest among us. This isn't a party issue, this isn't a political stance, this is a New Hampshire "people's lives" issue. With Kate's help and guidance, EMS Leaders were allowed to meet with key state decision makers to express our concerns, explain the problems and hopefully, because of Kate's help, we were successful in convincing them to stave off plans which could have unintentionally cost lives and radically changed the delivery of health care in New Hampshire for the worse.

Kate is not even in office at this point, we couldn't disagree more on all things health care and the only thing that mattered was doing what's best for New Hampshire. If Kate is willing to do this kind of service for New Hampshire when she is not in office, I know she will serve us well in Concord.

Scott A. Hodgkins, President

BestCare Ambulance Services, Inc.

Gilford