August 26th, 2009

The Post-Journal:
To the Readers’ Forum:

It was with great interest that I read Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb’s column calling for a “People’s Constitutional Convention” in Sunday’s paper. I was shocked that a state elected official would advocate that regular people have the chance to craft a new state constitution and not the same politicians and special interests who got us into all the problems we have now.

For too long we have let those politicians determine their own future. This point was reinforced by The Post-Journal’s story about Assemblyman Bill Parment “double dipping,” receiving both a state pension and a state salary, despite not being retired. Bill Parment is the reason we need a Constitutional Convention.

Carla Westerlund

Greenhurst