New Hampshire Alliance for Retired Americans Endorses Mann for State Rep

(New Hampshire Alliance for Retired Americans president Lucy Edwards (front left) poses with fmr. rep. and current candidate Maureen Mann (front right) with members of the group)

Citing her work to increase legal protections for seniors and disabled adults, the New Hampshire Alliance for Retired Americans has endorsed Maureen Mann in the May 19 special election for State Representative in Rockingham District 32 because “ she epitomizes the values that (they) hold dear.”

Adding their voice to the district’s teachers, union workers, and environmental activists in support of Mann, NHAPR’s letter to fmr. Rep. Mann illuminates the reasons that seniors have for voting for returning Maureen Mann to the State House.

“We thank you for co-sponsoring HB 1555 during the 2014 legislative session. This bill provides protection for seniors, disabled and impaired adults, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment to exploit them in any financial manner,” the letter signed by Pres. Lucy Edwards and VP Jane Lang said.

“Your involvement in your community, including cooking and serving meals to Deerfield seniors, being a library trustee and helping to start The Forum, a newspaper that has for 10 years provided local news to the four towns in Rockingham 32, has helped to make this area a better place to live.”

The New Hampshire Alliance for Retired Americans represents more than 13,000 retirees, older Americans, and community activists. According to their mission statement, they “strive for social and economic justice, and civil rights for all citizens to enjoy lives with dignity, personal and family fulfillment, and security. The Alliance believes that all older and retired persons have a responsibility to strive to create a society that incorporates these goals and rights and that retirement provides them with opportunities to pursue new and expanded activities with their unions, civic organizations and their communities.”