Kudos to the Sierra Club for its astute endorsements of Bernadette Pelissier for Orange County Commissioner and Ellie Kinnaird for re-election to the state Senate.

Bernadette’s environmental credentials are top notch, as are her qualifications as a member of the county Planning Board, the OWASA board and Chancellor Moeser’s Leadership Advisory Committee. Her long career with the Bureau of Prisons gives her a first-hand sense of the challenges and adversity faced by many in our society.

Senator Kinnaird is one of only two senators to receive a 100 percent voting score from the Conservation Council of North Carolina. Her leadership on issues ranging from hog waste regulation to the death penalty moratorium to establishing one-stop early voting is exemplary. Kinnaird’s compassion is evidenced through her outspoken support of the real estate transfer tax as a means to protect low-income and fixed-income residents.

Environmental leaders, to be sure, Pelissier and Kinnaird have the strength of character, the issue positions and the experience to do the job for our community.

Dan Coleman
Carrboro