Al Frank for State Rep.

  I've called New Hampshire home since I was ten years old, nearly sixty years ago. My family lived in Pittsfield and I attended school both there and in Concord. I went to college in Nashua, graduating with an associate's degree in aviation management from Daniel Webster College and a bachelor's degree in business management from Rivier College (now Rivier University).
  My wife and I have been married 32 years and have two grown sons. Both of our sons have served in the Army, one is currently still on active duty. 
  After our boys left home to begin their own journeys and my wife and I retired, we moved to Gilford in the lakes region from Amherst. 
  I learned to fly at Laconia airport and retired from a 33 year career as an airline pilot in 2019. New Hampshire was always home, despite my having been based with the airline in far-flung places like Saint Louis and Dallas at various points over the years.
  I currently volunteer as a mentor at Farmington High School, where the students are building a 2 seat, 100 hp airplane. This fantastic program is at no cost to the town of Farmington, due to private donations and the promotion and coordination efforts of the NH Aviation Museum at Manchester airport. The skills that the students are developing in the airplane build program will pay dividends to them and their communities for the rest of their lives, whether in aviation or not.
 
  I'm in this race for the Statehouse because I'm fed up with the complete dysfunction at all levels of our government.
If we don't start working together to solve our issues, the special interests inside our state and our country will continue to divide us, enrich themselves and influence our political agenda. Our international competitors will, all the while, take advantage of our distraction and get stronger while we get weaker.