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I’m committed to civil discussion. Even if we disagree, I will listen to - and respect you.
In Augusta, I want to work on:
- Keeping property taxes low through continuing to honor the State’s obligation to pay 55% of the cost of K-12 education, and full funding of municipal revenue sharing.
- Bringing people from diverse backgrounds together to plan for our communities’ future, one of my favorite things to do!
- Building prosperity through sharing new ideas, and resources to support things like municipal planning and pre-development costs.
- Exploring opportunities to save taxpayer dollars through coordination/collaboration; Gray and New Gloucester already share a school district- what else can we do together to save tax dollars?
- Supporting working families and seniors through expanding access to affordable housing, health care, child care, and paid family leave.
- Improving self-sufficiency, and supporting small, home-based business, by protecting the right to produce food locally.
- Supporting women's equality and protecting the right to abortion.
- Protecting against climate change by upgrading storm water infrastructure, and transitioning to renewable energy where possible.
- Protecting the right to vote through nonpartisan strategies such as installing secure ballot boxes, early voting, voting by mail, as well as in-person voting.
- Helping Gray and New Gloucester continue to be great places to live, work, and play.
I Am Dedicated to Keeping Gray & New Gloucester at Their Best
I have lived in Gray for 34 years. It has been a wonderful place for my husband and myself to raise our two children. We love our house in the woods and the people of Gray.
Small towns depend on many volunteers, and I've found all sorts of ways to be active in Gray. In 2019, I was elected to the Gray Town Council and my term ended in June, 2022. I also served on the School Board for a term, on the Zoning Board of Appeals, Gray's first ever Comprehensive Planning Committee, and the Gray Community and Economic Development Committee. For ten years I served on the Board of the Gray Community Endowment, from which I launched the Gray Bike-Ped Committee. My Bike-Ped work led to the creation of the Village Area Loop Trail, which added more walkable paths in the village center- that are now being used by the Nordic walking group. I love it!"We've lived in Gray for over forty years now and have watched the community steadily grow and evolve. We understand the need to manage this growth and believe a lot of important issues will be decided at both the local, and state levels of government.
We're big fans of Anne Gass, who has proven to be a solid representative on both the School Board, and recently the Gray Town Council. Anne has proven to be an effective advocate and leader for a variety of community initiatives that we have supported. We're impressed with her ability to work with a wide variety of people and political viewpoints. We endorse her candidacy for Maine House District 104 and hope you will consider doing the same." -
Randy and Janis Visser
I believe in a government that is pragmatic, thrifty, listens to people over politics, and finds solutions to real problems that families and communities face. I will bring these values to the Maine State House as the representative of District 104 (Gray and New Gloucester).
Anne's a Leader
"We've lived in Gray for over thirty years and have watched the community steadily grow and evolve. We understand the need to manage this growth and believe a lot of important issues will be decided at both the local, and state levels of government.
We're big fans of Anne Gass, who has proven to be a solid representative on both the School Board, and recently the Gray Town Council. She is an effective advocate and leader for a variety of community initiatives that we have supported. We're impressed with her ability to work with people who have different backgrounds and political viewpoints. We endorse her candidacy for Maine House District 104 and hope you'll do the same."
Randy and Janis Visser