Skrill Will Run

Skrill Will Run

For State Rep.

As Republican

Stewart Skrill of Randolph Center announced this week that he will run for state representative for Orange-Addison 1, the district comprised of Braintree, Brookfield, Randolph and East Granville.

Skrill is the first Republican to declare candidacy to represent the district. The two incumbent representatives, both Democrats, have both announced their intention to run for another term.

Skrill and his wife, Karen, farm 280 acres in Randolph Center. Since 1988, Skrill has stabled horses, raised beef cattle, replacement heifers, sheep, chickens, dogs, geese and ducks, as well as garlic, sweet corn, and cut flowers for the wholesale market.

Skrill has also worked in the community at GW Plastics on the night shift, for the U.S. Postal Service as a seasonal employee and drove a School Bus for Randolph, Braintree and Bethel.

Skrill has five adult children, seven grandchildren, a great-grandson, and was a foster parent to several children. He is very proud of the recent safe return from Iraq of his oldest grandson, Christopher Eckman, a second lieutenant with the National Guard, with all of his men intact.

"I’m running for office because I feel it is my duty to help effect a positive change in Vermont," said Skrill. "I believe that the political makeup of Montpelier has swung way out of balance, and, as a result, the Statehouse is no longer focused on mainstream Vermont issues, nor is it dealing with the problems working people and families need fixed."

Of great concern, he said, is the skyrocketing price of gasoline and home heating fuel, which he considers the most serious problem of our times. "With what people are able to earn, it is almost impossible to earn enough to feed a family, put fuel in your car to get to work and keep warm. We need to be particularly concerned for those who are too old or too ill to work any more and are living on fixed incomes."

Skrill, who will attend the National Republican Convention in Minneapolis as one of Vermont’s 18 delegates, described himself as a "fiscally responsible representative who will work to make Vermont affordable again through economic development, controlling taxes, and a common sense focus on the real-life problems of Vermonters."

Skrill previously mounted an unsuccessful run for U. S. Representative in 2000.