LETTER: An Ideal Candidate and a Unifying Choice

Len Gerzon is running for state representative for the Amherst/Bedford district. 

Len is a local guy who lived in Bedford for many years before he moved with his wife, Nancy, to Amherst nineteen years ago.  

The make-up of Len’s campaign team is a testimony to Len’s ability to build consensus across political divides with integrity, intelligence, humor  and common sense. Len believes in finding practical solutions rather than bowing to party ideology. Although Len is running on the Democratic ticket  many of his closest supporters and advisors are Republicans who know what  a strong, dedicated, and hard working representative he will be 

For the past 27 years Len has been an employee of PSNH where he serves as a senior consultant. He is a Certified Member of the Institute of  Property Taxation (CMI) with professional designation from the Institute for  Professionals in Taxation  (IPT) since 1991.  Len is the only CMI  in NH. This  makes  him a kind of go-to person on property tax information in the state. This is one reason he was nominated by his peers to be the co-chair of the NH Assessing Standards Board, which creates policy recommendations for NH property tax.

Aside from Len’s professional credentials, he has not only lived in both Bedford and Amherst, but he has been involved in community affairs for  almost the entire twenty-five years (and counting) of his residency in these  towns. His dedication to the communities in which he has lived has helped  make him a respected and sought-after team member who believes in  cooperation rather than confrontation. Because of his community service Len  has had many opportunities to demonstrate his strength as a consensus builder with keen insight into how best to move projects from concept to  completion.

Len served on the Bedford ZBA, served as  a trustee for both the Bedford and Amherst Land Trusts, was appointed to multiple terms by both ‘ Craig Benson and John Lynch to the State Assessing Standards Board, and  served with distinction on the Souhegan Valley Chamber of Commerce  Board.  He even was selected as Business Leader of the Year in 2007 by that  organization.  He has also been a driving force in starting the Bedford Joppa  Hill Educational Farm and the Peabody Mill Environmental Center, served as Vice Chairman of the NH Real Estate Appraisers Board and been a Heritage United Way community investment volunteer for the past 26 years. 

Amherst and Bedford will be in good hands with Len Gerzon as your representative. Check out Len’s  website www.LenGerzonforNH.Com, to learn more about his candidacy.

Gail Hoar
Former SVCC Board Member