Good morning, I’m Will Richmond at The Providence Journal and this is the Daily Briefing.
Different perspectives matter.
Be them from differences in age, backgrounds, ethnicity, religion or any other category they provide us the opportunity to see what we can’t on our own. For instance, Christmas decorating in our house this almost got off to a bad start. My youngest loves trains and wanted to build a track into our Christmas village, my wife wanted something that would be orderly and feared the tracks would add clutter. After talking it out, the two brought their own perspective into the village display are we ended up with something that looks pretty much, without much compromise.
That may be a slightly trivial example, but it’s also important when it comes to making laws and Rhode Island’s State House is full of lawmakers of various ages.
The Journal’s Antonia Noori Farzan recently caught up with the oldest and the youngest members of the General Assembly to learn more about what shapes their approach to serving and why they feel it’s important to get involved.