I wish to express my sincere condolences to the family and friends of Senator Ted Kennedy. 

There was no one who responded quicker to a citizen's request for help than Senator Kennedy.  He was the
quintessential public servant in providing excellent constituent services. All those seeking public office should
emulate him in that regard. Even if you differed with the Senator on occasion, John Donne said it well long ago.

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every
man is a piece of the continent, a part of the
main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory
were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or
of thine own were: any man's death diminishes
me, because I am involved in mankind, and
therefore never send to know for whom the bells
tolls; it tolls for thee."

With the passing of Senator Kennedy today, the bell tolls for all of us.