Election season is upon us again, and that means perennial candidate Eric Brakey is on the ballot.

A self-described lover of “small government,” Brakey apparently thinks that a government-issued paycheck beats dancing in videos and sharing his thoughts about the writings of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius on podcasts.

If he’s elected, we can expect more attention-getting antics, like the bill to allow hedgehogs as pets or the bill to end the seat belt requirement that he submitted shortly before a massive pileup near Bangor. It’s all about freedom.

But maybe Dale Crafts, his opponent in the Republican House of Representatives primary in 2020, summed it up best after Brakey railed against the coronavirus emergency relief bill: Brakey was once again mouthing “a large group of political keywords without actual reality.”

Not something we need any more of in the Maine Senate.

Renee Cote, Auburn