Better Management for Maine Town Hall: Bridgton
Our town hall in Bridgton featured a great group of engaged voters deeply troubled by the direction of their state. Energy costs, high taxes, state spending, education, and playing politics in Augusta were all topics of significant discussion.
We talked about how the next Governor is supposed to get anything done when the bureaucracy is so entrenched and our government is run by career politicians. As Governor, I will go directly to the people.
Case in point: at the same time we were discussing these issues in Bridgton, people in states around the country were changing their elected leadership away from career politicians. Long-time U.S. Senator Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania lost his seat against his opponent’s anti-Washington campaign. And in Kentucky, Rand Paul, a political newcomer from the private sector, soundly defeated his opponent Trey Grayson, an establishment favorite.
The message? No more business-as-usual from career politicians.
Our own career politicians have so mismanaged state finances that Maine is now one of the worst places to do business in the U.S. We have one of the highest tax burdens in the country to pay for Maine’s out-of-control spending on state programs. Mainers across the state are fed up with nonsense in Augusta.
We can’t afford more career politicians poorly running our state, mismanaging our finances, or wasting our hard earned tax dollars. The people in Bridgton and all across Maine are calling for competent management of Maine.
In Kentucky and Pennsylvania, they have changed course. I am convinced we’ll see similar results in our election as well.
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