Better Management for Maine Town Hall: Rockland

The campaign headed to Rockland last night for another event in our Better Management for Maine Town Hall Tour.  It marks the 12th town hall we’ve held in less than a month.  The tour has taken us to York, Rumford, Dover-Foxcroft, Augusta, Portland, Bridgton, and number of other cities and towns across Maine.

If you haven’t been to one of our town halls, I hope you able to come to one of the remaining events.  I’ve also posted the video highlights of several town halls on my web site.  It’s important that Maine’s next Governor hear directly from voters so he or she knows exactly what people are experiencing in their daily lives, how they view their interactions with state government, and what we can do to improve that experience. 

The thing I hear most is that it costs too much to live and work in Maine.  Whether it’s a business owner or a parent trying to provide a better life for his or her family, Maine is an expensive place to live.  Many people are leaving as a result because they just can’t make it here. 

The high cost is in large part because of the enormous tax burden our state government imposes to pay for spending on state programs that is way beyond national averages. 

That’s why I have made a central part of my campaign a plan to spend only what we take in and reduce state expenditures on programs to the average of what they spend in other states.  That will allow us to enact meaningful tax reform to benefit families and companies, and help keep our kids in Maine. 

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