LETTER: Poliquin “has my vote”

As originally published by the Brunswick Times-Record

Vote for Poliquin

Your May 13 editorial, “Weigh in on election,” noted that candidates’ decisions on whether or not to send a letter or a commentary to The Times Record would indicate to the voters “how much respect candidates have for residents of the Mid-coast region.”

Republican Bruce Poliquin not only respects the residents of the Mid-coast region, he is one of us. He lives in Georgetown.  His Yarmouth-based company is building homes in a wooded section of Phippsburg, surrounded by a carefully preserved 130-acre wildlife habitat. His campaign headquarters are in Brunswick, in a former Dunkin’ Donuts building that had been sitting empty on the corner of Pleasant Street and Church Road.

At this writing, the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics & Election Practices (http://www.mainecampaignfinance.com/public/home.asp) lists 23 “active” candidates for Maine’s 2010 gubernatorial election:  seven Republicans, five Democrats, one Green, and 10 “unenrolled.”  Bruce Poliquin is the only one of the 23 who is living, working, and meeting a payroll in the Mid-coast area.

From this local base, Bruce Poliquin has traveled more than 69,000 miles across Maine, listening to the voters and spreading the message that competent management can fix our broken state government.  He has the financial and management experience, the dedication and the drive necessary to get the job done.  He has my vote.

Ann Frey, Brunswick