Popularity: 1
Vote:   | All I know is that history repeats itself and people are going to want to experience the world. But I know then they are going to have a better appreciation for what is here in Maine. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | Energy consumption matters both to our environment and our economy. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | Excellent education and an excellent environment are two hallmarks of our state. How we treat our environment is connected to so many other opportunities in Maine. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | I don't believe that most people in Maine are income-driven. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | I liken this deficit to facing an economic and financial ice storm - unavoidable and unrelenting. Like the real ice storm of five years ago, it will take all of us pulling together to get us out of it. There will be difficult days ahead, there will be sacrifices and hardship for all of us - but we will get out of it. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | I think Maine needs people. It needs diversity. It needs to be able to respect people. Openness is crucial for this state because we don't want to be known for having the oldest state in the nation. We want young families. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | I was in Washington for eight years, and my wife and son were here in Maine because, frankly, this was the best place to raise children, have a family and - if you can find the right opportunity for yourself - [Maine lets] you win on all fronts. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | Just as the Red Sox proved the critics wrong, Maine can compete and can win. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | Maine is a state that embraces tolerance and it will thrive based on a celebration of each individual's diverse strengths. |
Popularity: -1
Vote: | Our goal is to make Maine the healthiest state in the nation and reduce our overall health care costs. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | Providing for the common good, making people feel secure in their communities and homes - this is the central job of government. it's why all of us are here serving our state and our people. |
Popularity: -1
Vote: | The Christian Civic League's effort to invade the privacy and destroy the careers of Maine's gay and lesbian citizens is an offense of the highest order deserving all of the condemnation I can muster. |
Popularity: 4
Vote: | The realization of a sustainable economic development strategy for Maine's Native American communities has always been a priority and a critical element of my administration's overall economic development strategy. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and software design. I think we have now transitioned the modern-day version of the entrepreneur into the creative economy. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | We need to keep investing in economic and homeland security. We need to bank on the right kind of economic development. We need to embrace opportunities, but with the right kind of safeguards. |
Popularity: -2
Vote: | Why go somewhere else and start up all over again? |
Popularity: -1
Vote: | Why not allow the community access and really bring the schools and the communities together. In Hermon they have Hermannet.com where they open up the internet use where they open up the internet use to the residents because they are paying the property taxes. |