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Maine needs tax reform, jobs, and universal healthcare. Mainers need small business and educational opportunities. One in ten Mainers is below the official poverty line, and too many of us are one serious illness away from losing our homes and our savings.
How did we get to this place? Is this the world we want for ourselves, our neighbors, and our children?
Are we upholding the time-honored Maine values of social and fiscal responsibility when we are letting so many of our neighbors fall through the social safety net?
Over the last two decades we have lost 22% of our manufacturing jobs averaging nearly $40,000 dollars a year and increased our retail jobs by 73%.
How can we expect our Maine-based businesses to survive when the state jobs are exported as quickly as the private sector jobs? Thousands of Maine jobs have gone everywhere from Massachusetts to India. |
Those retail jobs yield about $15,000 dollars a year, requiring folks to work at least two of them to maintain even a minimal standard of living.
How many of us can work two jobs and still find time to see our kids, let alone coach little league or volunteer in our children's classrooms?
These activities are proven to help keep kids out of trouble. Could this be one of the reasons for Maine's higher than average teen suicide rates? There are so many questions we need to ask, and so many answers that need to change. 
Thank You, Volunteers — You Did It!
A big thank-you to the almost 500 volunteers who spent countless hours getting the nearly 3,000 signatures Pat needed to make her successful filing with the Secretary of State today. We look forward to working with you and many more of our neighbors as we return the Maine values of social and fiscal responsibility to Blaine House. 
Celebrate with Pat on St. Patrick's Day
Scott McIntyre, owner of the Old Goat Pub in Richmond, supports Pat LaMarche and encourages you to come to the pub and contribute $5 to the Maine Clean Elections Fund. This will help Pat LaMarche qualify for funding as a Clean Elections candidate. Please come! 
Dave Wooley Free Benefit Concert
Rising country music star Dave Wooley is holding a free concert on Sunday, March 19, 2006, 4:00-7:00 PM, at the Sea Dog Brewing Company in Bangor. Your $5 donation will benefit Maine's Clean Election Fund. Don't miss this exciting event! 
LaMarche Submits Qualifying Checks
April 14, 2006: Candidate for Governor Patricia LaMarche today handed in more than 2500 qualifying checks to the Maine State Ethics Commission. The checks, accompanied by thousands of corresponding signatures, qualify the LaMarche campaign for Clean Election funds. Pat LaMarche Thanks Volunteers and Town Clerks
March 16, 2006: "As we pass this first milestone in the campaign," said Pat LaMarche, "I'd like to take a moment to thank the many volunteers who worked so hard for so many weeks to make this happen. I'd also like to thank the hard-working town clerks, who went out of their way, as they do in every election, to make democracy work in our state." 
By Betty Jespersen
Governor Candidates Have Breakfast With Community
Excerpt: "Maine governor candidates at a breakfast forum Friday spoke to more than 60 community members about issues such as tax reform, Poland Spring, Dirigo Health and funding for higher education. Those attending the Western Maine Legislative Caucus at the University of Maine at Farmington were Republican David Emery; State Sen. Peter Mills, R-Cornville; Green Party candidate Patricia LaMarche; and Democrat Christopher Miller of Gray. All candidates were invited." 
By Jeff Tuttle
Candidates Weave Politics on the Web
Excerpt: "David Emery's two Republican primary challengers, state Sens. Peter Mills of Cornville and Chandler Woodcock of Farmington, are also online as is incumbent Democratic Gov. John Baldacci and his primary opponent, Christopher Miller of Gray. So is Pat LaMarche of the Maine Green Independent Party as well as four of the eight independent candidates vying for the office." 
By Alfoor
Few Incumbents Seem to Realize the Economic Crisis We're In
Excerpt: "It's time we got a legislature and a governor who's willing to reform, rather than react. Who are willing to be leaders, rather than lackadaisical. Who are willing to throw themselves into the fray, rather than simply follow. In short, we desperately need profound change in Augusta in every part of government, because few incumbents seem to realize the economic crisis we're in." 
Greens — Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!
Excerpt: "Pat is running for Governor of Maine. I had the chance to meet her when she and David Cobb were campaigning during the 2004 presidential election. They were the Green candidates. One of many special things about Pat was her insistence on staying at homeless and women's shelters during that trip. Talk about bringing the message to the people!" 
