A Healthier Maine — and Lower Property Taxes
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For more about the LaMarche Healthcare plan, read the press release, Pat's speech, and the write-up in the Bangor Daily News. Read the script for this TV ad on the Lower Taxes page.
in the toolbar above.)For more about the LaMarche Healthcare plan, read the press release, Pat's speech, and the write-up in the Bangor Daily News. Read the script for this TV ad on the Lower Taxes page.
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? 
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Pat LaMarche to Take Part in the Maine Symposium on Higher Education
Pat to take part in the Maine Symposium on Higher Education Sponsored by the Maine Compact for Higher Education, held at the University of Maine in Orono.
Monday, August 14, 2006
Meet Pat LaMarche at the Brunswick Library
Pat LaMarche to meet with the Merry Meeting Greens from 7:00 - 9:00 PM at the Brunswick Library Morrell Room. The event is free and open to the public. 
August 18, 2006
Pat LaMarche to take part in the University of Maine Gubernatorial Forum
Pat LaMarche to take part in the Gubernatorial Forum 7:00-9:00 PM at the Performing Arts Center at the University of Maine, Machias. In addition, the town of Machias will be hosting its Wild Blueberry Festival Friday-Sunday, August 18-20. 
People's Right to Privacy is Paramount
August 10, 2006: Gubernatorial candidate Pat LaMarche urged the state Public Utility Commission to continue its investigation into whether Verizon violated the privacy rights of Mainers by turning over customer information to the National Security Agency. LaMarche said the PUC should continue the investigation regardless of threats by the federal government to sue if the PUC pursues the matter. 
Medical Breakthrough — Overdue
July 6, 2006: Pat LaMarche today called for Maine to manufacture M.D.s, Dentists and Pharmacists as the cornerstone of better healthcare and economic recovery. Calling upon the recommendations put forth by the 1995 Maine Healthcare Reform Commission, LaMarche cited the need for Maine to steward the education of its own healthcare providers. 
UM Orono campus
August 11, 2006, WCSH (Portland), Channel 6
By Miranda Grossman, Reporter
By Miranda Grossman, Reporter
Pat's Common Sense Education Plans Are Well Received
Excerpt: "Governor John Baldacci met face to face for the first time with Green candidate Pat LaMarche and Independent candidate Barbara Merrill. The 3 were at a symposium at the University of Maine in Orono organized by the Maine COMPACT for Higher Education." 
July 30, 2006, Associated Press
By Glenn Adams
By Glenn Adams
LaMarche Only Candidate Against L.N.G. Facility
Excerpt: "Most candidates for governor are open to having a liquefied natural gas facility Down East if it clears regulatory hurdles…. [Only] Green Independent candidate Pat LaMarche dismissed liquefied natural gas as "not a long-term solution" and said a terminal in Maine has more to do with supplying other states than keeping Maine homes warm and lighted." 
July 27, 2006, Morning Sentinel
By Mark Tardif
By Mark Tardif
Baldacci, Woodcock Don't Have All Answers
Excerpt: "At this point, Maine's gridlocked state government needs the infusion of a progressive agenda. If things are going to be as bad as Democrats claim if Woodcock wins and vice versa, a new alternative can't have anything but upside. I'll vote for the fresh thinking, pro-economic growth and sensible tax policy candidate, Green Independent nominee Pat LaMarche." 
June 21, 2006, Portland Phoenix
By Lance Tapley
By Lance Tapley
A Wild, Wild, Wide-open Race
Excerpt: "Among the five Big Things about the recent primary election (and a recent Critical Insights poll) that were missed or underemphasized by what we old-timers of the alternative press tenderly call the "straight" press: Pat LaMarche potentially has broad support." 
