I have known independent Eliot Cutler for years, and I’ve come to know Democrat Mike Michaud. I know their records. Eliot is a brilliant policy expert; Mike would be an effective, inclusive leader in Augusta. Both have integrity and would move Maine forward. But the question we face in the voting booth isn’t which of […]

We were surprised – no, make that shocked – to read that the Portland Press Herald is in favor of keeping the three ways of killing bears in Maine: putting out bait, setting traps and siccing dogs on them (“Our View: Bear-baiting case not made: We say ‘no’ on Question 1,” Oct. 19). No other […]

I don’t know when I’ve ever felt more strongly about the importance of a Maine election than I do now, and the opportunity that independent Eliot Cutler offers us to pull Maine out of the “good enough” doldrums that we’ve been in at least as long as I can remember. He is the only principled […]

As a manufacturing employer and business owner in Maine for over 25 years, I’m alarmed by the unprecedented increases in electricity costs that threaten our business and its 328 hard-working and loyal employees. This urgent situation clearly calls for political will and leadership, and Republican Paul LePage is the one candidate who understands the severity […]

As an animal damage control agent, I will be directly involved in trapping the problem bears Question 1 is sure to create. “Yes on 1” is a conscious decision to ignore our biologists’ warnings that danger of death is imminent. It brings bear trapping from backwoods to backyards. It surrenders control of bears, to bears […]

Eliot Cutler, the independent candidate for governor, and Mike Michaud, the Democratic candidate, are friends of mine. I worked with Eliot for Sen. Ed Muskie in the early 1970s and served together with Mike in Congress for six years. In 2010, I voted for Eliot; this year, I am voting for Mike. In a nutshell, […]

Maine voters have an opportunity in independent Eliot Cutler to elect a governor with vision, a plan and a way to pay for a 21st-century economy in Maine. I am impressed by and confident in Eliot’s business expertise, his plan for welfare reform and property tax relief and his plan to improve declining state infrastructure. […]