EXETER, ME – Today, Maine Farm Families for Bush-Cheney ’04 State Chair Walt Whitcomb, state Sen. Betty Lou Mitchell, state Rep. Jeff Tardy and local farmers gathered to announce the Central Maine leadership members of the statewide Bush-Cheney ’04 farming coalition.
“Maine farmers work hard day in and day out to earn a living, and they know President Bush is working hard to support our industry and our way of life,” Whitcomb said. “President Bush’s strong record and steady leadership is rallying farmers across the state who are eager to support President Bush and work together for his re-election this November.”
Farm Families for Bush-Cheney ’04 is a broad network of Maine farmers working to communicate the President’s leadership on farming and agricultural issues in the state. Today’s announcement of the Central Maine Farm Families for Bush-Cheney ’04 leadership team is the second in a series of regional leadership announcements. Maine Bush-Cheney ’04 Chairman Peter Cianchette announced the Southern Maine regional leadership on May 3, 2004 in North Berwick, Maine.
Central Maine Regional Farm Families for Bush-Cheney ’04 Leadership Team
Walter E. Whitcomb is the Maine Farm Families for Bush-Cheney ’04 State Chair and is a part owner of a dairy farm where he manages and raises milking cows. He served twelve years in the Maine House of Representatives and six years as the House Republican Floor Leader.
Steve Goodwin is the Mid-Coast Regional Chair and operates a farm with his father in West Gardiner, where they have raised strawberries and vegetables for the past 30 years. Goodwin also works as an agricultural sales representative and is a former president of the Maine Vegetables Growers Association.
Jim Crane is the Bangor Downeast Regional Chair. He is a third generation farmer and has lived his whole life in Exeter where he operates a farm with his father, uncle and cousin. The farm produces 2100 acres of potatoes and corn in three counties in Maine.