AUGUSTA, Maine -- Aroostook County redevelopment executive Brian Hamel, whose sights are on Maine's 2nd Congressional District seat, touted his record for creating jobs as he introduced himself to Republican delegates at their state convention Friday.
"I think Mainers are ready for a congressman who brings a proactive agenda to Washington," Hamel said in his address at the Augusta Civic Center. "A congressman who will work tirelessly to reverse the job losses in the Second District." Hamel, of Presque Isle, hopes to defeat first-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud in November. Like the Republicans' 1st District candidate Charles Summers, Hamel has no primary challenger...
...The 2nd District comprises most of Maine, except for a southern and coastal swath that includes Portland and Augusta. The 2nd District includes Limestone, home of the former Loring Air Force Base, a former bomber base whose closing in 1994 hit like an economic bomb shell...
Hamel gained a measure of prominence as president of the Loring Development Authority, which helped to transform Loring into a business center. Hamel said it has restored more than 1,000 jobs in the hard-hit region.
"We now have 20 thriving organizations at Loring -- more civilian workers employed today than prior to the closure," said Hamel, adding that Aroostook's population has reversed a steady decline.
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I was interested in your take of enthusiasm of the delegates in light of the polite applause comment in the first article.
have been catching up at www.asmainegoes.com
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Isn't this Charles Summers guy one of O'SNOWE's lackeys?
He looks like the fellow who regularly represents her at the County Committee Meetings?
Didn't the GOP run one of her RINO quisling rumpswabs (unsuccessfully, of course) for 2nd District in the 2002 election?
Is this HAMEL chap any good? Is he a real Old-Line Constitutionalist Republican, or another RINO SNOWE-CLONE?
Is anyone other than one of Sen. SNOWE's personally picked Staff members allowed to run for Congress from Maine any more?
Just what we need; replace a 'Rat with another RINO Snowe-Clone in the US House!
Mao Tse Tung would call that "A great leap forward" no doubt... not that Summers stands a snowballs chance of winning, or even coming close here in New Somalia.
Have you heard the radio ad recently sponsored by moveon.org praising our 2 RINO Senators for their "courage" in resisting Pres. Bush's "Tax cuts for the rich"?
That pretty much proves to me which trough these two Queens of Democracy are feeding at!
I've still got a few 2' X 8' red plywood COLLINS signs from her last campaign, by the way; if anyone wants them please advise. Otherwise they are going to the dump, or will be cut up to panel my new outhouse up t' the camp with.
I'm kinda glad I wasn't at the Convention this year, frankly. Probably would've shot my hyperkinetic gob off and offended the sap out of some liberal RINO up there...
...Again.