Governor Paul LePage says no to Federal Money Maine cannot afford

Governor Paul LePage was pressured into accepting federal money for Maine's poor. In the past Augusta would accept the "free" money from the federal government to fund programs that this state would be responsible for and have to raise taxes for. Paul LePage refuses to fall into this trap and leave a legacy of underfunded programs for the people of Maine. Living within the means of the state is an honorable goal to achieve.

From Governor LePage's weekly radio address: "I will say it again: With a national debt of 17 trillion dollars and permanent gridlock in Washington, D.C., we cannot depend on federal money to pay for Maine government. We must learn to live within our means."

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Lunch with the Governor - Paul LePage - the people's politician

This past Sunday (2013-10-20) afternoon well over 100 people gathered at the Tradewinds ChowderHouse and Speakeasy to mingle with Governor Paul LePage and enjoy each other’s company, and a delicious dinner. In addition to many of the “usual” attendees there were nearly a dozen new faces in the crowd. The early reception was held downstairs in the “Speakeasy” which will be open to the public next month and will feature MoTown music and live entertainment. The Governor leisurely chatted with us and blended in as just another person. Of Course that’s part of the reason why we love him; he is just a regular man. LePage is a people’s politician not a polished politician.

Then we all went to the main dining area where we listened to the Governor speak for 30 minutes on a variety of topics including the recent incident where the federal government closed the Cobscook Bay State Park. Governor LePage took action for the people of Maine and had it reopened due to a long standing agreement that has been in place since 1965. He also spoke to the fact that he wanted more Mainers off foreign oil and used the Province of Quebec as an example of affordable electric energy. In Quebec 92% of the population uses electricity to power their homes. The average heating cost in the winter is $100.00 per month. LePage expressed his frustration that the legislature has not been willing to work at reducing the cost of energy for the citizens of Maine. One bright point is that the governors of Massachusetts and Connecticut recognize what Governor LePage has been saying for years. That Maine, New England should look north to Quebec for inexpensive energy. Jobs were another subject that the governor spoke to the crowd about. During his tenure there has been over 12,000 jobs created. These jobs are in areas that are economically depressed for the state. These jobs created are in contrast to the 56 created under the previous administration.

Governor Paul LePage took several questions from the audience and was thorough in his answers . The questions were hard hitting but dear to the hearts of many Mainers. The Governor answered each with grace and integrity that one would expect and did so in a way that all could relate to. When the meal was served he did not even eat, rather choosing to visit each table in the room shaking hands and posing for photographs.

Nearly $2000.00 was raised at the dinner and when added to the $5400.00 from the yard sale last week we are most certain to reach our fundraising goal for next year’s election cycle. A donation is going to be sent to Governor LePages reelection campaign form the Knox county Republicans as a measure of our gratitude and support . Thank you to all who attended, sponsored tickets, and to Bob Liberty at the Tradewinds, and Kevin and Cathy Labree as well as the staff at the ChowderHouse.

Make DC Listen

On C-Span2 Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is talking about de-funding ObamaCare. He has been on since 2:41 pm today with minor interruptions for questions. It is 10:15 pm (7.5 hrs later) and he is still going strong.

At one point Dick Durbin (D-IL) posed questions to Sen Ted Cruz about his stand on Obamacare. Without blinking an eye Sen Cruz shot back whether or not Dick Durbin was willing to go on ObamaCare. Sen Durbin danced around answering the question. The point is that he wouldn't take ObamaCare. Sen Durbin would not commit to answering whether he would support putting everyone who is exempt - the Senate, Congress, federal employees and union members to name a few.

8 million people and counting who are exempt.

Will ObamaCare make health care more affordable? That is hard to say. What ObamaCare is doing though is unifying both sides of the aisle to de-fund this program. Make your voice heard - call or write your representatives.

Congress:
Pingree, Chellie   202-225-6116   email 

Michaud, Michael   202-225-6306   email

Senate:
Collins, Susan M.   202-224-2523   email

King, Angus S., Jr.   202-224-5344   email

Knox County Republicans looking for you! To walk the LosterFest Parade Aug 3

9 am at Oceanside High School 400 Broadway, Rockland, ME 04841

Come join the Knox County RepubliCANs walk the Lobsterfest Parade. The parade starts at 10AM at the top of North Main Street and heads south on Main Street to end at the Main Gate of the festival. We meet at Oceanside High School at 9am.

We get questions from people especially teenagers and people in their early 20's as to what the Republican party stands for and what beliefs are core to the party.

The Republican party is the party of civil rights having the country come to the realization that slavery was wrong, ending slavery and passing the 1964 Civil rights bill which is a continuation of Republican Senator Charles Sumner’s 1875 Civil Rights Act.

The Republicans also want less taxes, less regulation, less government control of your life and more personal freedom.

Our position on The Constitution and Bill of Rights are the culmination of centuries of hard-won experience. Each block in the foundation of liberty gave us greater protections of our rights.

We are recruiting help in the decorating of our float as soon as possible and a confirmation of your walking with us Saturday!  Please call Paula Sutton at 380-3406 for more information and how you can help!

George H.W. Bush bald?

What could be images that define 2013 - George Bush poses bald holding a 2 year old in one image and posing with the secret service in another.

George Bush acting in solidarity with a two year old who is a leukemia patient is gaining praise throughout the world. Leukemia is of special interest to George Sr and Barbara who lost their daughter to the disease in 1953.

Obamacare: Praying That Hollywood Can Bring Success

Because there is such resistance to Obama care the White House is turning to Hollywood to help sell Nationalized Health Care to the American public. Why because this country's youth who are needed to balance off and offset America's mature population. So as a young person the White House is asking that you pay rates that are higher than the penalty. Really..... Is the White House being realistic or are they off base? You decide....

CheatSheet

The Obama administration’s thirst to attract young Americans to the health care exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act, meant to bring coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, is well documented.

Because this demographic is cheap to insure, the Obama administration needs to convince young people to sign up for insurance on the superstore-like exchanges this October in order to balance out the older and sicker patients who are more likely to sign up for health insurance as soon as possible. The correspondingly larger insurance premiums paid by the young cover the big bills for the relatively small number of sick people. According to estimates made by the Obama administration, approximately 7 million people will sign up for coverage via the exchanges in 2014, and about 2.7 million of those enrollees need to be young, cheap-to-insure Americans for the system to work.

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Transgender first-grader wins the right to use girls' restroom

CNN

While there are plenty of people who have to find themselves it usually takes years to do so. People mature and go through changes before they settle on an identity. A child in the first grade has not lived life enough to know or realize his/ her identity. Especially whether or not he/ she identifies with the other sex to want to change.

This case brings all sorts of issues that the school, students and parents are now forced to deal with. It is a forced equality coming from the ‘parents’ of a child they have what appears to be little or no control over. This boy has control over his parents. What is going to happen to him as he ages? Is he really ready to transform from boy to girl? What of the other students that now have to share the bathroom with this boy – wanna be girl? What of their rights?

What we have here is a very small minority imposing their will on the majority.How confusing is this for children that are now dealing with this? Could this be considered child abuse – not only of this little confused boy but also of the children who go to school with him?

We encourage you to comment:

(CNN) -- A transgender first-grader who was born a boy but identifies as a girl has won the right to use the girls' restroom at her Colorado school.

The Colorado Rights Division ruled in favor of Coy Mathis in her fight against the Fountain-Fort Carson School District.

Coy's parents had taken her case to the commission after the district said she could no longer use the girls' bathroom at Eagleside Elementary. In issuing its decision, the state's rights division said keeping the ban in place "creates an environment that is objectively and subjectively hostile, intimidating or offensive."

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