2018 ME Governor's race: on Corporations


Shawn Moody: Address red tape; focus on recruiting businesses

GROWING OUR ECONOMY. Structure a Governor's Initiative on Regulatory Reform with existing staff to address red tape. Conduct entry and exit interviews with businesses both moving to Maine and those leaving so we can address what is working well with, and what is inhibiting, job and economic growth. Focus on recruiting, and retaining, businesses which pay strong, competitive wages.
Source: 2018 Maine Gubernatorial race website ShawnMoody.com Sep 1, 2018

Shawn Moody: Run the state like I've run my business

Republican Shawn Moody said his life story informs not only who he is but how he will govern. He called himself "a local, homegrown individual who found his passion early in life."

He worked in a vehicle repair shop as a young teenager, starting his own business at 18. Moody's Collision Centers today has 11 locations and more than 200 employees. The business has received environmental and business excellence awards from the state of Maine.

In 2003, he began an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), so that his employees have an ownership stake in the business. He said someone came up to him at one point and said, 'Why can't we run the state as an ESOP?' I thought that was a great question. And you know, look at how divided we are. How are we going to go forward? There's so much division today."

Moody has pledge to end "red tape" that in his view hinders business and said he believes government should work with businesses and manufacturers in order to provide job growth.

Source: Foster's Daily Democrat on 2018 Maine gubernatorial race Aug 3, 2018

Mary Mayhew: Keeping government out of business creates good paying jobs

Mayhew said to retain a younger workforce, the state must allow for businesses to be able to provide good paying jobs. To do that, she again said government needs to stay out of the way and let businesses grow on their own. She said government growing would destroy business opportunities, and to have vibrant communities and a robust economy, government needs to stay out of the way. "We've got to continue to move Maine forward," she said.
Source: Sun Journal on 2018 Maine Gubernatorial debate Feb 27, 2018

Janet Mills: Won $21.5M settlement against S&P's mortgage practices

Maine is receiving more than $21.5 million as part of a $1.375 billion multi-state settlement of a lawsuit against credit ratings agency S&P. Maine Atty Gen Janet Mills says it's the largest one-time settlement in Maine history. "Holding S&P accountable for these practices tells Wall Street we will not tolerate acts that deceive investors and devastate our economy." Their practices ultimately led to the proliferation of low quality mortgages and the housing bubble and subsequent crash.
Source: MainePublic.org on 2018 Maine Gubernatorial race Feb 4, 2015

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Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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