Mainers will head to the polls on Nov. 8 to vote for the following governor.
MAINE, USA — In lower than 50 days, Mainers will head to the polls to vote for the following governor.
On Thursday, Maine Democrats gathered at Orono Brewing Firm to focus on what Gov. Janet Mills has carried out to help small companies. In the meantime, some Republicans stated she hasn’t carried out sufficient.
A number of enterprise house owners mentioned Mills’ impression on their enterprise, together with Democratic Maine state Rep. Joe Perry.
Perry stated gross sales at his small market in Bangor are higher than they have been within the final 30 years.
“I worry if we return to what we had earlier than Gov. Mills what it might imply to myself and quite a lot of small companies,” Perry stated.
Republican state Sen. Stacey Guerin is a small enterprise proprietor herself. She questions the constructive image Democrats are portray of the financial system.
“We have now spiraling inflation. Rates of interest are hovering. I’ve constituents contacting me every single day about how they’re going to pay [for] their oil due to the growing gas prices. That isn’t a thriving financial system,” Guerin stated.
One wedding ceremony venue proprietor credited her vibrant property on Penobscot Bay to Mills’ environmental insurance policies.
Emerald Forcier, the proprietor of Penobscot Bay Marriage ceremony in Winterport, stated there are a variety of causes — like environmental coverage and stance on marriage equality — it’s important for her enterprise that Mills is re-elected.
“She has been a tremendous steward of our stunning state, and I bear in mind a time when our property wouldn’t have been a stupendous wedding ceremony venue due to yellow foam, [and] the dearth of birds. Now we’ve stunning water on Penobscot Bay,” Forcier stated.
Forcier added that Mills is the one possibility to make sure marriage equality in Maine is protected for years to come back.
“LGBTQ+ rights are human rights. They’re essential past simply your wedding ceremony weekend,” Forcier stated. “It is one thing that is actually vital to our business that everybody has their proper to marriage sacredly supported.”
