Editor:



This year, as our family business, Barber Foods, celebrates its 50 year
anniversary, it is clear our company will face many challenges in the
years ahead doing business in the state of Maine. My father started
Barber Foods in 1955, in a 1,000 sqare-foot facility with one employee,
an old truck and a big dream. Today, the company employs more than 700
people from 48 countries in a 150,000 foot state-of-the-art facility in
Portland. A year ago we moved into a 200,000 sqare-foot facility for
our distribution center, home office, packing and future manufacturing.



Barber Foods, like other Maine companies, works constantly to achieve
success despite Maine’s unusually challenging business climate. In
particular, Maine’s highest in the nation taxes, high cost of health
insurance and burdensome regulations make running a business here
difficult. Within the next year we will need to expand and are forced
to search for a more business friendly location.



Jennifer Duddy visited Barber Foods and took a tour of our new
facility. Jennifer understands that Maine was one of only two states in
the nation to show no growth in its economy in 2005. Jennifer Duddy is
running for the legislature so that our children will have the
opportunity to live and work in Maine. She’s committed to slowing the
growth of government spending, lowering taxes and making health
insurance more affordable. Her ideas for Maine are pro-business,
pro-jobs and pro-our-kids-future-in-Maine. She has my vote.



Steve Barber

Cape Elizabeth



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Editor:



There is a real difference between our candidates for the Cape
Elizabeth District #121 House of Representative seat, Jennifer Duddy
and Cynthia Dill. Granted, both are moms with a deep vested interest in
keeping our schools strong. And both are lawyers. Jennifer practiced
public service law in the Attorney Generals office protecting children
and senior citizens. Cynthia recently moved her practice to Cape
Elizabeth where she is focusing on litigation.



Otherwise, they are quite different. Jennifer doesn’t use education as
a fear tactic. Yet she is a strong education supporter. Her parents and
sister are teachers. Jennifer is a fourth generation Mainer that
inherently takes a more subtle Maine approach by listening and
negotiating to get things approved rather than digging in, refusing to
negotiate and failing to get anything accomplished.



Jennifer has a deeply commitment to making Maine financially and
economically strong. She understands business and economics very well.
She knows how to revitalize the Maine economy and sees how it will
increase more revenues and state funding for all schools, including the
Cape’s. She understands that a reduction in taxes, medical costs, and a
more efficient government are key to bring back big businesses with
their better paying jobs so that our kids can find career opportunities
here and make this their home too. Her approach has been successfully
employed by both Democratic and Republic administrations, Ireland,
Massachusetts ,etc.



She will get the job done right.



Bill De Sena

Cape Elizabeth



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Editor:



U.S. Senator Susan Collins recently said, “Excessive partisan politics
in Washington is threatening to bring the legislative process to a
halt.” I believe the same thing is happening in Augusta, Maine. Single
party control of the House for 32 years has left Maine with the highest
taxes in the nation, soaring health care costs and an economy on life
support. We need leaders in Augusta who can reach across party lines
and get results for the people of Maine. Jennifer Duddy can get the job
done.

During the recent Cape Elizabeth Taxpayer Bill of Rights Task Force
meetings I had the opportunity to observe both Jennifer Duddy and
Cynthia Dill. I was impressed by Duddy’s patience, moderation, and
ability to see the complicated TABOR issue from several points of view
and her willingness to compromise. Dill’s vehement stance against the
Taxpayer Bill of Rights and her unwillingness to compromise on several
issues stood in contrast.



Jennifer Duddy understands the challenging but necessary consensus
building process of enacting legislation. As an assistant Attorney
General, Jennifer dealt with complex issues that required sharp
negotiation skills. She is socially moderate and fiscally conservative.




Duddy has a sound understanding of the problems plaguing our state and
possesses the ability to reach across party lines and work effectively
for the people of Cape Elizabeth and Maine.



Rodney J. Voisine

Cape Elizabeth