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Maine State Representative for District 86

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    Craig Robert Messinger
    (Dem)

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    Rolf A Olsen
    (Rep)

Biographical Information

What do you see as the greatest challenges facing Maine right now?

How will you encourage greater civic engagement among your constituents?

What will you do to address the need for affordable housing?

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I believe that our aging population and the expenses of Healthcare facing our people is a major challenge for our future leaders. We need to have better services in place for people to be able to age in place and afford medications and healthcare in our state.
We need to have more incentive programs for communities to develop and maintain Community, youth and senior centers, so that more people can be involved in local events. This helps to keep people active and in touch with one another in some of these rural settings.
I believe that some of the communities that are refusing to build affordable housing in their districts, should not be receiving State and Federal funding for some of the projects that they often rely on.
I feel that I am a fair person and strive to be a good listener. I feel that we all need to be able to communicate with each other, no matter which side of the aisle that you sit on. I feel that good listening skills are imperative to being able to serve the public.
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