Haines Mapleton resident
set his sight on District 7 vacancy
Name:
Troy Haines
Hometown:
Mapleton
Office Sought:
Representative to House District 7
Other Offices Held: Senior Class president of both Presque Isle high School and the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
Career Background: Worked for the towns of Mapleton, Castle Hill and Chapman from 1995-2008, worked in Grassroots advocacy and Federal Policy Initiatives from 2008-2010, owner and operator of SPW Meat Cutting in Mapleton since 2001.
What made you decide to run for office? After spending two years working in politics, I decided that it was about time we had legislators represent the people of their districts, instead of their own self-interests. What I saw as a startling lack of common sense in some legislation also motivated me to try to bring a common sense approach to politics.
Most important issue: Although there are so many issues facing our community right now, people are simply struggling with rapidly increasing property tax bills. We need to get taxes under control. In order to do this, and in order to fix so many other issues, we need to get real jobs back in northern Maine. Good quality, decent-paying jobs have been missing from The County for a long time, and if we are going to maintain our way of life we need to incentives — job creation by encouraging small business to set up shop or expand their current operations here.
Primary goal if elected: Being a strong voice and advocate for our northern Maine way of life, and the needs of the people here in Rural Maine. Aroostook County has nearly 7,000 square miles of land and nine representatives. Portland has only 22 square miles of land and eight representatives. With this being the case, we need to have real leaders and strong voices in Augusta to keep us from being marginalized.
Why should people vote for me? Like everyone else in northern Maine, I have earned what I have through hard work, honesty and a strong work ethic. I have been endorsed by the Maine Education Association, The Maine League of conservation voters, I have tried to bring these things to my campaign. I have been endorsed by the Maine Education Association, The Maine League of conservation voters, The Professional Firefighters of Maine, The Maine Peoples Alliance, The Maine State Employees Association, The Maine AFL-CIO and I received a grade of “A” from the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine. I think people in Aroostook county are some of the hardest working, most frugal, honest and sensible people you will ever meet and we need one of our own representing us. I will be a strong voice for rural Maine in Augusta and will work to not only fix the problems we have as a state, but to lead us in the right direction.
