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Gardiner an inspirational leader
by Outspoken on Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:15 am
Gardiner an inspirational leader
By SUSAN M. COVER
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
AUGUSTA -- Gov. William Tudor Gardiner made it clear, just minutes after taking the oath as Maine's 55th chief executive, that he expected government to be efficient.
And his idea to streamline government, put into motion before the Great Depression and approved by the people in 1931, is credited with softening the financial blow in Maine that crippled much of the nation.
"The first function of a government should be to see that its own agencies are proper and efficient -- to the end, not of much government, but of good government," said the Republican in his first inaugural.
Gardiner, just 36 when he became Maine's chief executive in January 1929, came from a long line of prominent Kennebec Valley settlers. The city of Gardiner, established in 1803, was named after his great-grandfather, William Hallowell Gardiner.
By all accounts, the younger Gardiner was a dashing figure -- strong, smart and bold.
He and his wife, Margaret, brought alligators, turtles, sheep, a skunk and, for a short time, a bear cub to the Blaine House, along with their four young children.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4440290.html
By SUSAN M. COVER
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
AUGUSTA -- Gov. William Tudor Gardiner made it clear, just minutes after taking the oath as Maine's 55th chief executive, that he expected government to be efficient.
And his idea to streamline government, put into motion before the Great Depression and approved by the people in 1931, is credited with softening the financial blow in Maine that crippled much of the nation.
"The first function of a government should be to see that its own agencies are proper and efficient -- to the end, not of much government, but of good government," said the Republican in his first inaugural.
Gardiner, just 36 when he became Maine's chief executive in January 1929, came from a long line of prominent Kennebec Valley settlers. The city of Gardiner, established in 1803, was named after his great-grandfather, William Hallowell Gardiner.
By all accounts, the younger Gardiner was a dashing figure -- strong, smart and bold.
He and his wife, Margaret, brought alligators, turtles, sheep, a skunk and, for a short time, a bear cub to the Blaine House, along with their four young children.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4440290.html
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