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30 jobs in 30 days defines Iraq veteran’s campaign
by Outspoken on Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:44 am
Charlie Summers: 30 jobs in 30 days defines Iraq veteran’s campaign
By Walter Griffin
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
ROCKLAND, Maine — Republican 1st Congressional District candidate Charlie Summers was in the city recently working behind the counter of a sandwich shop, chatting up the locals.
“It’s about meeting people in their everyday environment and listening to their concerns,” Summers said. “Not only to learn how they earn a living, but to learn how they feel about the economy.”
Summers’ stint at Amato’s was another stop on his “30 jobs and 30 days” campaign where he visited small businesses around the district and tried his hand at jobs there. He has done everything from delivering fuel oil to washing women’s hair at a beauty salon to cleaning out fermentation tanks at a brew pub.
Summers, 48, lives in Scarborough. He said the affinity he has for the average worker comes naturally, as he has held a number of different jobs, most in small business.
Over the years, Summers has managed inns in Bangor and South Portland, owned his own convenience store, sold real estate, served two terms in the Maine Senate, served as state director for Sen. Olympia Snowe for a decade, was New England regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration, and was part of the surge in Iraq, where he pulled duty as a lieutenant commander with the U.S. Navy.
He ran for Congress twice, coming in second to James Longley Jr. in the 1994 Republican primary and losing to Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom Allen 10 years later. Allen was a popular incumbent at the time but has given up his secure seat to challenge U.S. Sen. Susan Collins this fall.
Summers is running against former state Sen. Chellie Pingree of North Haven, a candidate with an equally impressive resume. But with no incumbent in the race, Summers is convinced he can capture the seat for his party in November. The seat has been in Democratic hands since 1996.
“I served with Chellie. Chellie is a nice person,” Summers said. “But … we come at things from a different starting point. She likes large government, I prefer smaller.”
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/90379.html
BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS
By Walter Griffin
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
ROCKLAND, Maine — Republican 1st Congressional District candidate Charlie Summers was in the city recently working behind the counter of a sandwich shop, chatting up the locals.
“It’s about meeting people in their everyday environment and listening to their concerns,” Summers said. “Not only to learn how they earn a living, but to learn how they feel about the economy.”
Summers’ stint at Amato’s was another stop on his “30 jobs and 30 days” campaign where he visited small businesses around the district and tried his hand at jobs there. He has done everything from delivering fuel oil to washing women’s hair at a beauty salon to cleaning out fermentation tanks at a brew pub.
Summers, 48, lives in Scarborough. He said the affinity he has for the average worker comes naturally, as he has held a number of different jobs, most in small business.
Over the years, Summers has managed inns in Bangor and South Portland, owned his own convenience store, sold real estate, served two terms in the Maine Senate, served as state director for Sen. Olympia Snowe for a decade, was New England regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration, and was part of the surge in Iraq, where he pulled duty as a lieutenant commander with the U.S. Navy.
He ran for Congress twice, coming in second to James Longley Jr. in the 1994 Republican primary and losing to Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom Allen 10 years later. Allen was a popular incumbent at the time but has given up his secure seat to challenge U.S. Sen. Susan Collins this fall.
Summers is running against former state Sen. Chellie Pingree of North Haven, a candidate with an equally impressive resume. But with no incumbent in the race, Summers is convinced he can capture the seat for his party in November. The seat has been in Democratic hands since 1996.
“I served with Chellie. Chellie is a nice person,” Summers said. “But … we come at things from a different starting point. She likes large government, I prefer smaller.”
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/90379.html
BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS
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