Summary: Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Community concerns and opportunities Program Topic: Maine Legislative Action: Looking Back, Looking Ahead Key Discussion Points : • Each guest provides background on themselves, what motivated them to serve in the Legislature, what committees they serve on… • What were the highlights of the first session of the 126th Legislature for you, coming primarily from your committee work? • Beyond work on bills you sponsored or those your committee took up, what were the main accomplishments of the 2013 session? • What were the main challenges for you and your legislative colleagues? • Talk about your approach to being a legislator… what is the balance, for you, in pursuing what your constituents are interested in, what makes sense to you as a citizen-policymaker, and how you are guided by your party? • What are the most effective ways for citizens to make their views known, both to you as individual legislators, and to the legislative leadership? • Looking ahead… what are the major issues/bills that your committee will be looking at in the upcoming session? • What are some of the other issues/challenges/opportunities that you expect to see in 2014? • What have you found to be the most satisfying part of your role as legislator and your hopes for the year ahead Guests: State Representative Brian Hubbell, Bar Harbor State Representative Walter Kumiega Deer State Representative Richard Malaby, Hancock
