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INDEPENDENT FOR GOVERNOR
 
ELIOT CUTLER  
 
 
MAINECANWORK

Let's be honest: governors don't create jobs. But a strong governor can create the conditions in which people and businesses can thrive and prosper.

We will not bring good jobs and higher incomes to Maine until we first make Maine a less expensive place to live and to do business.

Eliot knows that Maine can work for all of us, and he has the experience and independence to make that happen.

1 LOWER COST ELECTRICITY
 
Eliot's plan will put lower cost electricity to work in Maine, creating jobs and spurring investment.

Cutting the cost of electricity for Maine businesses and consumers is one of the most important tools we can use to keep jobs in Maine and attract new investment.

Eliot will create Maine Energy Resources, a public power authority that will use low-cost capital to help entrepreneurs develop clean, renewable energy
to be used in Maine, creating more jobs and higher incomes for Maine people.

2 LOWER COST HEALTHCARE
 
Eliot's plan will focus on keeping people healthy and controlling costs.

High health insurance costs are crippling Maine's working families and breaking the backs of Maine employers, yet much of what we spend on health care goes to treating illnesses that are preventable.

Eliot will create Maine Wellness, which will lower costs by encouraging healthy lifestyles and rewarding high quality and cost-effective care.

Leading Maine companies are taking this approach, successfully controlling health care costs by providing real incentives for people to stop smoking, to lose weight and to take better care of themselves.

3 LOWER COST GOVERNMENT
 
Eliot will set priorities and make hard decisions, just like Maine families and businesses do.

State government is too big, too unfriendly and too expensive. We pay for too many things that we don't need or can't afford, and customer service isn't always what it should be.

With more than three-quarters of our $6 billion, two-year state budget spent on education and human services, Eliot is committed to finding ways to better serve Maine people at a lower cost.

As governor, Eliot will personally chair a commission that will review all state programs and figure out ways to eliminate some and change others, making state government more innovative, more efficient and less costly. He knows how to do it, because he's done it before. 

"As an Independent governor, I will not cater to party bosses, special interest groups, the extreme Left or the far Right.

Wherever you live, whatever you do , whoever you are, I will be your governor."

4 REBUILDING MAINE
 
Eliot will bring a new, strategic approach to investing in Maine's competitive advantages: our people, our quality places, our natural resources and our strategic location.

Once we have lowered our cost of living and doing business, we must turn to rebuilding Maine. Education reform and investment will be Job One.

With his "No Excuses" policy, Eliot will transform a public education system that is fragmented, uncoordinated and filled with inequities. He will promote charter schools, encourage innovation, and merge our two systems of higher education into one.

Our future is filled with opportunity. With Eliot's strong, independent leadership, his sound plan, and lots of hard work, we can create a Maine that works–for all of us.

For more details about Eliot's Plan for Maine, please visit:

www.cutler2010.com

www.facebook.com/EliotCutler
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Tough-minded, innovative and independent

MAINE ROOTS, MAINE VALUES

Eliot Cutler was born and raised in Bangor, the place where his grandfather arrived alone as a 12-year-old immigrant and where Eliot learned the values that have guided him all of his life.

His mother devoted herself to improving family services and education, and his father, a respected local physician, served as Bangor school board chair and president of the board of trustees of the University of Maine.

A TRADITION OF PUBLIC SERVICE

Eliot continued his family's tradition of public service helping Senator Muskie craft the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, while also earning a law degree.

As Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget (0MB), he made the tough decisions about which government programs to fund and which to cut. At the same time, he was the principal White House official for energy matters.

For the past decade, he served as chairman of the board of visitors of the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine.

SUCCESS IN BUSINESS

As a lawyer, Eliot helped states, counties and cities make major infrastructure investments – projects like airports and highways – that created jobs.

He also started several successful businesses and has served on the boards of directors of public and private corporations, as well as non-profit organizations.

OUR VISION FOR MAINE

Eliot believes that Maine can work. Together, we can create a place where...

• Maine families have better jobs and growing incomes, and our children can find real opportunity here at home!

• Businesses large and small want to invest in our common future!

• Our state government is so innovative and efficient that Maine people who need assistance receive it at a cost that we can afford!

• Our workers are so well trained, so well-educated and so healthy that every employer wants to be here!

• Our schools, colleges and universities are so good that no young person needs to leave the state for a good education, and every student graduates with skills and confidence!

"You can make a difference! Please join our team and help me bring strong, independent leadership to Augusta as Maine's next governor."
Eliot

Cutler 2010
P.O. Box 15277 Portland, ME 04112
877-213-5112 (toll free)
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info@cutler2010.com

www.cutler2010.com

     
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Eliot Cutler bio

Maine roots

Eliot Cutler was born and raised in Bangor. His parents were the children of immigrants who came to this country - to Bangor and Old Town - in search of freedom and a better life.

His mother's father came to America at the age of 12 - alone, with no family and unable to speak English. He began his life in America as a young peddler, walking between Bangor and Calais selling his goods to homes along what is now Route 9, the "Airline." He later married, and all three of his daughters graduated from college.

Eliot's achievements are accomplishments that his grandfather could only have imagined in his dreams, and his successes are due in great measure to the values that he learned from his parents and grandparents, and from growing up in Bangor.

A tradition of public service

Eliot learned about the value and importance of public service from his parents. Catherine Cutler devoted herself to improving family and mental health care services and to the protection of women and children from domestic violence and abuse. Lawrence Cutler was a Bangor physician, the longtime head of the medical service at Eastern Maine General Hospital. His passion was public education, and he served as chairman of the Bangor School Board and for two decades as a member and as president of the board of trustees of the University of Maine.

Eliot has carried forward his family's tradition of public service. Following his graduation from Harvard College, he worked in Washington, D.C. for Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, helping to craft the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and other laws important to Maine. He later served as Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science in the White House Office of Management and Budget (0MB), where he was responsible for overseeing the policies - and the billions of taxpayer dollars being spent - at the Departments of Agriculture, Energy and Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency. His job was to make the tough decisions, to cut out programs that weren't working, to reshape others and to force necessary changes in government policies.

He was the principal White House official for energy matters from 1977 to 1980, and at President Carter's request, he helped negotiate a settlement to the Maine Indian Land Claims. Eliot also has been a senior official in four presidential campaigns.

A distinguished career as a businessman, entrepreneur and lawyer

Following his government service, Eliot founded the law firm of Cutler & Stanfield LLP, which grew under his leadership to be the second largest environmental law firm in the United States, representing largely public jurisdiction clients in nearly 30 states in complex infrastructure projects involving airports, highways and other major facilities.

A strong leader and seasoned negotiator in both private disputes and public sector matters, Eliot conceived and implemented the legal and political strategy that led to the development of the Denver International Airport, the only new commercial airport built in the United States for decades and one of the most successful airports in the world.

Following his firm's merger with the international firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in 2000, Eliot's law practice became increasingly international, and he lived in Beijing for more than two years, where he opened his firm's first office in China.

Eliot has also been a highly successful businessman and entrepreneur. He was part of a small group that in 1988 bought the United Electric Co., a manufacturer of air conditioning components. He served on the board of directors for many years, until the company was sold to a much larger firm.

He was a business advisor and lawyer for Skanska USA, the American subsidiary of one of the world's largest construction companies, as it grew from annual revenue of about $30 million in 1980 to about $3 billion in 1995. He later served for four years on the board of directors of the parent company Skanska AB, where he was the first American and only the second non-Swedish member of the board.

Eliot also helped to create the first of the Thornburg Investment Company mutual funds in 1981 and has served on the board of trustees of the Thornburg mutual funds for 28 years.

Eliot knows about creating businesses and meeting payrolls through building three successful law offices from the ground up, from his experience as a business owner and entrepreneur and from serving on the boards of public and private companies, as well as not for profit organizations.

Today

Eliot returned to Maine for good in 1999, and he lives in Cape Elizabeth with his wife Dr. Melanie Stewart Cutler. Eliot and Melanie have been married for 36 years, and their family includes three grown children - Abby (29), Zack (26) and Katherine (22).

Eliot was chairman of the board of visitors of the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine for nearly a decade, until November, 2009, and he helped lead the School to its position as one of the leading graduate schools of public policy in the United States.

His love of Maine, his dedication to public service and his conviction that Maine needs strong and independent leadership have led Eliot to become a candidate to be the next Governor of Maine.