He is a strong supporter of finance reform in Washington and he s pleased that the State of Maine has taken the lead with public financing of campaigns. He says that people want assurance that their elected officials are working for them, not for special interests or big donors. Baldacci s record on that score seems solid. After he was first elected to Congress, he even returned a congratulatory cake that was sent to him by a major corporation. He does not do the usual self-promoting congressional newsletters and mass mailings.
Maine is a frugal state.
People don t like waste, and I try to reflect that as their congressman. And that s really the story of John Baldacci. He s Maine through and through. When you talk to him about his job, the topic invariably comes back to what he can do for his home state. When I came back and watched that Pan Am jet pulling up to the gate at Bangor Airport, signaling the beginning of better jet service to the area.