I recently read a letter in a local paper saying that “Governor LePage’s accomplishments have hurt Maine.”

Untrue!

Our governor has proven that he is all about “bringing Maine back.”

He paid the hospital bill of $750 million without raising income taxes (one of his current opponents, Mike Michaud, was president of the Maine State Senate when the Democrats hatched the plan not to pay what was owed to the hospitals).

Having inherited a deficit of $1.3 billion in 2011, he balanced the budget and cut income taxes to zero for 70,000 low income Mainers. It was Maine’s largest tax reduction ever.

Thanks to Gov. LePage’s efforts there are 22,000 new private sector jobs. Unemployment is down from 8 percent to 5.5 percent.

The rainy day fund has not been as high as it is in decades, which means better interest rates for bond issues.

Gov. LePage has proven that he is a smart, dedicated man of action, from the state’s financial stability, education opportunities, veterans’ issues, speaking out against domestic violence in our state and the nation, protecting our environment without destroying our economy, and more.

The governor’s vision for Maine is “to create prosperity through a lower overall tax burden for residents and businesses; a smaller, more efficient government that we can afford; and a manageable welfare system that is a safety net for the truly needy – not ‘free for all’.”

Please vote to return Gov. Paul LePage to office and the Republican candidates to the House and Senate.

Rose Marie Russell

Westbrook