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Democracy requires politically neutral experts- Rep. Sam Zager speaks at Bowdoin College

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Maine State Representative Samuel Zager highlights politically neutral pillars of democracy reported in the Bowdoin College Orient news by By Lily Wheadon TRADITION OF TRUST: Maine State Representative Samuel Zager stands in Hubbard’s Pickering Room on Tuesday to share his insight on the role of neutrality in government. The discussion was organized by the Peucinian Society and encouraged student questions and participation. Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine:  A democracy functions because it is built upon a foundation of trust regardless of political party—this is the message Maine State Representative Samuel Zager emphasized to Bowdoin students gathered in the Hubbard Pickering Room for his Tuesday evening discussion. Representative "Sam" Zager opened the discussion by comparing the government’s functionality to that of the present-day American dollar: It only works as a currency because of the trust that citizens place in it. “It’s not a raw material. It’s not human c...
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Representative Zager: Lesson learned from Joshua Chamberlain

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  While planting flags at veterans’ graves with neighbors, and attending the city’s Memorial Day commemoration in Monument Square, I’ve been contemplating what we can learn from those we honor.  Memorial Day stems from the Civil War, and no state in the Union mustered more troops per capita for that war than Maine. The plaque on the pedestal in Monument Square records that Portland alone sent over 4,000 men at a time when the city’s total population was only  26,000  . Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) At the beginning of the book,  To the Last Man  (2020), Jonathan Bratten, author and officer in the Maine National Guard recounts the origins of Maine’s Guard. One of the predecessor units was the 20 th Maine Regiment, commanded during the Civil War by Joshua Chamberlain. Chamberlain is known to many as a 19th-century recipient of the Medal of Honor, President of Bowdoin College and governor of Maine. Before all that, though, he was a relatively unknown...
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Sam Zager for Maine House launches Clean Election campaign!

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"Why I'm running, and what I stand for" Check the YouTube video: Sam Zager, Maine House District 41 Kickoff Meet and Greet speech to supporters.    Dr. Sam Zager, "Why I'm running and what I stand for" on February 11, 2020 2/11/2020   www.samzager.org Thank you very much for coming this wet evening.  As you know, I’m Sam Zager, and I’m a Clean Election *   Democrat running for the open Maine House seat here in District 41 . I’m a family physician, a many-year volunteer across the street at Deering High School, a board member of the Portland Public Library, and a very committed community advocate. I’ll bring to the Maine State House a long and varied background of service and leadership, and an authentic grounding in many facets of this community. This is our campaign’s launch meet and greet. I want to acknowledge people who have made today possible. First, thank you to Jill Finberg and Barry Larman, our terrific hosts this evening. They...
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