5WorksforME

Our Pledge to You: Should Question 5 be approved, we pledge to be wholly accountable to Maine taxpayers. We will provide you with regular updates on our website www.5WorksforME.org on how Question 5 bond funds are being used to train our workforce, create new jobs, accelerate drug discovery and strengthen Maine's economy. We look forward to continuing to work with you to move Maine forward.

Question 5 Works For ME | Growing Industry & Innovation in Maine The MDI Biological Laboratory has an outstanding track record of providing hands-on technical training to more than 2,000 college students over the last decade, and in dramatically expanding our research programs to fight chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, an…

Invest in Maine's high-tech economy. Vote YES on Question 5.

Bonds would aid area labs - Mount Desert Islander BAR HARBOR — A total of $13 million from two proposed bond issues on the November ballot would go towards major expansion at the area’s scientific labs. If passed by Maine voters next week, Question 4 would send $10 million in state funds to The Jackson Laboratory, and Question 3 would send $3 milli…

Last minute cramming to educate yourself about the issue questions on the Nov 4 ballot? Here's a great summary of how the BDN comes down on the issues: http://bangordailynews.com/2014/10/31/opinion/endorsements-2014-how-the-bdn-came-down-on-this-years-ballot/

Endorsements 2014: How the BDN came down on this year’s ballot No on Question 1 This question, put on the ballot by the Humane Society of the United States and Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting, seeks to, once again, ban the recreational baiting, trapping and hounding of bears. Voters rejected a similar referendum in 2004 and they should do so again. [...]