If elected governor, Richardson said he will streamline Maine’s “fragmented” economic development system; reduce Maine’s carbon footprint; invest in existing and new businesses; and pay for those investments, in part, through a “Lean Management Initiative” that would eliminate waste and tap the creativity of state employees to finds ways to streamline government and cut costs.
The latest update in MPBN's series of profiles of Maine's gubernatorial hopefuls. Former state Commissioner for Economic and Community Development John Richardson is one of five candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in the June primaries.
SOUTH PORTLAND -- Five Democratic candidates for governor discussed their ideas for improving Maine's economy and creating more jobs Thursday night. The candidates' forum at South Portland City Hall attracted Donna J. Dion, a former mayor of Biddeford; state Senate President Libby Mitchell; former Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe; businesswoman Rosa Scarcelli; and John Richardson, a former state legislator and commissioner of Maine's Department of Economic and Community Development.
I'm now in my fourth year of working for a small nonprofit, focused on workforce development issues. Until I was hired by the Central/Western Maine Workforce Investment Board, I knew little about the complexity of Maine's workforce development system, and the strategic intersection it has to have with economic development, for Maine to have any kind of future in the 21st century. When I began this job in August, 2006, my position had a loosely defined job description, with my primary focus being coordination with the business community. I was tasked to build a bridge from the public, to the private side...
In his Dec. 1 column ("A pack - or is it a herd? - of candidates for governor crowd the stage"), Ron Bancroft made some sweeping statements about the gubernatorial field in general and about the leading Democratic candidate, John Richardson, in particular.
John Richardson, a former speaker of the House and economic development commissioner in the Baldacci administration, became the latest person to join the crowded field of candidates hoping to become Maine’s next governor.
John Richardson, who led the Maine House as speaker and more recently held the post of top economic development officer for the state, announced his candidacy for governor today."I’m running for governor because I know that together we can make the lives of Maine people better, and my record of accomplishment shows that I can get the job done,” said Richardson of his decision.The Brunswick Democrat was elected to the Maine House in 1998 and served for eight years, the last two as speaker. He then took on the job of commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.
Democrat John Richardson, former speaker of the Maine House and currently Maine's commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, declared his intention to run for governor Monday before a packed room in Brunswick’s Maine Street Station.
Maine's Economic and Community Development Commissioner is throwing his hat into the gubernatorial ring. John Richardson, a Brunswick Democrat, made the announcement this morning at a rally in his hometown.
Richardson resigned his post as Economic Development Commissioner. Gov. John E. Baldacci today swore in Deputy Commissioner Thaxter Trafton as the new Acting Commissioner of the department.
John Richardson, Maine's commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development for nearly three years, is the latest candidate to announce a run for the Blaine House.
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