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Fort Fairfield Town Council Approves Letter of Endorsement for Gun Manufacturers
By: David Deschesne Fort Fairfield Journal, May 1, 2013 Fort Fairfield Quality of Place council chairman, Phil Christensen has strongly suggested that Fort Fairfield piggyback on Governor LePage's recent Wall Street Journal op -ed that marketed Maine to gun manufactures by suggesting Maine is a gun-friendly state, even amongst many Democrats."He has suggested we make Fort Fairfield available for a firearms accessory manufacturer to come to our community and bring jobs," said Mike Bosse, Executive Director of the Fort Fairfield Chamber of Commerce. Christensen authored a letter to be signed by the town council and addressed to Governor LePage. The tone of the letter is to inform the Governor that Fort Fairfield is amenable to gun manufacturers in their town and would like to see all avenues of possibility explored. “This is not the town's economic foray into gun manufacturing. We are trying to attract somebody else who is going to do that,” explained Fort Fairfield town council member, John Herold. “The town is not going to be involved in the process only to the extent that the manufacturer may be leasing a building owned by the town. There are many ways we can work to attract good quality, light manufacturing businesses to locate here. I personally believe that something along this line is where the best economic future of our community lies. I think we should try to pursue it with all due interest and vigor with that in mind. The text of the letter reads as follows:
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