Mike Michaud Mock’s People With “jobs making calls”

Statement comes one day after announcement of Presque Isle call center closing; 100 “jobs making calls” eliminated

Auburn, Me – 2^nd District Congressman Mike Michaud today sent out a fundraising email letter, mocking those with “jobs making calls” in an effort to raise funds for his re-election campaign.  The attack came in an attempt to go after his opponent, Jason Levesque, founder of Argo Marketing Company. “Apparently his time in the telemarketing industry has convinced him that you can replace
middle-class jobs making products with jobs making calls.” --Mike Michaud Fundraising letter, August 20, 2010.   The email comes just after Connect North America Corp. of  Presque Isle, Maine announced it was closing a  call-center due to the economy.   The closure puts 100 more Mainers out of work.

“First, I’d like to tell Mike Michaud that my mother raised me, put food on my table and a roof over my head with a ‘job making calls’ for L.L. Bean.   Therefore, I clearly find it a very honorable line of work, not one to be mocked in an effort to raise money for his political campaign. Secondly, this comes on the heels of a company in Presque Isle announcing it was shutting its call center because of the bad economy and 100 people who have ‘jobs making calls’ are now unemployed.  Maybe if Mike Michaud were more attuned to what was going on in his state, he wouldn’t be so quick to criticize so many hard working Mainers, in an attempt to game political points—or cash,”  Jason Levesque, Candidate 2^nd District Maine.

Jason has spent the past 14 months travelling the district listening to the employers and economic developers of Maine who have been calling for legislative and regulatory consistency, lower utility rates and a lower cost of doing business.

This week, national and Maine unemployment numbers were released showing that Maine unemployment increased from June to July, along with the national rates.

“People are losing their jobs and Mike Michaud and Congress are doing nothing to help.  And to be clear, helping means getting out of the way of good business.  Trade, commerce, employment—it all will improve if Mike Michaud and his colleagues in Congress stop the increasing bureaucracy, massive regulation and out of control spending.” Jason continued, “There are a lot of Mainers right now who would love to have ‘jobs making calls.’”

For more information, please visit www.Levesqueforcongress.com.