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Preserve the Fund for a Healthy Maine	Jaime D'Errico
	Apr 13, 2004 12:10 PDT

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Dear friends,

The following is an Action Alert from the Smokeless States Project and
the Coalition on Smoking or Health, regarding an amendment to
permanently protect the Fund for a Healthy Maine.

Thank you,

Jaime D'Errico
Programs & Policy Associate
Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation
www.mainecahc.org
P.O. Box 2490
Augusta, ME 04338-2490
Ph: 207.622.7083 Fx: 207.622.7077
"Advocating the right to health care for every man, woman and child."

ACTION ALERT to preserve the Fund for a Healthy Maine !

PLEASE TAKE ACTION! PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS!

We expect the Legislature to vote on LD 1612, the constitutional
amendment
to preserve the Fund for a Healthy Maine for its intended health
purposes,
on Thursday, April 15th.

We need your help on Wednesday the 14th (or Thursday morning at the
latest) !

We need to tell legislators that it's time to send this proposal on to
the voters and
let them have the final say. We need legislators to be OVERWHELMED with
phone calls.

These are two easy calls - you'll only be leaving messages !

Please call the numbers below and leave the following message:

"My name is ____ from (town). I'm calling to ask Rep X/Senator X to vote
YES on LD 1612 and send it on to the voters!"

House: 1-800-423-2900
Senate: 1-800-423-6900

Most lawmakers agree that the Fund for a Healthy Maine needs to be
permanently preserved for health programs only. Most agreed last year
to
support LD 1612. But at the end of the 2003 legislative session the
constitutional amendment proposal became embroiled in political
horse-trading efforts by some lawmakers hoping to pass other unrelated
proposals.

Just over the past two weeks, while the Legislature was working on the
supplemental budget, a $3 million cut was proposed to the FHM. We were
able
to rally targeted grassroots support and no cuts were made. These
threats
will continue. Every time there is a budget shortfall, legislators will
be
tempted to take this money. We need to protect the FHM now!

As with every constitutional amendment, it can only passed by Maine
voters on
a November ballot. It's time for the Legislature to let Maine voters
have their final say.
Public support for LD1612 is very strong. In a statewide survey
conducted in
December 2003, 75% of Mainers polled support passage of a constitutional
amendment
to preserve the FHM. It's time to permanently preserve the Fund for a
Healthy Maine
once and for all. We often say that this bold step will be the legacy of
the 121st Legislature, but it will be ours, too. A legacy for healthy
generations to come!

Thank you in advance for taking action and for all you have done to get
us
to this point.

Megan Rice
Community Organizer
SmokeLess States Project
Maine Coalition on Smoking or Health
One Main St., Suite 300
Topsham, ME 04086
207/495-6006
megan-@cancer.org

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Dear friends,

The following is an Action Alert from the Smokeless States Project and the Coalition on Smoking or Health, regarding an amendment to permanently protect the Fund for a Healthy Maine.

Thank you,

Jaime D’Errico 
Programs & Policy Associate 
Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation

<A HREF="http://www.mainecahc.org">www.mainecahc.org</A> 
P.O. Box 2490

Augusta, ME 04338-2490

Ph: 207.622.7083 Fx: 207.622.7077 
"Advocating the right to health care for every man, woman and child."
 

ACTION ALERT to preserve the Fund for a Healthy Maine !

PLEASE TAKE ACTION! PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS!

We expect the Legislature to vote on LD 1612, the constitutional amendment

to preserve the Fund for a Healthy Maine for its intended health purposes,

on Thursday, April 15th. 

We need your help on Wednesday the 14th (or Thursday morning at the latest) !

We need to tell legislators that it's time to send this proposal on to the voters and 

let them have the final say. We need legislators to be OVERWHELMED with phone calls.

These are two easy calls - you'll only be leaving messages !

Please call the numbers below and leave the following message:

"My name is ____ from (town). I'm calling to ask Rep X/Senator X to vote

YES on LD 1612 and send it on to the voters!"

House: 1-800-423-2900

Senate: 1-800-423-6900

Most lawmakers agree that the Fund for a Healthy Maine needs to be

permanently preserved for health programs only. Most agreed last year to

support LD 1612. But at the end of the 2003 legislative session the

constitutional amendment proposal became embroiled in political

horse-trading efforts by some lawmakers hoping to pass other unrelated

proposals.

Just over the past two weeks, while the Legislature was working on the

supplemental budget, a $3 million cut was proposed to the FHM. We were able

to rally targeted grassroots support and no cuts were made. These threats

will continue. Every time there is a budget shortfall, legislators will be

tempted to take this money. We need to protect the FHM now!

As with every constitutional amendment, it can only passed by Maine voters on 

a November ballot. It's time for the Legislature to let Maine voters have their final say.

Public support for LD1612 is very strong. In a statewide survey conducted in 

December 2003, 75% of Mainers polled support passage of a constitutional amendment

to preserve the FHM. It's time to permanently preserve the Fund for a Healthy Maine

once and for all. We often say that this bold step will be the legacy of

the 121st Legislature, but it will be ours, too. A legacy for healthy

generations to come!

Thank you in advance for taking action and for all you have done to get us

to this point.

Megan Rice

Community Organizer

SmokeLess States Project

Maine Coalition on Smoking or Health

One Main St., Suite 300

Topsham, ME 04086

207/495-6006

<A HREF="mailto:megan-@cancer.org">megan-@cancer.org</A>

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