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Elizabeth Frazier

Elizabeth (Beth) Frazier, Partner at Pierce Atwood LLP, government relations and land use attorney who serves as MEREDA's principal lobbyist in Maine.

Sep 29, 2026

4:24
think
4:24
all three candidates understand the need to deregulate.
4:28
I think it's just a matter of degrees between them.
4:31
I think Bobby, to Jason's point, would probably get rid of as many as he can within his executive authority.
4:37
Certainly he indicated he would encourage the legislature to do the same, but if he were to take office, it's unlikely he'd have the whole legislature too.
4:45
So I think he's looking in two different directions there.
4:48
With Rick, it gets a little bit trickier in terms of finding exactly where he wants to deregulate.

15 MINS LATER

19:51
There's an overwhelming sentiment that there's a certain candidate who's likely to succeed here, so we're trying not to be too presumptive.
14:01
So what else do we have going on in the 132nd that we think is significant for people to know about?
14:07
So many things happening right now.
14:09
So thank you for asking.
14:10
There's a lot of exciting stuff going on in the legislature for housing.
14:14
Right now, there are, I would say, maybe five or six topics or bills that we really want to be paying attention to that are still live and happening in no particular order.
14:23
They're going to be looking at a housing bond, which could take the form of subsidy for middle housing.
14:30
There might be some additional support for the affordable housing tax credit in there.

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48:00
Who are the people we can talk to? What should we be saying to advocate for this?

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