Chuck’s Blog

… just realized that I’m almost old enough to begin a sentence with,
“In my day…”

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What is it with these electronic book readers? I admit to initially finding the Kindle to have some cool, but why can’t we just download books to our laptops and smart phones? ANYONE?
In any event, PLEASE BUY LOCAL!

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I can’t say why I’ve been so bad an updater.  I do have 3 blogs, which might be too many.  This is the personal one and I’ve been rather busy with my personal life.  You can also visit my Legislative site, and my company site.  I will try to get back here more often this [...]

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State representative to the Legislature District 48
Criehaven, Matinicus Island Plantation, South Thomaston, St. George and Thomaston and part of Owls Head
Voters elected Chuck Kruger of Thomaston to represent District 48 in the Maine House of Representatives.
Republican - Robert L. Carlson
Democrat - Charles B. Kruger

Town

Carlson

Kruger

Criehaven

0

0

Matinicus

23

30

Owls Head (portion)

254

188

South Thomaston

416

496

St. George

614

1,004

Thomaston

500

983

TOTAL

1,807

2,701

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Watching: John Adams  I have greatly enjoyed watching the HBO mini-series based on the book by David McCullough (local lad).  I have a special bond with old John, forged when I was a senior in college and portrayed our 2nd President in the play American Primitive by William Gibson (The Miracle Worker).  The dialog is directly [...]

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My friends,
I’ve thrown my gauntlet into the ring, where it landed on my hat:
Why I want to serve in the Maine Legislature
By Chuck Kruger
 It was almost a year ago now that I ran into Rep. Chris Rector at the local business trade show.  I’ve known Chris for many years and always thought highly of him [...]

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This is a truly lame excuse:  I forgot my password.  I think it happened when the dog was eating my homework.  Which also happened recently.  Anyway I’m back.  Thanks for asking.

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FAVE WORD from my grandkids household:  FREEKOBIRDY.  No idea what it means (new dance craze sweeping the nation?  Hot new band?), but when Bella says it, I’m smiling.
 NOTE TO PUNDITS:  Enough Already!  We are so saturated in media coverage that things are explained before they happen, and then when they don’t match bogus expectations, confusion [...]

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I’m not troubled at all by my lack of excitement about Christmas, it’s still 12 days away.  I’ll get there, always do. Others near and dear, however, seem to have some deep obligation to the syrup of Christmas.  Have at it folks, I’m staying close to home. 
Now, if all Christmas music was treated like this, I could [...]

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