{"id":1012,"date":"2013-02-28T19:43:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T19:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2013-02-28T19:43:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T19:43:26","slug":"barry-hobbins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/barry-hobbins\/","title":{"rendered":"Show 50: Maine State Senator and attorney Barry Hobbins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Show Information<\/h5>\n

Show:<\/strong>\u00a050
\nAir date:<\/strong> Saturday, February\u00a023
\nGuest:<\/strong>\u00a0Barry Hobbins
\nHost:<\/strong> Steve Woods (Stevoe)
\nStudio Contributor<\/strong> Debi Davis
\nExecutive Producer:<\/strong> Mark Gould (Sharky)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Barry Hobbins<\/a> was born in Biddeford.\u00a0 He earned a BA from the University of Maine in 1973.\u00a0 He then attended the University Of New Hampshire School Of Law (formerly known as Franklin Pierce Law Center).\u00a0 Hobbins’ l<\/ins>egislative service began at the age of 21, when he was elected to the 106th Maine Legislature as a State Representative. Hobbins went on to serve five consecutive House terms followed by a term as State Senator in the 114th Legislature.<\/p>\n

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TideSmart Talk with Stevoe, host Steve Woods (left) is joined by Maine State Senator Barry Hobbins (right)<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2004, when Hobbins returned to the Maine Senate, he brought with him a blend of business, public policy, legal and community service experience which he had cultivated since his previous legislative service.\u00a0 In 2012, prior to the start of the 125th Legislative Session, Hobbins was chosen by his colleagues to serve as Senate Democratic Leader in the Maine Senate.<\/p>\n

Presently, Hobbins serves on the Board of the University of Maine Foundation (former Chair of the Board), the Cheverus High School Development Committee, and the Justice Access Group (JAG). \u00a0\u00a0Additionally, he co-chairs the Right to Know Advisory Committee and the Commission to Study Energy Infrastructure and is a member of the Governor\u2019s Ocean Energy Task Force.\u00a0 Hobbins was formerly the Chair of the Maine Democratic Party (1980 \u2013 1984) and in 1984 he was the Democratic nominee for Congress.\u00a0 In the 124th Legislature, Sen. Hobbins chaired the Utilities and Energy Committee and put his knowledge for the law was put to good use as a member of the Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n

Outside of the Legislature, Sen. Hobbins is an attorney with a law office in Saco. Hobbins is also a part-owner Maine\u2019s only professional basketball team, the Maine Red Claws. Sen. Hobbins resides in Saco with his wife, Donna. They are the proud parents of three children.<\/ins><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TideSmart Talk with Stevoe host Steve Woods was accompanied in the studio by Barry Hobbins, who has served in the Maine legislature since the age of 21. The two discuss Hobbins many years of experience in the Maine State Senate, as well as his time working as a political analyst for our local Channel 6. Hobbins went on to serve five consecutive House terms followed by a term as State Senator in the 114th Legislature. Outside of the Legislature, Sen. Hobbins is an attorney with a law office in Saco. Hobbins is also a part-owner Maine\u2019s only professional basketball team, the Maine Red Claws. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}