{"id":392,"date":"2014-10-29T13:44:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T17:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/veterinarylab\/?p=392"},"modified":"2014-10-29T13:44:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T17:44:42","slug":"president-hunter-writes-op-ed-on-question-2-for-bdn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/veterinarylab\/2014\/10\/29\/president-hunter-writes-op-ed-on-question-2-for-bdn\/","title":{"rendered":"President Hunter Writes Op-Ed on Question 2 for BDN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"post-28594\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/bangordailynews.com\/2014\/10\/28\/opinion\/yes-on-question-2-is-a-vote-for-health-safety-at-maines-research-university\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bangor Daily News<\/a> published an opinion piece written by University of Maine President Susan Hunter, titled \u201c\u2018Yes\u2019 on Question 2 is a vote for Maine\u2019s health, safety.\u201d Question 2 on the November ballot will ask Maine voters to approve an $8 million bond for animal and plant diagnostic services. The bond would allow the University of Maine Cooperative Extension to build a new facility on campus to house labs for the monitoring and testing of insects and pests that affect domestic and wild plants and animals in Maine. \u201cWhat\u2019s needed in Maine is a facility devoted to pest management and animal health, where public health threats can be monitored through research and diagnostics,\u201d Hunter wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece written by University of Maine President Susan Hunter, titled \u201c\u2018Yes\u2019 on Question 2 is a vote for Maine\u2019s health, safety.\u201d Question 2 on the November ballot will ask Maine voters to approve an $8 million bond for animal and plant diagnostic services. 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