My wife and I are raising our three young children in Scarborough, which would receive a significant windfall if Question 2 passes. Yet we oppose Question 2 for two primary reasons. • First, the distribution of the projected $157 million of new tax revenue would be inequitable. Wealthy towns would get the majority of the funds […]

As the founding member of the Portland branch of the NAACP and its first elected president in 1964, and then later as a three-term state legislator, I’ve worked tirelessly to take on the issues that I believe will make Maine a more just, fair and safe state. Closing the background check loophole that lets prohibited […]

As a mother, I understand the fears about legalizing marijuana. Parents want the best for our children. We worry about addiction. But research unfailingly has shown that most hard-drug users start with alcohol or tobacco, not cannabis. And marijuana has never caused a single death, unlike opiates or alcohol. Parents worry about teen use. Question […]