This is how statewide Question 1 is worded on the June 12 ballot: “Question 1: Do you want to reject the parts of a new law that would delay the use of ranked-choice voting in the election of candidates for any state or federal office until 2022, and then retain the method only if the […]

This is to all those who slept through sixth-grade civics class. We, as a state, from 1880, have lived under a system of plurality elections. One man, one vote – period. This system has worked well. Get the horse before the cart: Change the Maine Constitution. Now, we face ranked-choice voting, a convoluted, time-consuming, extra-costly […]

P-C = A-R. Pro-Corporate = Anti-Ratepayers. Solution: Money talks. Here’s how it would work: Maine Public Utilities Commission members would forfeit any and all monetary entitlements while they continue to shuffle papers until this magnum boondoggle is settled to the satisfaction of the ratepayers, rather than abetting a monetary serial ravager, Central Maine Power, as […]

I want to thank Staff Writer Randy Billings for holding up a mirror to Bayside in his May 6 article. I found it interesting that so many letter writers saw lack of empathy reflected back. I can tell you what empathy looks like on the ground (quite literally). Take this as a random example; it’s […]