The bill from Rep. Colleen Madigan, D-Waterville, would strengthen the appeal process for businesses found in violation of marijuana marketing rules, including rules meant to prevent targeting ads to minors.
2021
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
David Treadwell: The challenge of letting go
Ever see a rambunctious two-year-old run around the house grabbing everything in sight? Or trying to open all the presents under the tree? And then the two-year-old becomes 12 and then 22 and then all the way up to 72 and beyond, amassing stuff all along the way. And remember, if you were blessed to […]
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Over Easy: Practice meditation for the key to good government
Tai chi chuan is a Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation, balance and fighting the common cold. It is especially effective in creating harmonious bipartisanship and balance among the state or national legislators, who are losers anyway. By practicing diligently the following sequence of movements, called the Sequence of Movements, practitioners […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Collins’ fiscal concerns are reserved for Democratic bills
Re: “Collins calls stimulus meeting with Biden ‘very useful’ ” (Feb. 2, Page A1): Staff Writer Eric Russell’s article on the Republican pandemic stimulus package quotes Maine Sen. Susan Collins saying, “We need those funds to be targeted.” Indeed we do, but where was Collins’ concern when she voted for the 2001 Bush tax cut? […]
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Our View: New rule keeps Maine court cases hidden from public
Maine newspapers have joined a lawsuit criticizing the practice, but it shouldn’t take a federal case to get the Judicial Branch to change course.
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Local residents earn honors, graduate
Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, recognizes dean’s list students for the 2020 fall sester, including: Benjamin Batoosingh from Scarborough, Batoosingh has a primary major of Athletic Training; Caron Wright from Gorham, Wright has a primary major of Business Managent; Kyle Ouillette from Gorham, Ouillette has a primary major of Exploratory Studies; Bridget Rossignol from Gorham, […]
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Letter to the editor: Talk to legislators in favor of National Popular Vote bill
This year, the Maine Legislature is again considering joining the National Popular Vote Compact. NPV will ensure that all votes for president are counted equally, and will change presidential campaigning, which today focuses exclusively on 12 battleground states. Many Mainers are concerned that small states will lose our influence on elections, should we change how […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Commentary: The US government’s $44 million vaccine rollout website was a predictable mess
Here’s how to fix the broken process behind it.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Gordon Weil: There are too many Democrats
There are too many Democrats. That’s what the Trump impeachment trial is really about. Republican ongoing efforts to suppress Democratic voting all across the country reflect the same political belief. Fair elections with millions of new voters caused Trump’s defeat. That led to frustration, and frustration led to violence. For some rioters on Jan. 6, […]
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Council Corrner: Marijuana business in Scarborough
Marijuana laws have been Maine legislation for decades. In 1976, Maine decriminalized possession. The state’s first medical marijuana law passed in 1999, and was further amended in 2012. Most recently, a 2016 law legalized recreational use. Currently, there are no retail sales of marijuana permitted in Scarborough, but as state laws on marijuana change, so […]