The combination of meeting and performance space would attract businesses and jobs.

Personnel meltdowns this week show a management style unsuited to public office.

Despite the proposed tax increase, this budget reflects careful spending decisions.

Gov. LePage can grouse all he wants about the inflexibility of state regulations, but the responsibility for Wednesday’s meltdown belongs to his own administration. There was some sloppy work done by the people who evaluated candidates for some of the state’s most important jobs and more done by those who are supposed to communicate with the public.

Other customers should not have to pay more to subsidize mechanical meters for the wary.